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[Rick Timmis <ricktimmis68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent, thanks for setting this up Jilayne

Speak Friday
Best Wishes
Rick

On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, 18:03 Mike Mikowski, <mike.mikowski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Jilayne:
>
> Sounds great. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
>
> Cheers, Mike
> 415-418-4731
>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019, 09:34 J Lovejoy <jilayne.lovejoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike, Rick,
>>
>> A live chat would be good - I've just sent an invite for Friday 8am
>> Pacific / 9am Mountain/ 4pm UK time. Please forward if you think anyone
>> else should join.
>>
>> As for moving forward, if this is something the Kubuntu Council wants to
>> do (I haven't seen any further comments on the mailing list) then Mike will
>> need a trademark license from Canonical, which I'll work on in the
>> meantime. That way if I have any questions related to that we can discuss
>> on Friday,  as well as anything else more general.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jilayne Lovejoy
>> Legal Counsel | Canonical
>> Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings
>> www.canonical.com
>> On 11/5/19 3:33 AM, Rick Timmis wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mike, Jilayne
>>
>> Times in UTC work for me, I am in the UK.
>> Try to give me as much notice as possible, as I don't always get to my
>> email regularly.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Mon, 4 Nov 2019, 23:29 J Lovejoy, <jilayne.lovejoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> Understood. Would we be aiming for a call with you and Rick from KC?
>>> Anyone else?
>>>
>>> Please let me know what time zones you are both in (I'm in Colorado), as
>>> well as anyone else requried, and I'll put together an invite accordingly.
>>>
>>> Thanks (and please note correct name spelling ;)
>>>
>>> Jilayne Lovejoy
>>> Legal Counsel | Canonical
>>> Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings
>>> www.canonical.com
>>>
>>> On 11/4/19 12:33 PM, Mike Mikowski wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jillian:
>>>
>>> Can we please discuss this soon? As you might guess, we'd rather not
>>> miss the holiday season, and are anxious finish contracts for marketing and
>>> manufacture.
>>>
>>> Sincerely, Mike
>>> 415-418-4731
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 9:47 AM <z_mikowski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jilayne:
>>>>
>>>> I'm Michael Mikowski, and i am pursuing the laptop project. Please let
>>>> me know any questions you might have. We would like to proceed quickly so
>>>> we don't miss the holiday retail season. Please call 415-418-4731 between
>>>> 9:00 - 18:00 PST if you wish to discuss. I'm also happy to join a hangout
>>>> video conference call.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely, Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 1, 2019 07:59, J Lovejoy <jilayne.lovejoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Rick,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks so much for forwarding this along. I'm trying to do a bit of
>>>> research to understand the background on this proposal. If you have any
>>>> additional information to that end, that would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> As Canonical is the owner of the Kubuntu trademark, Canonical would
>>>> need to be the entity granting any trademark license for this endeavor.  It
>>>> looks like the proposer may be copied on this email, so they can reach out
>>>> to Canonical directly as needed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jilayne Lovejoy
>>>> Legal Counsel | Canonical
>>>> Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings
>>>> www.canonical.com
>>>>
>>>> On 10/29/19 8:20 AM, Rick Timmis wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello
>>>>
>>>> I am Rick Timmis, a member of the Kubuntu Council. We have been
>>>> approached by a US vendor with a venture proposal for a Kubuntu Laptop.
>>>>
>>>> The Kubuntu Council have advised me to seek advice from Canonical in
>>>> this regard.
>>>>
>>>> Please find attached a draft proposal for
>>>> an initial pilot project, which we would be very interested in running
>>>> with them.
>>>>
>>>> We would like to know if there are any concerns or issues that you feel
>>>> should be considered before we proceed any further.
>>>>
>>>> I look forward to hearing from you
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> Rick Timmis
>>>> Kubuntu Councillor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>