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[Marcello Tescari <marcello.tescari@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Marcello Tescari <
> marcello.tescari@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx
>> > wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> First of all, thank you for all those who joined StartUbuntu, we are
>>> more than 75 as of today.
>>>
>>> I am sending this to ask from each and everyone who is part of this
>>> project to HELP and SUPPORT this project. There is no point to sit and
>>> count the days, time is flying in a blink of an eye and believe it or not,
>>> we are ONLY 4 months away from the date of when Microsoft pull the plug and
>>> stop their support for Windows XP. It is TIME NOW!
>>>
>>> The task is:
>>> Each and everyone needs to contact ONLY ONE 3rd party. That 3rd party
>>> could be:
>>> Social Media Channel: Facebook OR Google+ or Twitter
>>> Well-know Blog
>>> A Website
>>> TV Channel
>>> YouTube Channel
>>>
>>> ANY kind of Media Channel on the Internet OR Real Life that is concerned
>>> about Linux and Computers and/or Technology in general.
>>>
>>>  BEFORE You contact that 3rd party, you are required to:
>>> 1- Reply this email
>>> 2- Share the name of the channel/3rd party that you are going to contact
>>> so others won't contact the same people
>>> 3- keep us updated
>>>
>>> THAT IS ALL :)
>>>
>>> Simple? easy? oh yes!
>>>
>>> I have already done my part as a member of this project and:
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartUbuntu/Activities#Websites.2BAC8-Blogs
>>>
>>> BUT that is NOT enough at all.
>>>
>>> We are +75 so if each one of us will contact ONLY 1 media channel, we
>>> have 75 different channels all talking about StartUbuntu :)
>>>
>>> I hope you do see my point.
>>>
>>> I am killing myself to spread the word of StartUbuntu in Real Life. I
>>> believe this could be much more effective and so far, I managed to convert
>>> 13 neighbors to Linux -
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2174725&page=7 - but yet
>>> again, that is never enough. I am now in the process of finding a TV
>>> channel that I can make them publish or talk about StartUbuntu :) YES, that
>>> would be super highly extremely effective. But that is just my way of
>>> spreading the word. You are not required to do the very same, a well-known
>>> media channel even on Social Media is more than enough. For Linux's sake we
>>> are 75 so PLEASE, LET US DO something :)
>>>
>>> Remember, ALL of us are smarter than anyone of us.
>>>
>>> Give Microsoft a real hard time, people!
>>>
>>> Thank you and I trust we can do wonders ;)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>>> Best Regards,
>>> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>>> Areas of Involvement<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/AreasOfInvolvement>
>>> My Projects <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/Projects>
>>>
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>> Hi all,
>>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
>> thanks for the startubuntu project. As far as I'm concerned I speak with
>> the local Linux User Group of my town,which is already active in spreading
>> linux, about the startubuntu project and we'll see what we can practically
>> do.
>>
>> Marcello Tescari
>>
>>
> The best help and support ever if that group (how many members?) can
> spread the word, I mean each one of the members can contact different
> channels or 3rd parties, that would be SUPER great and helpful :)
>
> Thank you so much for spreading the word :D
>
> We are trying to wipe darkness and replace it with Light. We are trying to
> explain to the Windows World HOW GOOD Linux is :)
> Our mission is noble. I know for sure we will do it.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> --
> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
> Best Regards,
> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
> Areas of Involvement <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/AreasOfInvolvement>
> My Projects <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/Projects>
>

Hi Ali,

The group counts of about 30 members as far as I remember, but not all of
us are active at the same time.
Before startubuntu existed we have been helping anyway people to switch to
any linux distro including ubuntu and derivates.
Every year around the end of October the Group organizes, as all Linux user
groups in Italy, the so-called "Linux Day", which is a public event with
conferences and workshops about linux, open source, open hardware and so
on. This year they (I wasn't available at that time due to work reason)
even used the public panels in the city center to promote the event and
many people came.
Every saturday afternoon some of us offer assistance on open source
software.
As I said, I will speak with them about startubuntu so that we can use
either our website and facebook page to promote the project.

Best regards,

Marcello Tescari