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[Cassidy James <email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, approaching System76 is a great idea. They are very devoted to
Ubuntu and could potentially provide a bit of funding if we use their
machines. It would be worth looking into this.

Thanks,
Cassidy James

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On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:17 AM, K.de Jong <k.dejong@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I like your idea Danté,
>
> And add a little chocolate topping.
> We can show brands, if we have talked to those brands in order to let
> them sponsor us.
> System76, Oracle, IBM etc
>
> One important fact, they will not talk to Jason, simply because he is
> not an adult yet.
>
>
> 2010/12/1 danteashton@xxxxxxxxx <danteashton@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Ok, here are the issues we hope to address;
> >
> > 1. Oliver Koos, who is on the wiki for PR duties, has not attended any
> > meetings, or (as far as I know) contacted anyone on the mailing list. If
> > Oliver does not respond, the position will be re-opened.
> >
> > 2. We need a Project Leader for Graphics design.
> >
> > 3. Brand Identity; some people are using one header, some are using
> another
> > header. Even the logo has been altered. Our visual identity is important;
> if
> > you have issues with the 'official' identity then we will of course,
> listen,
> > but putting up your own is NOT going to help.
> >
> > 4. Group restructure; Last night it was made blindingly obvious to me
> that
> > attempting to do everything for the Natty release schedule
> is...well...going
> > to result in either burnout for me, or a really, REALLY crappy project.
> We
> > need to build up our reputation, build up our manpower and skillset. So I
> > propose we start pulling in for the long-haul and change our mission
> > statement.
> >
> > I propose that we operate not only to promote Ubuntu, but FOSS apps;
> > developers/programmers have a reputation for not conversing properly with
> > end-users. We, as a group, should act as the bridge between the two. I
> > propose that we seek out projects in need of help in terms of graphics
> > skills and end-user documentation and assist with them. This will, of
> > course, not only help Ubuntu, but the entire Linux ecosystem. We also
> direct
> > our efforts towards such issues worked on by other groups. As far as I
> know,
> > there are no teams with this as their single purpose.
> >
> > I also propose that we write documentation welcoming end-users to Ubuntu,
> > that we work on banners, flyers, etc. and that as we build up our numbers
> > and skills, we begin work on short videos, culminating in the short 'ad'
> > that was originally planned.
> >
> > In terms of direct restructuring, let me explain the process to you:
> >
> > Someone has an idea, first off, the Documentation team (IE, my team) gets
> > ahold of it, writes documentation and passes the output to both the
> > translation and graphics team. The translators feed into the graphics
> team,
> > who also prepare the final article. The final article is passed back into
> > the documentation team. We check it over and send it out if everything
> looks
> > good.
> >
> > Of course, it won't always flow that way, if we get a task/idea from a
> > developer who does not speak the documentation's team langauge, then it's
> > passed to translators first., but you get the general idea. Our goal is
> to
> > become the defacto non-programming supporting group in Ubuntu, to promote
> > both Ubuntu, the Ubuntu ideal and FOSS applications. There is no single
> > reason why this cannot come to pass; and Linux as a whole would benefit
> from
> > our work. We will be far more useful this way, rather then trying to
> output
> > a little video with little support behind us and a very small amount of
> > manpower. We cannot continue as we are.
> >
> > --
> >
> > -Danté Ashton
> >
> > Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
> >
> > Sent from Ubuntu
> >
> >
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