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[Henning Eggers <henning.eggers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Morten,
thanks for the initiative and I think it is a worthy goal. Keep at it!
;-)

I think addressing this directly to Mark is aiming too high. Canonical
Marketing are the right people to address here and it may actually be
that Mark forwarded your mail there. AFAIK Gerry Carr is responsible for
Ubuntu marketing and Cezzaine Haigh for the shop. I cc'ed them in this
mail and let's see if they can answer our questions.

Cheers,
Henning

Am 03.10.2009 13:42, Morten Kjeldgaard schrieb:
> Hi y'all,
> 
> It's been a quiet while since we discussed this. In the meantime, I have
> been workiing a tiny bit behind the scenes. Don't worry, I am not a man
> to back down on my goals. But it may take some time to get there ;-)
> 
> On the 21. of September, I took the audacity of emailing sabdfl about
> the matter. Knowing that he is very busy, and at the time at some event
> in NY, it was probably not a good idea, but I hoped that he could point
> me to some other contact people within the organization.
> 
> By now, I realize that email has most likely slipped way down the list
> and off his radar. Below, I have pasted what I wrote, so at least you
> guys can see what direction my thinking is in. Anyway, I'm kinda back to
> start and am open to ideas on how to proceed.
> 
> Cheers,
> Morten
> 
>> Dear Mark,
> 
>>
>> In the Ubuntu-cyclists team on LP, we have talked about how nice it
>> would be to ride in an Ubuntu jersey. I think the team has silently
>> nominated me to investigate the matter, so therefore I am writing to
>> you. I have a few specific questions, that you perhaps can help us with.
>>
>> 0) Does the Ubuntu-cyclists team need a formal permission to use the
>> Ubuntu logo on a jersey?
>>
>> 1) Do you think we could persuade the Canonical Store to market  the
>> jersey? While I could probably manage to put up the cash for the
>> production of the jerseys, it would be difficult for me to handle the
>> shipping. We might be able to make a guaranteed pre-ordering from the
>> team.
>>
>> 2) There is a tradition in cycling teams that there are advertisements
>> on the jersey, so we might as well have some fun with that. Is
>> Canonical interested in sponsorship via an advertisement? I believe
>> the standard fee is 5-10% of the netto price, depending on the
>> placement. This would help us keep the cost down for the
>> end-customers. Do you know of any of Canonicals customers that might
>> be interested?
>>
>> 3) If everything moves forward, and the team members agree, I intend
>> to ask FOSS providers of software of use for cyclists and training if
>> they would like a (free) advertisement on the jersey. For example
>> OpenStreetMaps, Golden Cheetah etc. That way, the jersey will be a
>> nice "poster" that we can use to recruit other cyclists to Ubuntu and
>> free software.
>>
>> 4) My plan is to ask the skilled Ubuntu-arts people to help us with a
>> beautiful and stunning design. In the meantime, we have made a few
>> mock-ups using the software Owayo's home page. Look here: [0].
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Morten
>>
>> [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuCyclists
> 
> 
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