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[Ddorda <Ddorda@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll tell you what,
I do really like this project, BUT -
first of all, i don't understand what it is for, everytime i'm asking this i
get an answer of "to have a place for youth", which makes me even more
confused. i don't see for what reason youth need to have it own different
place, if it has nothing special but the place itself (chat, forums, mailing
list).

What i suggest to do, is first to have some kind of events, to find together
with more people ideas how to make this thing work. i'll tell now that i
think we should try to make some kind of working-together-project to build
something nice that will make more youth come to Ubuntu (games for ex.). if
not that, we can work to have documentation, or to try getting stuff from
canonical that being sent for Ubuntu's youth.. i don't know, there are tones
of ideas, we just need to find something to make people to come. it doesn't
work like "welcome people and they'll stay" cause IMHO and from my
experience it won't work. you need something attractive, something that
people can see later and that we can say "yup, we did it, gorgeou, isn't
it?".

second thing, if you want things to move you should start doing by yourself.
indeed it's annoying, but that's the way things work.
I'm am an Ubuntu active for over 3 years now, and about half month an LoCo
Point of Contact. to consider that we are rebuilding ourselves now - i can
tell you that it's not easy at all. but, if i want things to happen, i do it
myself, i call everybody to help, if anyone wants to replace me or help, i
never say no, but until someone says something like that, doing yourself is
the best way to make things to happen.
I can promise you that after making things, people see all the work and want
to contribute themselves.

so, as i started: I do really like this project, and like staying in the
chat and to talk and stuff, but for now i don't understand what i can do,
and i don't find saying welcome to people or spreading Ubuntu over my class
as a contribution, since i do both without this project, and i'm personally
expecting it to be something fresh and new :)

Regards,
Dor :)

2010/8/12 Zach Kriesse <zkriesse@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Ok guys we need to schedule a meeting as I have no idea where we are as a
> team. I was hoping to get input and ideas/concerns from you guys via mailing
> list, irc, and forums/launchpad. As I've not gotten anything nor has Saji N
> (Who also sent out an email to the list a while back concerning this) I'm
> starting to get concerned if any of you guys are still interested. We've got
> people joining the channel but nobody is stepping up nor taking charge
> saying, "Hi! My name is so-and-so, welcome to the Ubuntu Youth Team
> Channel!!! Wanna know about us/get involved???" so naturally I'm beginning
> to wonder if ya'll care anymore. If this comes across as offensive or rude
> I'm sorry but it's the cold hard truth right now. I'd like for you guys to
> get more involved with not only this team/group but also the Ubuntu
> Community in general. Now, I won't lie to you. This team will be EXTREMELY
> hard to get off the ground and succeeding as there have been many teams such
> as this before and many doubts about it getting off the ground due to that
> very fact. I hope ya'll can get fired up now that school is starting to show
> others in your class(es) that Ubuntu is out there, it's fun to use (although
> sometimes difficult "grrr") and is a good OS (On some occasions "Grrr
> again"). If you guys can send an email to the list,
> ubuntu-youth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in reply to this with any ideas,
> concerns, issues, questions, or such that you may have PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
> PLEASE (Enough pleases eh? [?]) do so as I really wanna know. So that's all
> I've got for right now but hopefully we can get something going within the
> next few days...ok I'm off for now....later and God Bless you all. Ciao!
> --
> zkriesse
>
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