> > > I merely wanted to propose changing or adding to the scope of the team > > to include general activism. Dropping all focus on marketing probably > > isn't going to be any better, not to mention that just like marketing, > > activism is also something done by local community teams, BUT adding > > simple activism to the scope of this team, might give the team more > > purpose and drive up activity in other areas. Yes, marketing Ubuntu > > *is* activism, but i'm talking about officially recognizing general > > FOSS activism as one of the functions of the team. > > I'd advise against including activism. You don't need to widen the > scope. You just need to find someone or some people willing and able to > drop their own LoCo's work and come higher into the world community. A > leader perhaps? > > > The mailing list can be used to share ideas for activism and pass on > > things like this open letter to Obama in support of FOSS (reddit > > link: http://www.reddit.com/tb/9w23y/ original > > link: > http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20091020050110241). > If you're in support of this idea, just pass on any simple actions you come > across to the list. There's also this nifty activism guide: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ActivismGuide > > Interesting, thanks for posting Dan.
Perhaps the loco-contacts list is already the best place to send such things...i completely forgot about that. Thanks for the thoughtful reply, hopefully such a leader will see it and get the team going again
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