Seen many good arguments as well as many good counter arguments to this issue.
Not to fragment opinion even more but think something like "recognized" might also work... Regards Neil On 9 February 2013 02:35, Tomo Popovic <tp0...@gmail.com> wrote: > My two cents on this: > - I think "official" sounds good. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards, > Tomo > > > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Tiago Hillebrandt > <tiagohillebra...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I think that "sponsored" is great :-) > > > > > > 2013/2/8 Elizabeth Krumbach <l...@ubuntu.com> > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Darcy Casselman <dscas...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > My vote would be for calling it like it is: Sponsored. > >> > > >> > Anything that appears to confer special status or recognition ends up > >> > with > >> > similar problems to "approved." > >> > > >> > It makes the pitch a lot easier too: "Go through our process and we > give > >> > you > >> > stuff. If not, coo'. Either way, keep spreading Ubuntu!" > >> > >> I've been following this thread all along, and this post is the one I > >> keep thinking of. This accurately describes my feelings too. > >> > >> I also would like to note, it hasn't just been Canonical who uses > >> "approval" as a mechanism for giving gifts, Prentice Hall used it as > >> the criteria for who they would send copies of the Official Ubuntu > >> Book to: > >> > http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/07/05/free-official-ubuntu-book-for-approved-loco-teams/ > >> > >> -- > >> Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2 > >> http://www.princessleia.com > >> > >> -- > >> loco-contacts mailing list > >> loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tiago Hillebrandt > > Ubuntu Member > > Ubuntu Brazilian Community Council Member > > > > -- > > loco-contacts mailing list > > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > > > > > > -- > PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This electronic message and any > attachments are confidential property of the sender. The information > is intended only for the use of the person to whom it was addressed. > Any other interception, copying, accessing, or disclosure of this > message is prohibited. The sender takes no responsibility for any > unauthorized reliance on this message. If you have received this > message in error, please immediately notify the sender and purge the > message you received. Do not forward this message without permission. > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts >
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