Just wanted to mention, please think on customs problems that may arise.
On 05/04/2013, at 18:10, "Javier P.L." <chilic...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On 05/04/13 at 04:36pm, Pablo Rubianes wrote: >> I didn't got something about this Javier, which team is not self-sustained? > > I didn't mean teams weren't self-sustained, I'm talking about a more public > Canonical politic about this fact. > >> >> >> 2013/4/5 Javier P.L. <chilic...@ubuntu.com> >> >>> Nice to know, as it's been discussed previously DVDs/CDs are in detriment >>> in some >>> countries, so I think this won't impact seriously Ubuntu promotion. What >>> I'd really like to see are USB drives [0]. That would be really awesome, >>> the >>> kind of awesomeness which only comes from Ubuntu =) >>> >>> I think Canonical should adopt a public politic about making Loco teams >>> self-sustaining so this kind of awesomeness can be delisberated easier >>> while >>> avoiding customs expenses. >>> >>> I'll start giving usb drives instead of DVDs this cycle. >>> >>> [0] http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/flashkus/ >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> On 05/04/13 at 06:22pm, Laura Czajkowski wrote: >>>> Aloha folks, >>>> >>>> A number of people have been asking for an update on the 13.04 DVD >>> allocation, the LoCo Council contacted Canonical to see what was happening >>> this cycle. >>>> Below is the mail we were asked to share with people from Canonical. >>> ============================================================================================================ >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> This is just to let you know that going forward, Canonical will not be >>> producing DVDs for standard releases.We understand that to >>>> convert interested experimenters to Ubuntu users we need to provide and >>> outstanding initial user-experience, and the ability for the user to >>>> explore and learn in safety with a supporting network of experts around >>> them. The LoCo teams are a key to that second part as you >>>> provide a personal experience that's local to the user. >>>> >>>> While we love users to be on the latest version of Ubuntu, the key thing >>> for new users is a known, stable and supported environment. So to make sure >>> we >>>> provide that we'll be shipping you the LTS release CDs rather than the >>> latest standard release. >>>> >>>> Therefore, there won't be DVDs for 13.04 as going forward our focus will >>> be on LTS releases. The next production of DVDs will be 14.04. To >>>> bridge the gap till 14.04,we will continue to supply 12.04 DVDs for >>> events. You can request DVDs for events through Shipit as normal.[ >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAtConferences] >>>> >>>> Thank you for your continued and valuable support in making Ubuntu great. >>>> >>>> Michelle >>> =============================================================================================================== >>>> >>>> Laura >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Laura Czajkowski >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski >>>> LoCo Council Member >>>> Community Council Member >>> >>>> -- >>>> loco-contacts mailing list >>>> loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts >>> >>> >>> -- >>> loco-contacts mailing list >>> loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > >> -- >> loco-contacts mailing list >> loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
