As I pointed out, taxes and customs problems will be huge if we work with usb... but I think LoCo's should be creative to find new ways for spreading
Sergio Meneses Linux User: #478743 Ubuntu User: #24056 On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:16 PM, José Antonio Rey <joseeanton...@ubuntu.com>wrote: > 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 >
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