This issue is a good candidate for the (underused) Community Bug Reporting area in Launchpad. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-community/+filebug
Can someone summarize and log it there? Cheers, Randall Ubuntu Vancouver LoCo > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:22:12 -0400 > From: Martin Owens <docto...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Reviving the Marketing Team (yet > again!) with a focus on simple activism > > Hey John, > > On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 10:46 -0500, John Vilsack wrote: > > >> It saddens me because Ubuntu is a dominant product that could be so >> much more if the grassroots movement would allow itself to have >> direction. But after years of infighting in politics and other open >> source products, I didn't have the constitution to go toe to toe with >> the embedded members of our community here who were putting up a >> fight. >> > > Could you identify these people? would it be possible to get a meeting > in IRC and hash out your concerns with an arbitrator/moderator? > > I haven't seen much stubborn, I've only seen lack of man power. If only > there was someone to fight, at least that'd be more interesting than the > tumbleweeds. > > >> My feeling is that the only way this will ever change is with the >> direction of Canonical. Until that time, we will continue to get our >> collective rears handed to us by companies that have the discipline >> and cohesive message necessary to establish any sort of mainstream >> market awareness or saturation. >> > > Ah, we're not a business, we're a community, it's not exactly the same. > And it's not like we don't have a certain vision, we just don't have a > good leadership for this section of the community. > > Martin, > > > > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
