Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > I wouldn't be overly suprised that you're getting some kind of canned > response to your initial contact.
Without doubt. Several members have had the same response now. > Take this "standard reply" as an invitation to take the conversation > further. Reiterate any points in your original contact that have not > been answered (and politely highlight that they were not) and add any > further questions that come from what you did get. Exactly what I intend to do. Now the channels have been opened, I intend to use them. > This should - hopefully - lead to an individual reply (of whatever > quality). Perhaps more importantly it will mean the argument (and you, > us, etc.) appears intelligent. Even if we can't have immediate effect > we shouldn't underestimate the value of good PR! > > Perhaps post the list for some collab drafting? There is an item on the next UK Team meeting agenda to discuss this very topic. I want to ensure we present a unified argument and come across as an organised, coherent group, not just a bunch of idealistic hippies with no co-ordination. That said, if anyone who is not able to make the meeting (#ubuntu-uk on irc.freenode.net, Tuesday 9th January at 21:30) would like to offer their thoughts to the list, please do. JT -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- James Tait, BSc | xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer and Free Software advocate | Mobile: +44 (0)7779 337596 ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------- -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/