sounds great chris! I agree with andy about it being grassroots, we should be a more 'active' marketing group than just spitting out info (like alan c who goes out and does stuff).
+1 and let me know if you need a hand setting things up Regards, On 09/07/07, Andy Loughran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris, > > I think this is a good idea, but I think we also need to work out what we are > marketing. Ubuntu has taken off massively in the British Media over the last > 12 months, and as someone put in the last thread, most British companies will > go to Canonical for their PR. > > I think the job of the ubuntu-uk marketing team is possibly to provide > grassroots support for the distro, rather than attempt to be someone that the > corporations will go to, but I'm really unsure how to progress this. > > I do, however, think it necessary that an ubuntu-uk-marketing group be formed > so that issues such as the one above can be clearly discussed and considered > allowing ubuntu-uk to acheive whatever aims it may set itself. > > +1 to the aforementioned ideas. > > -------- > Andy Loughran > www.zrmt.com > m: 07921076319 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Rowson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > Sent: 09 July 2007 20:27:02 o'clock (GMT) Europe/London > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk-marketing > > Ok, there has been talk about this so lets see what we can do! > > My proposal: > > * Create a new section on the wiki for ubuntu-uk-marketing and move > the current work on leaflets to it. > > * Create a new group on launchpad called ubuntu-uk-marketing and allow > people to join. Utilise launchpad to more efficiently organise ideas > and assign work amongst members. Use bazzar to work on leaflet text so > that revisions are stored and it's easier to visualise content than on > the wiki. > > * Perhaps create IRC channel for discussion > > Any thoughts or suggestions? (remembering that the marketing effort is > more than just leaflets and any involvement needs to be long term). > > Chris > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Matthew G Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +44(0)7739 785 249 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
