On 10/07/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > > > On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 23:02 +0100, alan c wrote: > >>> > >>> Why not contribute to the existing marketing team? Why "fork"? > >> > >> The existing marketing team is not UK specific. The UK media, > >> temperament, retail environment etc are all specific to uk. > >> > > > > Sure, but that doesn't mean you can't discuss uk based issues on > > the main marketing list. You could for example just put [UK] in the > > subject line of messages to the main marketing list - which to be > > fair isn't exactly a busy list anyway. Forking to a separate list > > would mean that people from other regions would miss out on the > > great work you guys do. You would also miss out on suggestions from > > others. > > Unfortunately the 'inappropriate' response I had from usa recently was > a distraction, and counterproductive. I do not believe that the sort > of uk specific items that are arising here now for example would be > appropriate for the global marketing list. And I note they have not > occurred on that list. I would not be interested in who contacts whom > in usa or netherlands about someone there who owns a TUX suit, and non > uk readers would find uk details a distraction. > > It is good to know what the serbian team have done, but to get it to > happen in UK would need arrangements of a different nature, some quite > detailed. I do not think such things go well on a global list. The > fact that we see a slow list there signals that there is a need for more > local activity. Nearly -all- my activity is local, and is mostly not > appropriate in a global list. UK school regulations for example? Who > to contact at W H Smith head office re a stand when Ubuntu is on a > magazine cover? Local council structures in england? > > Sometime ago I was on a berkshire radio program about computers (for > age concern) on a paul daniels show (non-magic, he is a disk jockey too). > It seems he has quite an interest in computers and I have toyed with > the idea of finding out if he used open source, Ubuntu, etc. Again > this is uk marketing, not global. I would not even have mentioned it > in the global list, people's agendas are so diverse. Even the bumper > stickers are too big for our car bumper and our motorhome, but > probably ok for usa vehicles though. > > Putting uk in each subject in this uk list might work to some extent, > but it would be > better to be a uk marketing specific list. > > I have been pointing newcomers to the forums and this list for > support. It is not going to sit well to find oneself in the midst of > specialist marketing chatter when you are too nervous hardly to ask a > question is it? > Yes, in a funny sort of way I feel that I am part of a chattering community which I do not get from the forums. Yes it is distracting and often daunting, but I still find myself reading the list, and not the forums, secure in the knowledge that the list will answer me personally when I have a query. Robin
> I like the energy of the marketeers who are appearing. There is a > reason why that has not happened (for uk) on the global list. A > specialist list allows enthusiasm to develop and focus. Energy builds > when people have things in common, and you can see what > is in common on the global list. > > There really are uk specific marketing needs. > -- > alan cocks > Kubuntu user#10391 > > -- > 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/
