Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #54
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August 27, 2007
August 19, 2007
Would the US like it’s Own Ubuntu Merchandise Store?
Recently Steve Stalcup aka Vorian ordered some polo shirts from the German LoCo Team. They were of good quality, and had the Ubuntu Logo embroidered on them. I don’t know what he paid for them, but I know he had to wait 3 months for them, and pay shipping. This got me to thinking, why don’t we get something going for the US? So I started looking around at web sites that specialized in corporate goods with logos. There are a lot! But how do you tell the quality of the merchandise, and the reputation of the supplier? The answer is, you can’t.
Now, I’ve been ordering from places like Land’s End for years, and the quality of goods is excellent, the company is sound and stands behind their product. So, I took a look at their web site, and they have corporate logo stores you can set up. No minimum order, a one time set up fee of $95, and a great selection of items for all. Tshirts, polos, throws, attaches, outerwear, dress shirts, etc. Almost anything you could want to display the Ubuntu logo on to advocate and show your pride in the Ubuntu Operating System.
I’m am going to set up a poll on the US Teams Project Forum page. The link is below. Please go there and vote on whether or not you are interested in supporting this idea. I am also including the link to the Land’s End corporate sales web site so that you can look at all the items you could get with an Ubuntu logo embroidered on it.
Forum Poll:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=529667
Land’s End:http://ocs.landsend.com/corpsales
August 12, 2007
Ubuntu Viral Videos
There has been a proposal put forth to start a marketing project similar to the Firefox Flicks campaign for Ubuntu. The purpose of the campaign would be to raise the brand awareness level of Ubuntu. Contributors would be able to submit short films advertising Ubuntu. These submissions would then be voted on by site visitors.
The US Teams Project is asking all state loco’s to participate in this project, but I believe the whole Ubuntu community should get behind this project. We need to do whatever we can to find new and inventive ways to advocate Ubuntu. We must reach the masses if we have any expectation of becoming the desktop of choice.
August 11, 2007
Ubuntu US Teams Project
Being a US Teams mentor, I have a special desire to see this project succeed. Our goal is to have an approved team in every US state by the year 2008. We still need teams in the following states: Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, North Dakota and West Virginia. If you are an Ubuntu user, and live in one of these states, please get in contact with our team. You can join us in the IRC Channel #ubuntu-us, the server is Freenode, and we will help you get all the resources for your team set up.
What kind of resources? Ubuntu provides each team with its own IRC Channel to have meetings and hang out in. You also get a mailing list for your team. This enables you to send out emails to all team members at one time, and also allows them to respond. Teams also get a Launchpad page, a team wiki page, and a team forum page. These pages are customizable to allow teams to present what they are working on. When a member joins a team in Launchpad they get their own personal wiki page to set up and show who they are, and what they are doing to help advocate Ubuntu.
As you can see, Ubuntu generously provides your team with everything you need to get your team up and running with the best resources available. And the US Teams Project will provide guidance and mentors to help you become a successful advocate for Ubuntu. Our teams work hard to advance the idea of Ubuntu and Open Source, while at the same time providing a unique social atmosphere of fun and family morals. You won’t find a better community than the one you will get by joining the US LoCo Teams Project.
Whether your state has an existing team, or is still in need of one, please consider joining our group. Below I will provide some links to the AZ Team so you can get an idea of what our team is working on.
