Free Art of Community book for Approved LoCo Teams

[David Thomas]

Thanks Jono,

Our team library is looking pretty good now.

On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 16:48 -0700, Jono Bacon wrote:
> Hi Everyone!
> 
> Recently I announced 
> (http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/08/19/the-art-of-community-now-available/) my 
> brand spanking new book The Art of Community 
> (http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/) and so far the reception has been 
> fantastic! Thanks to everyone who has been spreading the news about the 
> book!
> 
> Well, I am a firm believer that you should look after your own family, 
> and I have managed to swing a sweet deal with O'Reilly 
> (http://oreilly.com/), the publishers of the book, to send all *approved 
> USA* based teams a *free printed copy* of the book and *all other 
> approved* teams a *free electronic copy* of the book. While we wish we 
> could send all approved teams across the world a free printed copy, 
> O'Reilly are only able to cater to USA based teams right now. Damn economy.
> 
> To keep this as simple as possible, you can request your book by 
> following these steps:
> 
>   1. The team contact shown on our LoCo Team List 
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList) (and only the team contact) 
> should send me an email to jono AT ubuntu DOT com with the subject line 
> *Free Art of Community Book For LoCo Team* (be sure to type this subject 
> line exactly as here or it may slip through the net). In your email 
> include all the following details:
>    * Your full name.
>    * Which team you are from.
>    * Your full address (including zip/postal code, region and country).
>    * Your phone number, including country and area code.
>   2. I will assess whether you will receive a print or electronic edition.
>   3. A few weeks after the deadline you should receive your edition of 
> *The Art of Community*, for free!
> 
> A few notes:
> 
>   * Only approved teams are eligible for the free copies of the book.
>   * Only the team contact for each team (shown on 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList) can make the request for the book.
>   * There is a limit of one copy of each book per approved team.
>   * O'Reilly will kindly cover postage, but not any import tax or other 
> shipping fees.
>   * When you have the book, it is up to you what you do with it. We 
> recommend you share it between members of the team. LoCo Leaders: please 
> don't hog it for yourselves! I would also really appreciate if you write 
> a review of the book on your nearest Amazon website. :-)
>   * The deadline for getting your requests in **Wed 2nd September 2009**.
> 
> Make sure you get your requests in by the deadline, anything after that 
> will be sent to the bit bucket. :-)
> 
> If you have any questions or queries, feel free to drop me an email. :-)
> 
> All in all a pretty sweet deal, methinks. Enjoy!
> 
>      Jono
> 
> -- 
> Jono Bacon
> Ubuntu Community Manager
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