Team member participation

[Neil Coetzer]

On 10/2/09, Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> I would appreciate to read more of those stories on the Fridge or on
> planet.ubuntu.com - just because something is not documented in LP does
> not mean it hasn't happened and didn't contribute a lot to Ubuntu.
>
> Participating in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports is definitely a
> good idea too.
>
> Have a great day,
>  Daniel

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the comments. This is definitely something we were planning
to work on anyway, since I know we have been slack in that department.
It is a little more challenging in countries like Zimbabwe, partly due
to most of the members not having internet access at home (and being
too busy at work where they do have access), and also partly due to
the fact that people have not completely adopted an "online" way of
thinking yet, so efforts have been concentrated on the local community
without providing adequate feedback to the larger Ubuntu community.

This was also one of the reasons for my original question, as I wanted
to be sure of the best way of doing things while I try to encourage
the team to get more active on the online side of things, when they
can.

FYI, we will be sending a full report on the Ubuntu stand at the ICT
Africa expo held here last week. I'm just waiting for photographs and
a few other things to be finalised. In brief, we were possibly the
most popular stand (out of 80+ stands); the Freedom Toaster burnt over
250 discs in 3 days; and over 350 visitors to the stand signed our
guest book. We were also visited by both the Minister of ICT and the
Prime Minister himself which was welcomed attention! As I said, full
report to follow asap.

Regards,
Neil


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Regards,

Neil Coetzer
Team Contact
Ubuntu Zimbabwe LoCo Team
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