shipit changes

[Rafael Carreras]

2009/10/21 John Abbott <fewclues at gmail.com>:
> I am extremely disappointed in seeing this move.  Ubuntu Membership is
> difficult or impossible for new users to qualify.  It is moving the
> "community" further out of the reach of non-programmers and new Linux
> users.  The elite nature of membership is also diminishing its attraction to
> many.

> I have been a beta tester for Ubuntu for six years.  I have generated almost
> 100 error reports.  I have manually copied and distributed over 300 Ubuntu
> CD's.  I operate a Google Group dedicated to Ubuntu.  I teach Ubuntu for
> Beginners once a week and have for six years.  And yet I cannot establish a
> LoCo (although my group is in over 30 in number) and I don't qualify for
> Ubuntu Membership.

Why is that you cannot establish a LoCo team?
Can we help with that?

> Since it appears that Cononical is out of the free CD business, I believe I
> am also.

Well, its not out of free CDs, its a different approach and I tend to
agree with it. I did not expect it to continue indefinitely the same
way.

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