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[Sergio Meneses]

As I pointed out, taxes and customs problems will be huge if we work with
usb... but I think LoCo's should be creative to find new ways for spreading

Sergio Meneses
Linux User: #478743
Ubuntu User: #24056


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:16 PM, José Antonio Rey
<joseeantonior at ubuntu.com>wrote:

> Just wanted to mention, please think on customs problems that may arise.
>
>
>
> On 05/04/2013, at 18:10, "Javier P.L." <chilicuil at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> > On 05/04/13 at 04:36pm, Pablo Rubianes wrote:
> >> I didn't got something about this Javier, which team is not
> self-sustained?
> >
> > I didn't mean teams weren't self-sustained, I'm talking about a more
> public
> > Canonical politic about this fact.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> 2013/4/5 Javier P.L. <chilicuil at ubuntu.com>
> >>
> >>> Nice to know, as it's been discussed previously DVDs/CDs are in
> detriment
> >>> in some
> >>> countries, so I think this won't impact seriously Ubuntu promotion.
> What
> >>> I'd really like to see are USB drives [0]. That would be really
> awesome,
> >>> the
> >>> kind of awesomeness which only comes from Ubuntu =)
> >>>
> >>> I think Canonical should adopt a public politic about making Loco teams
> >>> self-sustaining so this kind of awesomeness can be delisberated easier
> >>> while
> >>> avoiding customs expenses.
> >>>
> >>> I'll start giving usb drives instead of DVDs this cycle.
> >>>
> >>> [0] http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/flashkus/
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>> On 05/04/13 at 06:22pm, Laura Czajkowski wrote:
> >>>> Aloha folks,
> >>>>
> >>>> A number of people have been asking for an update on the 13.04 DVD
> >>> allocation, the LoCo Council contacted Canonical to see what was
> happening
> >>> this cycle.
> >>>> Below is the mail we were asked to share with people from Canonical.
> >>>
> ============================================================================================================
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>> This is just to let you know that going forward, Canonical will not be
> >>> producing DVDs for standard releases.We understand that to
> >>>> convert interested experimenters to Ubuntu users we need to provide
> and
> >>> outstanding initial user-experience, and the ability for the user to
> >>>> explore and learn in safety with a supporting network of experts
> around
> >>> them. The LoCo teams are a key to that second part as you
> >>>> provide a personal experience that's local to the user.
> >>>>
> >>>> While we love users to be on the latest version of Ubuntu, the key
> thing
> >>> for new users is a known, stable and supported environment. So to make
> sure
> >>> we
> >>>> provide that we'll be shipping you the LTS release CDs rather than the
> >>> latest standard release.
> >>>>
> >>>> Therefore, there won't be DVDs for 13.04 as going forward our focus
> will
> >>> be on LTS releases. The next production of DVDs will be 14.04. To
> >>>> bridge the gap till 14.04,we will continue to supply 12.04 DVDs for
> >>> events. You can request DVDs for events through Shipit as normal.[
> >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAtConferences]
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you for your continued and valuable support in making Ubuntu
> great.
> >>>>
> >>>> Michelle
> >>>
> ===============================================================================================================
> >>>>
> >>>> Laura
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Laura Czajkowski
> >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski
> >>>> LoCo Council Member
> >>>> Community Council Member
> >>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>> loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com
> >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
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