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[Javier P.L.]

On 05/04/13 at 06:33pm, Sergio Meneses wrote:
> 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

Yeah, that's exactly what I was talking about, maybe we could set up a week such
as the UDW to share tips between loco teams to see what have worked and what
not in each area, specially in politics which could help teams to be self-aware
and less dependent of Canonical sponsorship.

> 
> 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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