status of the free mailout

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Sunday 13 August 2006 16:49, "Peter baker" <jellyware at gmail.com> wrote:
> hey guys
>
> the local mailout of free install discs has been suspended till further
> notice.  I have been doing it as a free community service for the last few
> months, and now it is at a stage where its starting to be too big for me to
> handle
>
> yesterday we had 4 requests for ubuntu cd's to be mailed out.  for a long
> time there we were averaging 1 a day, but suddenly this has shot up to 2-3
> a day.  this gets kinda expensive.
>
> I quite enjoy doing the actual mailing, its the financial side I don't
> like.  so if anyone has any suggestions on how to raise money for the
> mailout I'm all ears
>
> peter (my email address on the wiki and ubuntu.com.au is
> sydneypete at gmail.com)

Have you tried approaching Canonical about this? It appears that you are 
taking the heat off their Shipit service, and hence saving them money. Being 
locally-based, you can probably deliver CDs domestically for a cheaper rate 
than Canonical can achieve with shipping from the Netherlands. From what I 
can see, it only makes sense for them to reimburse you for your efforts.

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