Mission Statement

Wed Aug 17 03:04:21 UTC 2011

Hi There

I agree we should fly the flag and I also believe that we should use

 "...*allowing Australians the freedom of choice*
"
keep up the great work

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Sam <coffeetastesawesome at gmail.com> wrote:

> G'day Chris,
> Forwarding this to the list for you.
>
> Sam
>
> *From:* Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com>
> *Date:* 17 August 2011 4:39:41 AM ACST
> *To:* Sam <coffeetastesawesome at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* *Re: Mission Statement*
> *Reply-To:* Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I prefer version 1 for two reasons:
>
> * While version two attempts to change the first sentence so it is more
> readable, it falls into the trap of twice stating that we are "a group of
> volunteers".
>
> * I prefer the phrase "...*allowing Australians the freedom of choice*"
> over "allowing people".  I encourage us to wave the Aussie flag whenever
> appropriate to do so, and this is definitely one of those.
>
> Along with the great work that the Australian translation team are doing,
> seeing Australians taking ownership of the Ubuntu and Loco efforts on their
> behalf will help to make Ubuntu more appealing to the Aussie public.  ;-)
>
> Every little bit helps.
>
> Chris.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Sam <coffeetastesawesome at gmail.com>
> *To:* <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 16 August 2011 11:50 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Mission Statement
>
> Hi Jared,
> I tweaked slightly the "Version 2" you added to the wiki. I have preserved
> your version and added mine below.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
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> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:13:56 +1000
> From: Jared Norris < <jrnorris at gmail.com>jrnorris at gmail.com>
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> Good evening,
>
> Following some good constructive feedback I've attempted to reword the
> draft of the mission statement slightly to make it read better. If you
> can please check it out [0] and let me know if it's heading in the
> right direction that would be great. If anyone else has any sort of
> feedback or want to rewrite it again please feel free to do so on the
> wiki page just make sure you make clear who has written what so it's
> easy to follow.
>
> [0]
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/MissionStatement#Consolidation>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/MissionStatement#Consolidation
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> --
> Regards,
>
> Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:35:55 +1000
> From: Benjamin Donald-Wilson < <benjamin.donald.wilson.k at gmail.com>
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> To: Jared Norris < <jrnorris at gmail.com>jrnorris at gmail.com>
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> Hay all,
>
> I think it is a great job from last month not really having one to
> now! Well done team. :)
> ===========
> Thanks,
>
> Ben Donald-Wilson
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 20:13, Jared Norris < <jrnorris at gmail.com>
> jrnorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Good evening,
> >
> > Following some good constructive feedback I've attempted to reword the
> > draft of the mission statement slightly to make it read better. If you
> > can please check it out [0] and let me know if it's heading in the
> > right direction that would be great. If anyone else has any sort of
> > feedback or want to rewrite it again please feel free to do so on the
> > wiki page just make sure you make clear who has written what so it's
> > easy to follow.
> >
> > [0]
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/MissionStatement#Consolidation>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/MissionStatement#Consolidation
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
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