Fwd: Mission Statement

[Sam L]

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
> 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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>   1. Mission Statement (Jared Norris)
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> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:13:56 +1000
> From: Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Mission Statement
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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
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
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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>
> To: Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com>
> Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Mission Statement
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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> 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
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
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