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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hey Tom,<br>
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go ahead - organise it. :)<br>
I failed. Better luck to you. I'll be glad to do my part.<br>
<br>
Grtz,<br>
Jurgen.<br>
<br>
On 01-05-14 12:39, tom verlinden wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Thanks for your info on this. I've always thought
that this certain "somebody" should comprise out of more than
one person. One person can't take this on his or her shoulders.
There's too much, from what i'm reading, for one person to do
and be succesfull about it. There should be a team of
somebodies, all doing somewhat the same, but in different
locations. (Does that make sense?) Is there a need for a central
organ? To me that makes it too complicated already, and might
create expectations, that cannot be fullfilled. Anyway, there's
need, i guess to promote ubuntu, as Bill said. Now we have to
figure out how to do this in a fun way, i guess. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Op 1 mei 2014 12:27 schreef "Jurgen
Gaeremyn" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jurgen.gaeremyn@pandora.be">jurgen.gaeremyn@pandora.be</a>>:<br
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<div>Tom,<br>
<br>
the strongest periods of Ubuntu-be were when one single
person actually kept his shoulders under the project. In
the past we had a few of these people. Thing is: <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://ubuntu-be.org"
target="_blank">ubuntu-be.org</a> should set clear
expectations: what (not) to expect: a spokesman, the
official stance of Ubuntu on whatever Belgian activity,
guaranteed support, etc...<br>
<br>
If someone stands up and is prepared to take leadership,
you will quickly have a core team of somewhere between 5
and 10 or even more if you do a great job. If you're
willing to take up this commitment, you'll be doing
Ubuntu-be a big favour. Problem is, apparently this
mythical figure called "somebody" we're all talking about
and who'll do all the practical stuff like maintain the
website, organise event booths, create content, etc...
isn't on this list anymore. Not sure if he ever was.<br>
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Please, do give it a chance. First things first -
canonical approval is not a problem if you can prove
you're active. I'm assuming someone here will be able to
tell you more details on this. <br>
<br>
Grtz,<br>
Jurgen.<br>
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On 01-05-14 12:11, tom verlinden wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">I don't know about organizing a funeral just
yet. Maybe <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://ubuntu.be" target="_blank">ubuntu.be</a>
could be a commonplace for those using and or
discovering ubuntu but more in a fun sort of way. Don't
know if i'm saying this right, but i think you get the
picture. There doesn't need to be a central person or
spokesman imho. Makes it far too official. The first
goal should be, in my humble opinion, to get people to
discover ubuntu. Maybe by promoting this list we could
get more people discovering the os. As far as i'm
concerned, i use ubuntu, talk about it and show it to
whoever i think might be interrested, give support where
i can and drop leaflets in our library. (They're also on
ubuntu. Woot!!)<br>
I think that if we do our part any wich way we can, on
our little "islands", and use the net, list as our
"glue", who knows what can happen in the future? Is
there still a connection with canonical? How does that
work? Hell, typing this gets me all fired up to give
this a chance. What do you guys think? Give it some kind
of try, or just leave, and do something on our own? (I
think we could achieve more together, but i'd like to
hear your opinion). My 2 cents....</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">Op 30 apr. 2014 07:30 schreef
"kawabill" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:kawabill@telenet.be" target="_blank">kawabill@telenet.be</a>>:<br
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What triggered me was a mail I got from someone in the
community, stating that he rather spent his time
otherwise, declining an invitation I had sent him. No
problem of course, but it took me to the following
page;<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/IrcMeetings"
target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/IrcMeetings</a><br>
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No activities are visible for me the visitor, going
over the pages it seems that the latest info dates
from 2012. I know activities are still going on,
organized by enthusiasts on a very local scale, but
for me it is not visible whether all of this is
coordinated.<br>
<br>
I find it a pity, that in the period where MS end of
lifes XP I don't see any coordinated activity to get
people over into the Ubuntu/Mint/Linux camp.<br>
<br>
Can anyone please comment and give feedback or let me
know I'm wrong and I seem to live life on a desolate
space outside of the Ubuntu community?<br>
<br>
Have a nice day.<br>
Bill<br>
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