Free Official Ubuntu books for Approved LoCo Teams
Maciej Danielski
mdanielski at ubuntu.com
Thu Aug 20 20:11:48 BST 2009
Hello Ubunteros,
The Ubuntu books have arrived and will go on their tour among the
ubuntu-ie LoCo members starting next Pint of the Day. (See Laura's
email).
Regards,
Maciej Danielski aka Mean-Machine
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:53:42 +0100
Maciej Danielski <mdanielski at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Just to let you know, I have just ordered the free books (see Jono's
> email below) for our LoCo and waiting for the confirmation.
>
> I'll start passing the books around to the team members as soon as
> they get delivered.
>
> They'll also come handy for the Ubuntu-ie booth/stand at OSSBarCamp in
> Dublin on 19th September.
>
> Cheers,
> Maciej Danielski aka Mean-Machine
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:59:15 -0700
> From: Jono Bacon <jono at ubuntu.com>
> To: "Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts"
> <loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Free Official Ubuntu books
> for Approved LoCo Teams
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Recently I have been talking to Prentice Hall, the rather
> spanky-awesome publishers of The Official Ubuntu Book
> (http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0137021208) by Mako,
> Matthew Helmke and Corey Burger, and the brand new Official Ubuntu
> Server Book
> (http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0137021186) by our
> friend and yours, Kyle Rankin and Mako. These books were commissioned
> by Debra Williams-Cauley who has been awesome getting them on the
> shelves, and her sidekick is one Heather Fox who I have been chatting
> with recently to see if we can score some free copies for our rather
> fantastic Ubuntu LoCo Teams. Fortunately, Heather has been able to
> make the magic happen.
>
> Prentice Hall are happy to send each and every *approved* LoCo team
> one free copy of *The Official Ubuntu Book* and one free copy of *The
> Official Ubuntu Server* book. To be entirely clear: this is one copy
> of each book per team. This will be a great addition to each team's
> library of Ubuntu books!
>
> To keep this as simple as possible, you can request your books by
> following these steps:
>
> 1. The team contact shown on our LoCo Team List
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList) (and only the team contact)
> should send Heather Fox an email at *heather DOT fox AT pearson DOT
> com* and include the following details:
> * Your full name.
> * Which team you are from.
> * Your full address (including zip/postal code, region and
> country).
> * Your phone number, including country and area code.
> 2. Heather will process your application and let you know if it is
> approved.
> 3. If approved, she will get your books in the post.
>
> A few notes:
>
> * Only approved teams are eligible for the free copies of the books.
> * Only the team contact for each team (shown on
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList) can make the request for the
> book.
> * There is a limit of one copy of each book per approved team.
> * Prentice Hall will cover postage, but not any import tax or other
> shipping fees.
> * When you have the books, it is up to you what you do with them.
> We recommend you share them between members of the team. LoCo
> Leaders: please don't hog them for yourselves!
> * The deadline for getting your requests in **Wed 12th August
> 2009**.
>
> If you have any questions or queries, *don't* contact me or
> Canonical, contact Heather Fox at *heather DOT fox AT pearson DOT
> com*.
>
> Also, for those teams who are not approved or yet to approved, you
> can still score a rather nice 35% discount on the books by
> registering your LoCo with the [Prentice Hall User Groups
> Program](http://www.informit.com/usergroups).
>
> All in all a pretty sweet deal, methinks. Enjoy!
>
> Jono
>
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