[ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk-marketing

[alan c]

Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> 
> On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 23:02 +0100, alan c wrote:
>>> 
>>> Why not contribute to the existing marketing team? Why "fork"?
>> 
>> The existing marketing team is not UK specific. The UK media, 
>> temperament, retail environment etc are all specific to uk.
>> 
> 
> Sure, but that doesn't mean you can't discuss uk based issues on 
> the main marketing list. You could for example just put [UK] in the
>  subject line of messages to the main marketing list - which to be
>  fair isn't exactly a busy list anyway. Forking to a separate list
>  would mean that people from other regions would miss out on the 
> great work you guys do. You would also miss out on suggestions from
>  others.

Unfortunately the 'inappropriate' response I had from usa recently was
a distraction, and counterproductive. I do not believe that the sort
of uk specific items that are arising here now for example would be
appropriate for the global marketing list. And I note they have not
occurred on that list. I would not be interested in who contacts whom
in usa or netherlands about someone there who owns a TUX suit, and non
uk readers would find uk details a distraction.

It is good to know what the serbian team have done, but to get it to
happen in UK would need arrangements of a different nature, some quite
detailed. I do not think such things go well on a global list. The
fact that we see a slow list there signals that there is a need for more
local activity. Nearly -all- my activity is local, and is mostly not
appropriate in a global list. UK school regulations for example? Who
to contact at W H Smith head office re a stand when Ubuntu is on a
magazine cover? Local council structures in england?

Sometime ago I was on a berkshire radio program about computers (for
age concern) on a paul daniels show (non-magic, he is a disk jockey too).
It seems he has quite an interest in computers and I have toyed with
the idea of finding out if he used open source, Ubuntu, etc. Again
this is uk marketing, not global. I would not even have mentioned it
in the global list, people's agendas are so diverse. Even the bumper
stickers are too big for our car bumper and our motorhome, but
probably ok for usa vehicles though.

Putting uk in each subject in this uk list might work to some extent,
but it would be
better to be a uk marketing specific list.

I have been pointing newcomers to the forums and this list for
support. It is not going to sit well to find oneself in the midst of
specialist marketing chatter when you are too nervous hardly to ask a
question is it?

I like the energy of the marketeers who are appearing. There is a
reason why that has not happened (for uk) on the global list. A
specialist list allows enthusiasm to develop and focus. Energy builds
when people have things in common, and you can see what
is in common on the global list.

There really are uk specific marketing needs.
-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391