[ubuntu-uk] http://ubuntuadverts.org/

[alan c]

On 10/07/12 11:14, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 09/07/12 23:10, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>> I must ask, who is going to take ownership of the new server for
>> updates etc?
>>
>
> I'd be willing to have a go, but as Alan rightly said, there isn't an
> Ubuntu Advertising Team at the moment as nothing has appearred on the
> mailing list in some time, and there hasn't been any IRC contact for
> over a year .....  I'd like to see Ubuntu Advertising re-started as a
> team, but the last round was very frustrating.  A lot of work was put in
> - if the Ubuntu Adverts wiki is still around it's all there to be seen.
> But plans fell apart almost every time and it's not surprising that the
> team died.
>
> Any thoughts from you guys?

Hi Barry
I have been part of the Marketing team, list, and advertising etc over 
time,
  however I often got the impression that some list people were not 
clear about what was necessary or did not have a common focus. Not 
surprising since this is a long way from software, coding or even just 
enthusiasm.

My long term activity with displays (eg computer fairs over many years 
now) is that the commitment, ideas and actions are more suitable for 
a very small, mostly closed, group. In my case a group size of one!

The history of my own displays activity started (after Jono Bacon 
triggered it way back) with my ideas then being soundly criticised in 
at least one LUG. I had my own clarity and my particular formula still 
works as intended. It is my 'resource' after all.

The conclusion I drew then, and still believe, is that marketing, 
advertising or the like, is probably best sharply focussed to 
particular conditions. The commitment needed is such that helpful 
comments from less experienced (or less committed) others may not 
always be useful (being polite here). And in a public forum it is also 
not possible to guarantee honest objectives - far be it from me to 
think that mischief might ever be intended.

My thoughts would be to support a small group only, with sceptical 
entry conditions, including personal contact. Advertising resources 
might not need to be large at first. Proven track record could call on 
crowdfunding such as kickstarter - now soon in uk. And 'Just Do It!'

Some off list emails might be worth considering.
-- 
alan cocks