[Ubuntu-US-CA] Fwd: DVD news

[Elizabeth Krumbach]

Hi everyone,

Canonical won't be shipping out (or producing, it seems) non-LTS DVDs anymore.

As a result, we'll be getting LTS release DVDs when requests are made
for conferences (and presumably when it's released).

More details below.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Laura Czajkowski <laura at lczajkowski.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Subject: DVD news
To: "Ubuntu local community team (LoCo) contacts"
<loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com>


Aloha folks,

A number of people have been asking for an update on the 13.04 DVD
allocation, the LoCo Council contacted Canonical to see what was
happening this cycle.
Below is the mail we were asked to share with people from Canonical.

============================================================================================================
Hi all,

This is just to let you know that going forward, Canonical will not be
producing DVDs for standard releases.We understand that to
convert interested experimenters to Ubuntu users we need to provide
and outstanding initial user-experience, and the ability for the user
to
explore and learn in safety with a supporting network of experts
around them. The LoCo teams are a key to that second part as you
provide a personal experience that's local to the user.

While we love users to be on the latest version of Ubuntu, the key
thing for new users is a known, stable and supported environment. So
to make sure we
provide that we'll be shipping you the LTS release CDs rather than the
latest standard release.

Therefore, there won't be DVDs for 13.04 as going forward our focus
will be on LTS releases. The next production of DVDs will be 14.04. To
bridge the gap till 14.04,we will continue to supply 12.04 DVDs for
events. You can request DVDs for events through Shipit as
normal.[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAtConferences]

Thank you for your continued and valuable support in making Ubuntu great.

Michelle

===============================================================================================================

Laura

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Community Council Member


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