[ubuntu-us-ma] Free Powered by Ubuntu Stickers

[Martin Owens]

Hey Bill,

We have to be careful with money as there is no official funding for
this Local Community team. We depend upon our volunteers to both give
their time and energy to the team so we can do our advocacy and
education in Massachusetts and to come together to be able to decide
when to put our own money into a pot to buy promotional materials such
as stickers.

We do get some white stickers for free from Canonical though and we've
had fairly good luck with pooling money so far, we have some of the best
team members of any LoCo in that regard.

Hope this answers your question,

Best Regards, Martin Owens


On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 07:51 -0400, Bill Simonds wrote:
> Martin has informed us that the loco cannot afford Ubuntu stickers.
> Hmmmm. Maybe we should rethink this whole free software thing. Let us
> use this to compare and contrast the free business model and the for
> profit business model. Here is the kind of money Microsoft has made...
> ==========
> 
> In 2003, the launch of Paul Allen's 127m (416ft) "Octopus" secured her
> number one position as the world's largest yacht.
> 
> Microsoft's "accidental billionaire" Paul Allen - worth US$20 billion
> according to Forbes, the third richest man in America and 7th in the
> world - owns two other monsters yachts such as Tatoosh, ranked 3rd in
> the World in 2003.
> 
> Octopus cost Allen over US$200 million and has a permanent crew of 60,
> including several former Navy Seals.
> 
> The Worlds Largest Privately Owned Yacht “Octopus” She has two
> helicopters, seven boats, a 10 man submarine and a remote controlled
> vehicle for crawling on the Ocean  floor. The submarine has the
> capacity to sleep eight for up to two weeks underwater.
> 
> This is a 2.8 MB pdf file with extensive photos.
> 
> seafever.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/megayacht-octopus.pdf
> 
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Martin Owens <doctormo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey Bill,
> >
> > As well as the paper ones (which I don't like personally, but I know
> > other people do) we can buy the aluminium ones from ZaReason.
> >
> > Even in bulk if we had the cash for it. It's just a matter of demand.
> >
> > Best Regards, Martin
> >
> > On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 20:59 -0400, Bill Simonds wrote:
> >> http://system76.com/article_info.php?articles_id=9
> >>
> >> I was asking Martin a few weeks ago about Ubuntu stickers - he said he
> >> was out of 'em - but here is an outfit that sends you four free.
> >>
> >> Four 'Powered by Ubuntu' stickers
> >>                       and
> >> Four 'Ubuntu Key' stickers
> >>
> >> Send a self addressed stamped envelope to:
> >>
> >> System76, Inc. (Free Stickers)
> >> 1582 S. Parker Rd. Ste. 310
> >> Denver, Colorado 80231
> >>
> >
> >
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