ubuntu-us-nj Next Team Meeting

Joseph F. Miklojcik III jfm3 at winlab.rutgers.edu
Fri Jan 26 19:30:10 GMT 2007


We could talk about this with each other at UbuCon, no?

On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 15:37 -0500, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On 1/22/07, yitzchak schwarz <s.y.schwarz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > is ubuntu promotion something suitable?
> >
> > how to explain to people.
> > how to get people to try it out.
> > how to increase awareness in public facilities like libraries.
> > fliers: should we give them out, and what should they say?
> > posters: should we put them up, where, legal problems such as littering,
> > what should they say?how about a library of ubuntu books that would be lent
> > to new converts from windows?
> > CD distribution policy: how do we try to get CD to potential converts?
> >
> > just tell me if this is good and if it is I'll post it on the wiki.
> 
> Advocacy for users should be an important goal but besides promoting
> to the people I think we should start seeking ways to introduce Ubuntu
> desktop to local companies, local universities and local government
> branches as desktop replacements. For each of these we can try to come
> up with guidelines and packages to try to get a local advocate to help
> us with the movement.
> 
> For example, for Universities we can coordinate installfests with the
> LUGs with tons of CDs, and if possible raffle a few shirts away. For
> companies we can try to highlight very specific reasons for why
> adopting Ubuntu is a good idea. We should also try to start taking
> into consideration local corporate concerns on adoption of Ubuntu and
> then reaching out to our development framework to address these
> concerns (LSB compliance comes to mind). Similar techniques can apply
> to local government branches.
> 
> We tried to get NJ LUGs unified back a few years (njulugs.org) perhaps
> we can start helping with that to organize common interests on
> promoting and advancing linux throughout our state. Of course, the
> topic here is Ubuntu and promoting it but I'm sure the LUG's interests
> will generally parallel with Ubuntu advocacy and support efforts.
> 
> Lastly and most importantly, lets meet up for beers.
> 
>   Luis




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