[Ubuntu-us-ok] Monday Morning Ideas.

[Steve Roemen]

James Stansell wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> Thanks a lot for looking into this.  I'd be glad to try a skype 
> conference; I'm just not sure I want to post my skype address in a 
> public archive.  (Of course I'm not currently blocking my info so I 
> can be found by someone searching for me.)
>
> As for recruiting I'm thinking of 3 main groups to reach.  Folks from 
> the first group seem most likely to become active with us first.  
> Hopefully some from the other groups will eventually become active.
>
> 1. people who use Ubuntu and want to spread it and Linux in general
> 2. people who use Ubuntu or are open to it but mostly just want help 
> using their computers
> 3. everyone else in the state :)
>
> Also I should state that we need to do our best to keep everyone from 
> thinking that Ubuntu _is_ Linux.  We should educate people better than 
> that.  Helios, of lobby4linux fame, had a comment at lxer.com 
> <http://lxer.com> that mentioned this and alarmed me somewhat.
>
> I _will_ lookup some old email and post some ideas from them, even if 
> they're somewhat disorganized.  Feel free, btw, to talk with the folks 
> on #ubuntu-us in IRC for some of their thoughts.  Also sometime you 
> might catch me at #ubuntu-us-ok.
>
> As for short-term plans I'd really like it if we could do enough in 
> the next few months to become an officially recognized Loco team by 
> the end of the year.
>
> Regards,
>
> -james.
>
> On 7/23/07, *Terry_G_Davis at dell.com <mailto:Terry_G_Davis at dell.com>* 
> <Terry_G_Davis at dell.com <mailto:Terry_G_Davis at dell.com>> wrote:
>
>     After doing some tests this weekend, I think our best bet for
>     voice meetings is going to be skye. You can have conference calls
>     in there with no issues.  If everyone could let me know what you
>     think of this, it would be great.
>
>     I would also like to suggest an idea. Do we want to design and
>     implement a recruiting plan? If we could do that then we would be
>     able to get more people involved on our team. What do you think
>     about this idea?
>
>     If there are other areas of strengthening our team that you see
>     lets share those ideas. Once we get the team up and running then
>     we can start some of the projects to bring ubuntu to the windows
>     world in Oklahoma .
>
>
As for reaching other people, I got ahold of the guy in charge of the 
Saturday sales (for OKC anyway), and he said that we can have a booth 
(we need to provide the table, etc) for free provided we don't sell 
anything.  I envisioned that we'd distribute ubuntu/kubuntu cds, show 
off display machines, and get people signed up onto our group.

Aside from that I am hoping that after some time, we can start making 
inroads into other areas such as libraries, schools, local governments.

Eric and I go to UCO.  Any body else here in school? If so, which 
school.  It would be nice if e had booths at the schools showing the use 
of ubuntu, openoffice, firefox, etc while people are getting registered/ 
going to orientation (would need to get schools permission of course.).

Steve Roemen