On 14-07-31 08:53 PM, Robert Wall wrote: > I expect that everyone would welcome some suggestions for how one could > work on marketing. I know plenty of our LoCo teams have trouble with it, > and it'd be interesting to see what new marketing materials could come > out of a marketing global jam. Here's an example: Start an Ubuntu group in your city. To do that, start by designing a flyer. Design it at a Global Jam. After you design it, take to the streets and post a bunch of copies. After that's done, take everyone to a pub, restaurant or someplace fun. > >> having fun, and building interest in Ubuntu > Global Jams are an on-ramp for new contributors to Ubuntu, and help > build interest in that way. For more end-user-type interests, and having > fun in general, we have parties, and installfests, and most other LoCo > activities really. I'd like to see some stats on how many people began contributing to Ubuntu as a result of a Global Jam.
In my experience, those who are already contributing are the ones most likely to show up to a "let's build Ubuntu" event. "End-user" is not a term that I accept. Do we really want an "us" and "them" stance in Ubuntu? Is that consistent with our ethos? > > Global Jams have traditionally had the wonderful property that people > end up making things that they can then point to as tangible > contributions to Ubuntu (bug reports, translations, posters, > documentation, ...). I think that's something we should continue to > focus on when considering upcoming Jams. Building (or making) excitement about Ubuntu, which is either unknown, or misunderstood by most people in our cities is also an example. Cheers, Randall. > > rww > > On 07/31/2014 08:38 PM, Randall wrote: >> My goal is marketing and growing the project. I am looking forward to doing >> that 🙌 >> >> On July 31, 2014 8:37:11 PM PDT, "José Antonio Rey" <j...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >>> We are not discouraging anyone, just trying to focus in some goals. >>> >>> >>> On 07/31/2014 10:34 PM, Randall wrote: >>>> Marketing, having fun, and building interest in Ubuntu is within >>> scope. >>>> The wiki needs an update. >>>> >>>> If we are discouraging people from running Global Jams to do that, >>> then >>>> we are excluding some communities. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Randall > >
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