The current threads might be becoming quite entwined and confusing for those who did not attend the meeting so I will try to recap what we decided with regards to CDs.
1. We have concluded that it is a GOOD IDEA if MLUG had a stock of Ubuntu CDs to give away. We are working on meeting up with people to promote OSS. Both policy style meetings with politicians etc. as well as having a stand at fairs etc. We need CDs to give away in both cases (as well as leaflets/posters/demo machines etc). BUT CDs (and the rest of the stuff) cost money. So we decided to try and make the CDs locally and print nice labels and a leaflet to go along. If this fails we will have to buy them from Ubuntu. In any Case we need funds for this. So: 1. I (Philip) am asking the MLUG members for donations. 2. we will ask for a €0.5 to €1 donation per CD from those who take them home. These are to be the standard Ubuntu ISO, but with a custom Label featuring tuxinu. 2. We also thought that it would be a good idea to give away copies of The OpenDisc (http://theopendisc.com/). BUT after discussion we concluded it would be EVEN BETTER if we developed our own version of the OpenDisc targeted at IT Students at the Univeristy of Malta, who apparently, are quite clueless about OSS (as IT students go). SO MLUG is undertaking a Development project to build an OpenDisc like CD of OSS software that runs on Windows which can show IT students the Beauty of OSS software. This will include Development tools etc... WE also need the comunity to help here, but not in a financial manner (for now), rather we need OSS Developers on windows to help create this ISO. This is a different CD from the Distro CD above, but has the same aims: convert people to OSS. The two CDs have different target audiences 1. the newbies 2. IT students. Philip _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
