Re: [ubuntu-uk] How about a Competition .... Prior to the Show.

2006-09-21 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 21/09/06, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 19:06 +0100, Nik Butler wrote: > > > > Mad or Bad Idea ? > > > > You decide. I quite like the idea. Nice & personal. > I think the problem will be that the average LUG is all/majority white > men which is pretty un-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How about a Competition .... Prior to the Show.

2006-09-21 Thread Caroline Ford
On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 19:06 +0100, Nik Butler wrote: > The competition requires you to recreate the Ubuntu Shipit CD Cover ( > the one with the Five people on it ) using members of your local Linux > User group. > > The catch is that you must get a 100 Word comment from each member in > the pho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How about a Competition .... Prior to the Show.

2006-09-21 Thread nik
> > Come to mention it, perhaps they might be interested in doing something with > ubuntu-uk for the upcoming show (Nik)? > Um, I think that was my plan .. but yes please lets put a dead line on it since 4 weeks seems enough notice to see what people can create... and how ! -- ubuntu-uk ma

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How about a Competition .... Prior to the Show.

2006-09-21 Thread Alan Helmore-Simpson
From: "Jono Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Personally, I don't think you should charge - if there is a charge, > no-one will enter. If the primary aim is to get great content from the > competition, you need the barrier to entry to be non-existent, > particularly as entering involved a reasonable am

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How about a Competition .... Prior to the Show.

2006-09-21 Thread Glenn J . Mason
> Personally, I don't think you should charge - if there is a charge, > no-one will enter. If the primary aim is to get great content from the > competition, you need the barrier to entry to be non-existent, > particularly as entering involved a reasonable amount of effort (i.e. > not just ticking

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How about a Competition .... Prior to the Show.

2006-09-21 Thread Jono Bacon
On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 12:00 +0100, Alan Helmore-Simpson wrote: > > > The competition requires you to recreate the Ubuntu Shipit CD Cover ( > > > the one with the Five people on it ) using members of your local Linux > > > User group. > > I like this idea; you could perhaps raise prize money by re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How about a Competition .... Prior to the Show.

2006-09-21 Thread Alan Helmore-Simpson
On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 19:17 +0100, Adam McMaster wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 19:06 +0100, Nik Butler wrote: > > The competition requires you to recreate the Ubuntu Shipit CD Cover ( > > the one with the Five people on it ) using members of your local Linux > > User group. > I like this idea; y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] How about a Competition .... Prior to the Show.

2006-09-20 Thread Adam McMaster
On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 19:06 +0100, Nik Butler wrote: > The competition requires you to recreate the Ubuntu Shipit CD Cover ( > the one with the Five people on it ) using members of your local Linux > User group. > > The catch is that you must get a 100 Word comment from each member in > the pho

[ubuntu-uk] How about a Competition .... Prior to the Show.

2006-09-20 Thread Nik Butler
The competition requires you to recreate the Ubuntu Shipit CD Cover ( the one with the Five people on it ) using members of your local Linux User group. The catch is that you must get a 100 Word comment from each member in the photo explaining how and why they use Ubuntu ? I personally have no