Hi There
I agree we should fly the flag and I also believe that we should use "...*allowing Australians the freedom of choice* " keep up the great work On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day Chris, > Forwarding this to the list for you. > > Sam > > *From:* Chris Robinson <[email protected]> > *Date:* 17 August 2011 4:39:41 AM ACST > *To:* Sam <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *Re: Mission Statement* > *Reply-To:* Chris Robinson <[email protected]> > > Hi guys, > > I prefer version 1 for two reasons: > > * While version two attempts to change the first sentence so it is more > readable, it falls into the trap of twice stating that we are "a group of > volunteers". > > * I prefer the phrase "...*allowing Australians the freedom of choice*" > over "allowing people". I encourage us to wave the Aussie flag whenever > appropriate to do so, and this is definitely one of those. > > Along with the great work that the Australian translation team are doing, > seeing Australians taking ownership of the Ubuntu and Loco efforts on their > behalf will help to make Ubuntu more appealing to the Aussie public. ;-) > > Every little bit helps. > > Chris. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Sam <[email protected]> > *To:* <[email protected]>[email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 16 August 2011 11:50 PM > *Subject:* Re: Mission Statement > > Hi Jared, > I tweaked slightly the "Version 2" you added to the wiki. I have preserved > your version and added mine below. > > Thanks, > Sam > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:30 PM, < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > > Send ubuntu-au mailing list submissions to > <[email protected]>[email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > <[email protected]> > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > <[email protected]>[email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-au digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Mission Statement (Jared Norris) > 2. Re: Mission Statement (Benjamin Donald-Wilson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:13:56 +1000 > From: Jared Norris < <[email protected]>[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>[email protected] > Subject: Mission Statement > Message-ID: > <CAF4+eiW1Ud=<[email protected]> > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Good evening, > > Following some good constructive feedback I've attempted to reword the > draft of the mission statement slightly to make it read better. If you > can please check it out [0] and let me know if it's heading in the > right direction that would be great. If anyone else has any sort of > feedback or want to rewrite it again please feel free to do so on the > wiki page just make sure you make clear who has written what so it's > easy to follow. > > [0] > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/MissionStatement#Consolidation> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/MissionStatement#Consolidation > > -- > Regards, > > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:35:55 +1000 > From: Benjamin Donald-Wilson < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> > To: Jared Norris < <[email protected]>[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]>[email protected] > Subject: Re: Mission Statement > Message-ID: > <CAHy=<[email protected]> > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hay all, > > I think it is a great job from last month not really having one to > now! Well done team. :) > =========== > Thanks, > > Ben Donald-Wilson > > > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 20:13, Jared Norris < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > > Good evening, > > > > Following some good constructive feedback I've attempted to reword the > > draft of the mission statement slightly to make it read better. If you > > can please check it out [0] and let me know if it's heading in the > > right direction that would be great. If anyone else has any sort of > > feedback or want to rewrite it again please feel free to do so on the > > wiki page just make sure you make clear who has written what so it's > > easy to follow. > > > > [0] > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/MissionStatement#Consolidation> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/MissionStatement#Consolidation > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) > > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > <[email protected]>[email protected] > > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > <[email protected]>[email protected] > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > End of ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 66, Issue 9 > **************************************** > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > <[email protected]>[email protected] > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- M.Skey
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