I agree with the fact that if canonical does have a completive price it should be considered as an option, at the end of the day it will get back to use through better support of ubuntu etc..
Kr Manuel On 5 February 2010 10:46, Jan Bongaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry I'm sharing my opinion via this mail. I am never available on a > Wednesday night to participate to the meeting. > > about topic 2 (the ubuntu CD): > a) the wiki talks about 919 Euro for 1000 CDs. Canonical sells their CDs > for far less (158 Euro for 200 CDs). I think they deserve our support. > b) If we decide to make a local CD, I would NOT outsource the work outside > to Morocco, China, or other countries. It beats the object of going local. > If a local option is not feasible, why not outsource it to Canonical? Has > anyone tried to ask them? > > Just my 2 cents. > > Regards, > Jan. > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Jean7491 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> IRC meeting 03/02/2010 – Report >> Present at the meeting (in random order) : mongolito404, mimor, nero_, >> wamukota, jean7491, JanC, ADcomp, mandel, selckin >> >> 1. Past and Future events >> a. Dipro Ghent 31/01- report >> Report and pictures are already in the wiki. >> In his report, kws had some ideas about the repetition of Dipro fairs >> especially in Ghent : 4 fairs in 1 year is perhaps too much. Firstly we >> can skip the Dipro Ghent on 18/04. >> We should find new ways/events to promote Ubuntu: Accenta-fair (thanks >> Digipolis Ghent) seemed to be a good example. All suggestions are >> welcome ! Participation to the Digital Week through local initiative ? >> For more events, we should find a way to put the emphases on >> collaboration with existing groups. HCC invited us on their booth at >> Antwerp Dipro (20-21/02). Maybe we should seek for more collaboration >> like this (with LUG's or other computer clubs). >> About cost of the booth and CD's, we need a cheaper solution for >> (Ubuntu) CD's. >> >> b. Dipro Kortrijk 07/02 >> The team is at minimum level with 3 volunteers (yanu, wamukota and >> jean7491) >> We still need additional volunteers, but it seems hopeless! >> No problem of preparation, just a few coordination. >> >> c. Fosdem 2010 06-07/02 >> T-shirts, stickers, mouse mats, mugs, lanyards & keychains and ad-hoc >> flyers are available. >> Hardware : JanC - EEE 900 + Tux Droid, mongolito404 – idem + laptop? + >> Tux Droid, Adcomp - Acer Aspire one + dev board (arm processor) + >> touchscreen 4.3” >> >> d. Antwerp, Hobby & computerdagen (20-21/02) In cooperation with HCC >> regio Vlaanderen. >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Antwerp_2010-02-20_21 >> nero_ (coordinator) will be present both days. >> We still need additional volunteers (2 each day) : wiki is updated with >> (JanC and Ward) (Jan B.?) >> >> e. Dipro Brugge 28/02 >> See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ComputerFairs/Brugge_2010-02-28 >> The preparation will start in the next days. >> >> 2. Promotion >> a. Material - Proposal to burn CD's for Ubuntu-be >> See last week report (in the wiki). >> Who will be in charge of this project ? Adcomp can help for creating >> ISO, if needed. The main thing to decide currently is how to finance it >> (both burning & pressing) : sponsoring is one way (we are sure about >> this income), making people to pay for is another (we hope to succeed!). >> Other possibility : no CD, but usbkey : better but more expensive ! >> We need more information about past experience with sponsors and >> covering the cost for 8.04LTS CD's in 2008. Of course, we would have to >> look for other sponsors. >> Perhaps there is a possibility for CD4s from Marocco : again we need >> more information (and guarantee). >> >> b. mimor suggests better contacts with bloggers-Ubunteros in Belgium : >> he will try to gather the Ubuntu blogging Belgians, as a start to pull >> Belgian Ubuntu users closer to the Ubuntu-be community. >> >> 3. Support points map status >> mongolito404 has something ready to test (not map, just list), need an >> host where to host a test site PHP 5.2+ , and testers to test the stuff >> when installed. selckin and mandel made propositions to help mongoliti404. >> >> 4. Things living in the mailing list >> a. The procedure for re-approval-application is started : the LoCo >> council meeting about the re-approval of our LoCo Team is planned on >> Tuesday 16/02 at 21.00 hr (Belgian time). All members of the LoCo Team >> are invited to take part to the meeting on IRC #ubuntu-meeting. >> The draft of the re-approval application is available in the wiki >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/ReapprovalApplication2010-Draft, but >> not complete. It is only related to the activities in which the Belgian >> LoCo Team was involved. >> Questions : What were the actions of Ubuntu-be in relation with >> "non-profit, and inter-governmental institutions" since 2006 ? What >> about schools ? >> JanC will continue to gather information during Fosdem 2010. >> >> b. Suggestion of a monthly report (JanC) >> Two advantages : regularly summary of Ubuntu-be life, and our activities >> will be more visible for the Ubuntu community, but more work ! >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting/HowTo >> Is there a volunteer ? It looks more like repeating copy/pasting every >> month and probably wiki markup cleanup. A motivated person with some >> spare time could probably do it. The idea is not to have a single person >> responsible of reporting everything in the wiki ! >> >> 5. Next meeting on 10/02/2010 at 21 h. >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] >> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be >> > > > > -- > Microsoft programs are like Englishmen. 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