Jurgen, Thx for your support. I'd like to hear from Bill too, and learn about his vision. We'll see where we will end up. (Hopefully somewhere nice. ;-) Bill, the floor is yours.... Op 1 mei 2014 13:04 schreef "Jurgen Gaeremyn" <[email protected]>:
> Hey Tom, > > go ahead - organise it. :) > I failed. Better luck to you. I'll be glad to do my part. > > Grtz, > Jurgen. > > On 01-05-14 12:39, tom verlinden wrote: > > Thanks for your info on this. I've always thought that this certain > "somebody" should comprise out of more than one person. One person can't > take this on his or her shoulders. There's too much, from what i'm reading, > for one person to do and be succesfull about it. There should be a team of > somebodies, all doing somewhat the same, but in different locations. (Does > that make sense?) Is there a need for a central organ? To me that makes it > too complicated already, and might create expectations, that cannot be > fullfilled. Anyway, there's need, i guess to promote ubuntu, as Bill said. > Now we have to figure out how to do this in a fun way, i guess. > Op 1 mei 2014 12:27 schreef "Jurgen Gaeremyn" <[email protected] > >: > >> Tom, >> >> the strongest periods of Ubuntu-be were when one single person actually >> kept his shoulders under the project. In the past we had a few of these >> people. Thing is: ubuntu-be.org should set clear expectations: what >> (not) to expect: a spokesman, the official stance of Ubuntu on whatever >> Belgian activity, guaranteed support, etc... >> >> If someone stands up and is prepared to take leadership, you will quickly >> have a core team of somewhere between 5 and 10 or even more if you do a >> great job. If you're willing to take up this commitment, you'll be doing >> Ubuntu-be a big favour. Problem is, apparently this mythical figure called >> "somebody" we're all talking about and who'll do all the practical stuff >> like maintain the website, organise event booths, create content, etc... >> isn't on this list anymore. Not sure if he ever was. >> >> Please, do give it a chance. First things first - canonical approval is >> not a problem if you can prove you're active. I'm assuming someone here >> will be able to tell you more details on this. >> >> Grtz, >> Jurgen. >> >> On 01-05-14 12:11, tom verlinden wrote: >> >> I don't know about organizing a funeral just yet. Maybe ubuntu.be could >> be a commonplace for those using and or discovering ubuntu but more in a >> fun sort of way. Don't know if i'm saying this right, but i think you get >> the picture. There doesn't need to be a central person or spokesman imho. >> Makes it far too official. The first goal should be, in my humble opinion, >> to get people to discover ubuntu. Maybe by promoting this list we could get >> more people discovering the os. As far as i'm concerned, i use ubuntu, talk >> about it and show it to whoever i think might be interrested, give support >> where i can and drop leaflets in our library. (They're also on ubuntu. >> Woot!!) >> I think that if we do our part any wich way we can, on our little >> "islands", and use the net, list as our "glue", who knows what can happen >> in the future? Is there still a connection with canonical? How does that >> work? Hell, typing this gets me all fired up to give this a chance. What do >> you guys think? Give it some kind of try, or just leave, and do something >> on our own? (I think we could achieve more together, but i'd like to hear >> your opinion). My 2 cents.... >> Op 30 apr. 2014 07:30 schreef "kawabill" <[email protected]>: >> >>> What triggered me was a mail I got from someone in the community, >>> stating that he rather spent his time otherwise, declining an invitation I >>> had sent him. No problem of course, but it took me to the following page; >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/IrcMeetings >>> >>> No activities are visible for me the visitor, going over the pages it >>> seems that the latest info dates from 2012. I know activities are still >>> going on, organized by enthusiasts on a very local scale, but for me it is >>> not visible whether all of this is coordinated. >>> >>> I find it a pity, that in the period where MS end of lifes XP I don't >>> see any coordinated activity to get people over into the Ubuntu/Mint/Linux >>> camp. >>> >>> Can anyone please comment and give feedback or let me know I'm wrong and >>> I seem to live life on a desolate space outside of the Ubuntu community? >>> >>> Have a nice day. >>> Bill >>> >> > > -- > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:[email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > >
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