On 19/12/14 15:37, Carlos Vinícius Ferrer wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I understand perfectly what you wrote and I apologize for the hasty creation > of the group. In the description of the group I made a point to > say that the group is unofficial Ubuntu GNOME group and just deleted the > image with the logo. But if you believe it is better to delete the > group, I can delete. > I don't see any problem for this group to exist as unofficial community, as long as your careful of the points that Keith made.
Tim > > I'm enjoying being part of Ubuntu GNOME team and what's best for the team, I > will do. Now, Im going to sleep because it is too late in Brazil > and I'm tired. > > Thanks, guys. And sorry again... > > Em 19/12/2014 02:06, "Keith I Myers" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> escreveu: > > Good Morning All, > First, sorry for my slow responses, I am in the process of remodeling the > house and my desk is still not put back together. That is my > goal for tomorrow. I wanted to weigh in on this a bit, forgive me for > rambling but this is to encourage discussion. > > Ubuntu has always been a distribution that valued the community as a > whole, and by extension, Ubuntu Gnome should also share this value. > Communities can be both officially sanctioned by the Ubuntu GNOME team as > well as by community members as unofficial communities. With > this said, there are a few limits that need to be respected, regardless > of the decision. > > * Canonical owns trademarks to the Ubuntu branding and the use of it in > unofficial communities may be frowned upon. > * If the group were to give the illusion of an official community, > control of the community should be in the hands of the Ubuntu GNOME > team rather than an individual person. > * If the group were to exist as an unofficial annex to the Ubuntu GNOME > main communities, then it would need to mention that as such. > All logos would need to be used in accordance to the Ubuntu Branding > Guidelines. > * Having communities of like minded users who speak the same language > is always a good thing. It will instill a comfort level with newer > users and help to attract more users to the cause. > * Unofficial communities should not post their own "Official > Announcements" however should be welcomed to re-share content (translated) > linking back to the official post. > > TL:DR - I personally feel that this should exist as a unofficial group, > this would require a modification to the logo (and I have some > ideas if you wish). I am astonished that you managed to gain 15 users so > fast and this shows that there is clearly a need for such a > group. Localized groups are a great thing however this would be very > difficult for the Ubuntu GNOME social media team to moderate as we do > not have speakers in every language that we do users. > > Thoughts? > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Ali/amjjawad <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Carlos Vinícius Ferrer > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Good evening, folks. > > > Hi Carlos, > > > > I came here to inform you that today I created the Facebook group > called 'Ubuntu GNOME Brasil' with the intention of exchanging > experiences with other Brazilian Ubuntu GNOME users and also for > disclosure, marketing and recruiting new volunteers. > > Within hours, we are already the mark of 15 people in the group. > > This is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/288751181335120/ > > If you have any suggestions of how to run the group, please write > here. > > > While I sure do know this came from pure and good intention to help > us grow bigger worldwide, my one and only concern is how these > sites/channels will be administrated? > > Our official channels are: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ContactUs > > Any other channel that is not listed under: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ContactUs > > IMHO, we can't 'yet' call it official or belong to us. Thus, using > any banner or logo that belongs to Ubuntu GNOME and then of course > Canonical might not be the wise move. > > But, this is unexpected move. When you ask people to help translating > your document into their native language, they would think of > creating such group which I totally understand and appreciate of > course. > > I think, we need some guidelines in this regard. Such efforts must be > (IMHO) under the official LoCo Team of Ubuntu on that country. > > Let's see what Keith and others have in mind about this and maybe we > need a quick meeting OR a discussion over here because I'm sure > more will come soon (similar groups). > > > > Thank you, guys. > > > Thank you very much! > > > > -- > *Carlos Vinícius Ferrer Costa* > > > -- > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> > *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us." > > Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage> > http://torios.org - StartUbuntu <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartUbuntu> > - http://amjjawad.net > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnome-comms > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntugnome-comms> > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnome-comms > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntugnome-comms> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > > -- > Keith I Myers > http://http://KMyers.me > +Keith I Myers <http://plus.kmyers.me/> > Mobile : (305)-929-3475 <tel:%28305%29-929-3475> > > > > > > -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
