-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Vid Ayer wrote: > On 7/14/06, Jan Vancura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Think of it this way: I privately invest money in printing and >> sending stickers (with risk to myself, too). I will inevitably >> have extra money or a deficit in the end. If there's a deficit - >> I foot it. If there's profit, I say it "belongs to the marketing >> team". I realise now that it's not entirely correct to say so, >> because the team cannot have property. From now on I will use >> "will be used for the benefit of the marketing team and >> spreadubuntu". > > As I understand, anyone is "free" to sell the stickers, Ubuntu > CD's, or other material they create and/or get for free. What one > does with the profit (or loss) is also upto the individual. No > issues. However, this is compounded when one uses the "Marketing > team of Ubuntu" name so to speak. How will the lay person know the > difference between a private venture and the MT which involves > volunteers spanning geographical locations. That is where the > question of *ethics* arise. > > Also if I understand correctly the MT does not have expenses per > se, since hosting, domains, server and other facilities like > mailing list, IRC and Forums are provided by Ubuntu/Canonical. Am I > wrong here? > > > > >> What I intend are small bounties, possible investment in next >> batch, other material etc.. Bounties are a great way of >> motivating people. > > Maybe, maybe not ! Currently the Marketing team has motivated > people as is and right now we need to focus on 1-2 ideas, plan, > implement and deliver them rather than trying to juggle too many > tasks at one time. > > >> One bounty was given out in the MT, by Lloyd Hardy - for the best >> marketing idea (I don't remember what it was). The recipient >> decided he would donate the bounty to a charity :). But taht's >> not a necessary thing, of course. > > That was a nice thing to do. > > > >> The whole initiative's purpose is NOT generating revenue, but it >> might be a side effect. > > I understand your generosity and appreciate it. So it would be less > confusing if one said "I am donating X amount to this Marketing > (or another) team". Currently it seems like the MT team is > endorsing a private venture, which is not completely true. > > I hope you understand what I am trying to say here. OK, I will adjust my rhethorics accordingly. I agree. However, since the order has been placed and the demand is high, I'm going through with this. In fact, originally it was an experiment to see if such a thing was doable without losses... and even more originalli the stickers were meant to say 'tested with' and be given to HW vendors with linux-compatible wares.
Jenda -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEtzvxkfxlW1GdBWoRAsX5AKCGsxotP/jZl2XXJqfgZQBZ8A7IWgCgug3q La4fUlK2SwiLt0rq2WLOMuk= =B0z7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
