I think we are running in circles. Gleaning what I can from these messages, This is what I think we should consider:
1. The Local Communities are their own entity, and should be considered free to do what they want, with no perceived or implied oversight from any governing body. This group should be "forked" into a specific LoCo group. 2. A Marketing team should be formed to oversee the direction of marketing as a whole for the open source project. While Canonical is responsible for the trademarks, a marketing team should be able to build materials between releases for items such as white papers, meeting kits for LoCo's, talking points for dealing with the press, etc. I envision the team as being the equivalent of the core-developers for the intangibles of the Ubuntu project with a similar contribution model and transparency. 3. Establish a liaison within Canonical to help facilitate a coordinated effort with them that is also mutually exclusive. This would ensure we are using the trademarks properly, not doubling up on projects, and filtering upstream whatever projects or ideas might require their contributions. I think if we simplify here, we can see that there isn't much that is needed, except defining the discussions between Local Communities and the Marketing team as separate but equally important endeavors. The Marketing Team's purpose would be to support the Local Communities if they choose to, but giving them the freedom to do as they please. This grassroots model was proven effective in a Presidential campaign I worked in that had a "global" message team that distributed information to local grassroots meetups for dissemination. Each group was asked to only "consider" the information, and it was a fantastic success. Thanks, John Vilsack
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