Politely, I'm going to run with the idea of a new meeting and hope that we can work together:
1. Let's schedule the meeting right now for 12-November-09 at 0000 hours (This is November 11th, 7:00PM for Eastern Time Zone). Alan or Danny, could you please add this to the calendar? The agenda will consist of the below points, to see how we are moving along. Primarily, the goal is to see if people are volunteering to lead or help and in what capacity. We'll make the determination if this is going to work. I will moderate the meeting. Please set it to be in #ubuntu-meeting. 2. Mailing Lists are nice, but the first order of business is to create two signup lists: We need a grassroots registry of people that can be contacted and activated in times of need. The first list is people who aren't lurking; people that want to step up and do something for the Marketing Team if the Marketing Team could get their crap together. The second list will be of people wanting to LEAD this group. The die hard nutjobs that want to put in the blood, sweat, tears, and heartbreak that comes with leading a volunteer community. I NEED HELP CREATING THESE REGISTRATIONS. If nobody takes charge of this in the next 24 hours, I'll just do it in Google Spreadsheets. If you are willing, email me offline and we'll get this created (and transparent). 3. In the interim between now and the meeting, I want you to think about the ways a concerted marketing effort can help reinforce the efforts of the LoCo and the corporate marketing team of Canonical. This includes the possibilities of creating monthly materials for LoCo meetings, introductory packets for new users, comparison matrices against other solutions, etc. Just start brainstorming and have something you can share. 4. EVERYONE CAN BE A LEADER. Because this is a community, no person should ever be turned away. But there needs to be some leadership here, or people lurk and nothing gets done. I want us to find those leaders and the first step to that is asking people to step up! If you are willing to help lead this charge, you can and should sign up for the leadership team! Once we have some organization, maybe things will change for the better! 5. Finally, its time for a change. There are a few people who do their own projects, or small groups that move at a snails pace. Its clear the community at-large wants a change, and Ubuntu needs it now more than ever. I want this to be completely transparent and a step in the right direction for the community as a whole, not as a way for some people to put themselves above one another. We can do this! We are all here for the same thing and together we can help make Ubuntu better! -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
