Thanks for pulling this together, Joe. 50 words to describe all of Ubuntu isn't much room! What to include and exclude is inherently subjective given the small space. By the way, can everyone who will be in San Jose during the conference please add your name to the wiki page, whether you will be able to help man the booth or not?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/OSCON2009 In reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(philosophy) and http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu (nice video, both are interesting descriptions) I suspect using "African" instead of "Zulu" would be more appropriate. Also if there is a shortage of space it might be safe to leave this out given the typical level of Open Source education of Oscon attendees. In my experience up-to-date & stable are often mutually exclusive. I would guess an Oscon audience will be quite aware of this, especially the server folks. Maybe sticking to the Ubuntu promise from the home page would be best: availability of Ubuntu free of charge, commercial support, translations, accessibility features and Open Source software. Given the size and visibility of Oscon within the Open Source community this leads me to feel that seeking some kind of nod from or at least notification to the ubuntu-marketing list before our unapproved loco represents Ubuntu broadly at this event would be a good idea. It would be nice to know as much as we can about Canonical presences. Perhaps they have not documented or avoided this show in the past for reasons we don't know. Talking with them seems in keeping with the Code of Conduct's [1] "When you are unsure, ask for help" clause and the Ubuntu concept in general, don't you thin? So I will work on something for ubuntu-marketing (cc to this list of course) and if you like, take another shot at the 50 word description. Talk to you soon, -- -- Grant Bowman <[email protected]> [1] http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Joe Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Alright, so after some friendly chat in the meeting on Sunday, I got the > general impression that since we were going to be manning the "real" Ubuntu > booth, we should be representing the community as a whole. Here's what I've > got: > > 50-word description: > > Ubuntu is a community developed, GNU/Linux-based operating system that is > perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. The distribution provides an > up-to-date, stable experience for the average user, with a strong focus on > usability and ease of installation. Ubuntu is Zulu for "Humanity to Others," > and is embodied by its community. > > Logo: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=UbuntuLozengeLogo.svg > > Link: > > http://www.ubuntu.com > > > > -Joe > > On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Joe Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Firstly, I'd like to give a huge thanks to Robert, Larry, Jesse, Mark, and >> Grant for your insight and help :) >> >> On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 12:54:28AM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: >> > It seems they haven't planned for it in the past either as it's not >> > listed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ConferenceAppearances >> > >> >> There hasn't been an Ubuntu booth for the past two years, so I'm glad that >> we can do something about it. >> >> > >> > [[http://www.ubuntu.com| {Calif Team Logo} Ubuntu California Team >> > >> > We work together to advocate, promote, develop and improve Ubuntu by >> > conducting events (including conference booths and release parties), >> > by supporting LUGs and by connecting users with each other. Our >> > volunteer group is one of 184 Local Community (LoCo) teams worldwide >> > which vary dramatically in their interests, activities and goals. >> >> I'm torn between an Ubuntu description vs. a more specific California LoCo >> description, but I think that something like what you and Robert wrote >> sounds great. >> >> I'll be sure to bring it up at the IRC meeting tonight, and will post what >> we come up with on the list. >> >> >> Thanks! >> Joe -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
