Nathan's take on this (Canonical representing itself; LoCos representing Ubuntu) correlates well with my prior experience at shows up in SFO. Independent of the approved/unapproved issue, one thing which DOES make tremendous sense it to coordinate with those individuals in Canonical who are in charge of _their_ booth - ensuring they know there'll be another Ubuntu-focused booth at the show.
If they know, ahead-of-time, that we'll be there, they can (especially if nudged/reminded/bribed-a-little to!) bring extra kitch, extra CDs, extra T-shirts, extra flyers, etc. At least, up in SFO, they were happy to hand me boxes and boxes of stuff to give away from our LoCo booth; here's hoping that's a "general policy" and not simply a result of my particular ability to schmooze. Yes - Talking with Canonical ahead-of-time makes BOATLOADS of sense. -pbr http://reiber.org On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Nathan Haines <[email protected]> wrote: > Grant Bowman wrote: >> 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? >> > Broadly speaking, Canonical does not have the manpower to represent > Ubuntu at most events, and the unapproved LoCos are just as empowered to > present Ubuntu as the approved teams (approval mostly being a control > process for distributing swag and supplies). Canonical prefers to > represent itself and rely on active LoCos to represent Ubuntu. I also > have it from a handful of Canonical employees that California Team has > lived up to expectations at past shows. We shouldn't worry about or > wait for them to begin planning Ubuntu's presence there. > > We should definitely look for opportunities to work together. This can > only improve the offerings of Canonical as well as Ubuntu. But let's > plan our booth and reach out to Canonical simultaneously. They probably > are planning something for OSCON. > > -- > Nathan Haines > Ubuntu California Local Community Team > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- http://reiber.org -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
