Hey NGO Team! LoCOhio! Looks great Steve,
I'll contribute whatever you need from the Ohio LoCo / what I can give. -Paul ( paultag ) On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Stephen Michael Kellat <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings to the NGO and Ohio teams. > > Over the course of e-mails back and forth with Laura Czajkowski and Paul > Tagliamonte, an interesting idea is starting to crystallize. > > Under the blueprint action area for external advocacy by the NGO team, > the idea being batted about is preparing a promotional program > presenting real users who use Ubuntu. The promotional piece would be > geared to an audience of non-specialist computer users at NGOs. As the > Ohio team is looking to launch its own podcast in 2010, this provides > members of the Ohio team a chance to practice in recording their own > audio and putting together material for others to consume. > > The target time for the promotional bit is about 15-20 minutes. > > Some of the roles that potentially need to be undertaken in this effort > include: > > * Community Council member(s) speaking about why they use Ubuntu and how > it benefits others > * MOTU who can speak to why they went with Ubuntu over other options > * General users speaking about what they do practically with Ubuntu > (i.e. Make presentations with OO.o or KOffice, crunch numbers in > Gnumeric, etc.) > * NGO team members talking about current work of packaging and the > "continuous improvement process" being started that is called paper jams > * People to copy edit > * People with an ear for design to make the soundscape appealing > * People to remind those pitching in that they are only human > > The timeline for this is to start in early January and have something > ready for release on 14 February 2010. > > Some of the thoughts from the Shot of Jaq episode "The Clueful ISP > Opportunity" are relevant to this. Discussion of this is probably going > to be beneficial. > > SMK > -- > Stephen Michael Kellat, MSLS > +1 702 714 0397 (message phone) > DC5A625B (Canonical OpenPGP Key) > [email protected] (e-mail) > http://erielookingproductions.info > http://identi.ca/alpacaherder > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- #define sizeof(x) rand() Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

