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[Kip Warner]

On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 22:32 -0400, Pedro I. Sanchez wrote:
> I have to disagree with Kip's comments above, specially when the 
> original question involves a Canadian-specific situation. But in 
> general, I must say that asking technical questions and providing 
> answers is probably the best way to build a community. Getting together 
> to drink a couple of beers and for key-signing hand shakes is one way to 
> solidify that which has already been built.

Imagine that a new non-Ubuntu person is living in Canada and just got
excited about Ubuntu. They Googled around and discovered there's this
thing called "Ubuntu Canada". Cool! They have a mailing list too.
Great!! So, they join up (subscribe), and start reading prior posts to
get a feel for the state of Ubuntu in Canada.

What do they find? Ubuntu never works. The list is mostly silent but
then suddenly erupts into a flood of "How do I get my blah working with
blah on my blah, blah..." followed by a bunch of "Try this try that." In
short they find: *A whole lot of fail.*

If we really want to build community and spread Ubuntu, please let's
not fool ourselves into thinking random tech support on a mailing list
is the answer. Let's actually do something real. Get away from your
screens, host an Ubuntu hour or similar event in a public place. Invite
people. Be fun and friendly. And, if you see someone on the list asking
for help, give them real advice that helps everyone: send them to an
official Ubuntu support channel. Better still, find someone locally near
them to lend a hand in person, the Ubuntu way.

-- 
Kip Warner -- Software Engineer
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http://www.thevertigo.com
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