[Ubuntu-ch] After the Release Party...

[Pierre Graber]

Thanks Marc,

I also think that the "joint-venture" approach is the right way.

We now have 4-5 months to establish contacts and organize striking events!

Regards

Pierre

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:03:41 +0100, Marc Luethi <netztier at bluewin.ch>
wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 22:47 +0100, Pierre Graber wrote:
>> Maybe is it time to ask ourselves what purposes such a meeting aimes.
>> If it's to meet each-other (SwissTeam Meeting) it could (should) be
>> lighter... I was a littlebit embarrassed by the efforts made by Puzzle
>> compared to the "poor" audience).
> 
> I can agree with that. From my personal perspective, I think we had more
> "known" than "new" faces at the party.
> 
>> Switzerland is a multilingual country and that's a serious drawback.
>> Imho if we want to diffuse widely Ubuntu, it is absolutely necessary to
>> meet people in their mother tongue. 
> 
> Vive le fédéralisme! :-)
> Of course you are right - meeting at two places in two different "base
> laguages" is a good idea. Although - as you wrote - as it comes with
> federalism, we risk to do the same work twice at twice the price of
> time, (wo)manpower and other ressources. We'll have to coordinate our
> efforts well.
> 
>> Otherwise, we will continue behind closed doors (can also be funny).
> 
> I wouldn't mind a separate SwissTeam get-together and people interested
> in it.
> 
>> For Hardy's release (8.04), it could be nice to open the doors and meet
>> a wider audience. Imho that means organizing (at least) two different
>> events: one in the German- and one in the French-speaking-parts (eg in
>> Zurich and Lausanne).
> 
> Agreed. And we defnintely should do more advertising. And then a bit
> more, et encore un peu.
> 
> What if we tried the thing with a "joint venture" approach? 
> 
> For instance with User groups at Universities? I'm sure that the EPF has
> a Linux User group, and I know for sure that there is a group at zhdk.ch
> (Zurich University of the Arts) who even run an official Ubuntu mirror.
> 
> This could help us with the facilites (rooms, network access etc), which
> might help reducing our own hardware efforts, and also attracting a
> larger base of potential users.
> 
> I think we need to grow somewhat - and we should do so by coordination
> and cooperation, not by trying to superimpose us because of our
> "official LoCo Team" status. In that light, I now see my harsh criticism
> of the "ubuntu swiss remix CD" with some remorse and I'd like to offer
> my apologies to /ch/open and say: Thank you very much!
> 
> And then there's company like Puzzle ITC who just open their doors when
> you first knock at them. Wow! Thank you! Is that cool, or what?
> 
> 
> 
> best regards
> 
> Marc
> 
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