The Ubuntu Marketing forums

[Robert Stoffers]

On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 00:21 +0100, Jane Silber wrote:
> Doc Team, Marketing Team -
> 
> Can we start a discussion about some of the overlapping efforts? I agree 
> that duplication of efforts is unfortunate. There is so much to be done 
> that it seems we should be able to agree on some basic scoping for 
> various teams to avoid the duplication.
> 
> Are there specific initiatives that are problemmatic?   Perhaps we can 
> look at each in turn and discuss where the lead should be, which ones 
> have cross-team applicability, how to work in a cross-team manner, etc.  
> I'm not trying to stop any initiatives or limit anyone's participation - 
> simply hoping we can be more effective.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jane

Jane/Marketing Team,

I think for a start documentation needs to be done by the Documentation
Team, this is what we are here for after all. Ubuntu already has an
adaption of Ubuntuguide.org, otherwise known as the (official) Ubuntu
Starer Guide which is available on every Breezy installation and via
help.ubuntu.com. 

We have maintained this guide for months now, there is no need for
Ubuntu to be working with an unofficial project when an official project
already covers the same ground better then the unofficial one does. Not
only that, but the official Starter Guide is already a lot more open
then ubuntuguide.org which is just a static web page controlled by one
person. 

For the Dapper release we have split the Starter Guide into two distinct
documents, a Desktop Starter Guide targeted at new users and a Server
Guide targeted at more advanced server-related topics. Simply put the
New Users Literature initiative is redundant and better served by the
Documentation Team who's job it is to deal with Ubuntu-related
literature in the first place.

Another document we have is the Ubuntu Quick Tour, specifically made to
be used as a "marketing document" for the Marketing team and anyone else
who wants to spread the Ubuntu word. Again we are more then happy to
allow anyone including the Marketing Team to contribute, but the fact
still remains that when it comes to documentation it should be
maintained by the Documentation Team.

Regards,

-- 
Robert Stoffers
Author/Maintainer - Ubuntu Starter Guide
Ubuntu Documentation Team
Email - rstoffers at gmail.com