[Ubuntu Chicago] e-ntroduction

[RJ Marsan]

woot. seriously thats awesome.

On 2/2/07, Rich Johnson <nixternal at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Friday 02 February 2007, Patrick Green wrote:
> | Well, on a lark I called an old friend of mine.
> |
> | He lives in the same town I do and he owns a production company.  He
> | writes, films, casts, and directs commercials and high end promotional
> | DVD's (for time shares, real estate for the rich and famous.)  A 15
> minute
> | promotional film is usually in the neighborhood of 15-30 grand.  He is
> | willing to do one for Ubuntu Chicago with his writing, editing, and
> actors
> | at no charge.
> |
> | I will be sitting down with him soon to give him some info on what linux
> | is, what open source is, and what makes Ubuntu special.
> |
> | What this would give us is a movie we could have streaming on the wiki
> and
> | even burn onto a DVD quality disk suited for you tv at home.
>
> OK, I caught my breath after reading this. This is amazing and we (Ubuntu)
> would be so greatfull for such an opportunity.
>
> I am available to help out as much as needed. I have no problem using his
> own
> actors, but would be interested to know if possible some of the "real"
> Ubuntu
> users (some of the Chicago members) had a cameo appearance?
>
> I can promise him that I will get his name out to about 8 million people
> with
> 1 single post. Those are the 8 million users who read my blog, the Fridge,
> and other sites as well. Plus this will also target those who aren't using
> Ubuntu YET. This will get a Digg I am sure, and I can guarantee a news
> spot
> on Google as well. If you have more information about your friend and if
> he
> is interested, I would love to promote him and his work. I would like to
> see
> some of his previous work, which I am sure is good.
>
> Patrick, we (Ubuntu community) really appreciate your recent activity,
> interest, and knowledge. I am an Executive Marketing and Business
> Management
> major myself and enjoy this part of "work" more than any other. It seems
> you
> have the field experience that I am interested in and if ever the chance
> came
> about, I would love to pick your brain apart. Of course I will format the
> Windows partition up there if there is one :)
>
> Thanks again Patrick and if there is anything you need, please do not
> hesitate
> to email me or the group.
>
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