[ubuntu-us-mn] Upcoming campaigns

[Tony Yarusso]

With our upcoming event (Reminder: It won't happen unless you step up and
organize and advertise it!!), this would be a good time to start looking at
some of the things we can do to promote Ubuntu to people who aren't already
using it.  One that I've started pursuing already is talking to government
officials about using open-source software and open document formats in
government and public schools.  Other ideas are things like getting
Ubuntu-preinstalled machines sold in retail outlets, getting Ubuntu
workstations set up in public libraries, having local media run
open-source-related news stories, and introducing non-technical people to
Ubuntu who haven't heard of it before.

To see a larger list of some ways you could go with this, I'd recommend
reading https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoActivism, all of the pages linked from
it, and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/Campaigns/UbuntuInStores.
Also note that we have started pages on our wiki section for some of these
things, specifically https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MinnesotaTeam/LocalStores,
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MinnesotaTeam/Education, and
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MinnesotaTeam/Political.

Think about what interests you most personally, and use the release party to
find some like-minded folks to collaborate with so we can get some things
off the ground!

I haven't been getting responses of volunteers for the release party To-Do
list I posted - please consider helping out so we can put a good face
forward!

-- 
Tony Yarusso
http://tonyyarusso.com/
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