What can we improve on the LoCo Website?

[travis gonzales]

As a total beginner I completely concur with Nathan. That would be great
for me when I was getting people to take there first trial run if I could
point them to an all in one kind of index. Then be able to say this is
compiled by folks that are right here in Oregon drop by our IRC some time.

Thanks again for the install disks makes it much easier when talking to
folks who don't know me as well personally about trying Ubuntu out.

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Nathan Williams
<nathan at nathanewilliams.com>wrote:

>  On 03/06/2012 06:22 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
>
> I had a look at the Ubuntu Oregon Google Analytics data for last month
> today and notice we received 8,222 unique hits last month which is 8,222
> potential Ubuntu Users or existing users who sought out information on
> Ubuntu Oregon.
>
> In a effort to grow our ranks here in Oregon I want to do everything
> possible to make sure we are reaching as many Oregonians as possible
> through every venue available to us especially on the web. One thing I
> think needs improvement is our site could use prominent placement of
> widgets or links to our social media pages so we can grow our followers in
> those crucial areas.
>
> I'm asking for input on any changes you might think we need to make to
> improve our chances of increasing participation statewide!
>
> Here is a screenshot from Google Analytics:
> http://i.imgur.com/Tg6A6.png
>
> Notably we are getting visits from almost every college in the state and a
> handful of K-12 school districts and of course all the major tech companies.
>
> --
> Benjamin Kerensa                          "I am what I am because
> Team Lead, Ubuntu Oregon                  of who we all are." - Ubuntubkerensa at ubuntu.comhttp://ubuntu-oregon.org
>
>
>
>
> Great question, Ben!
>
> I think we need to work more on pointing people to the excellent existing
> resources and introductory materials that exist. There's a LOT of really
> good documentation that's been produced, but newcomers can have a hard time
> finding it.
>
> this is our community, we know it very well, and part of the purpose of a
> LoCo is to be a signpost for those just realizing that we exist.
>
> I'd suggest that we focus on the following areas:
>
>  - introductory materials (who/what is Ubuntu, where/how can i get/use it)
>  - learning more ( software exploration, community (news, activities,
> social stuff), documentation )
>  - dealing with problems (where to get help, how to ask good questions,
> how to troubleshoot)
>  - contributing ( promotion (events), testing, support (irc/askubuntu),
> documentation (doc-squad, wiki, forum, tutorials), ideas (blueprints))
>
> i'm not suggesting that we produce the documentation, there would be no
> point, as it already exists. I do think that providing an index of the best
> available resources in each of these areas would be a great way to attract
> people to Ubuntu Oregon, while providing a needed service to the community.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nathan Williams
>
>
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