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boredandbloggingyeah, I don't think we need to worry about issues like that yet00:02
hubuntuok, good00:02
hubuntu:)00:02
owhpep: Ping00:34
peppong00:34
pephubuntu jsut left00:34
pepjsut*00:34
pepahh00:35
pepjust*00:35
pepjust sent you an email..00:35
owhpep: Just asked in #LP about team vs. project. A team cannot have bugs against itself. The idea is that a team owns a project and the project has bugs.00:35
pepyes00:35
owhHave we asked jenda?00:35
pepwe will have to see on getting the original spreadubuntu project assigned to the spreadubuntu team00:36
pep[01:35] <owh> Have we asked jenda? that is the next step indeed00:36
pephe has been afk...00:36
* owh has a little fossick around to check the TZ for jenda.00:36
pepas I said, former contributors to DIYWebsite and previous SU will help us advance now00:36
owhPrague, so UTC +200:37
pepwe must meet in here to make the point around this00:37
pepyes, like me, it is 01:3700:37
peptime to sleep00:37
pepso I'm going offline too now...00:37
owhCool, ok, well, I'll start logging bugs against the project instead :)00:38
owhOr is that a bad idea?00:38
pepI don't know.. the project is not yet adapted to our new objectives I think...00:38
pepbest wait for all this LP, and administrative/communications blabla to be set up and running00:39
owhCool, I'll get on with my tax accounting then. Sleep well.00:39
pepbut you can make a subpage of the wiki to draft if you want00:39
pepthx, see you ;)00:39
* pep realises that it's way to late xD00:40
owh'lo all09:46
owhping pep, hubuntu09:47
pephoi09:47
owhHiya.09:47
owhHad a conversation with Flannel this morning, we now have a common understanding of how we think it all hangs together.09:48
pepgood!09:48
owhHe may have sent an email to hubuntu, or not yet, it was late for him :)09:48
hubuntuhei owh 09:48
owhHiya09:48
owhSo, the conversation with Flannel went a little like this:09:49
hubuntupep explained, and I think we all agree in the way things are now09:49
hubuntuyes, please09:49
owhWhat Flannel and I weren't sure of was if pep had the same understanding as we did, so that's why I'm clarifying :)09:49
owhSo, here goes:09:49
* pep is explaining what who things to a lot of people, and is dying for an IRC meeting xD09:50
owhThe SU site that hubuntu is making, is really the DIY site that the UMT team discussed in the meeting, that is, a place for "stuff", like fliers, white papers, etc. So, while hubuntu is currently calling it SU, it really is something more like diy.su.com09:51
owhThe SU site that is the one for the general public, newbies if you like can be rolled out on SU, so we run both up at the same time.09:51
hubuntuSU is a little more than the DIY site09:51
pepwell, it will both imo...09:51
owhSo we're in effect talking about the same thing.09:51
hubuntubut yes, It will include the main ideas of the DIY site09:51
owhJust a different way of looking at it.09:51
hubuntuand some other ideas aswell09:52
owhSo, the DIY stuff that Flannel dug out (from the existing SU/DIY stuff can be merged with hubuntu's SU site and be launched as diy.su.09:52
hubuntuI think of it as a base for microsites for campaigns as well as a material repository09:52
owhLemme show you some URLs.09:52
owhGimmie a mo.09:52
hubuntuI hvae already added a link to the DIY stuff in the wiki page09:53
owhhttp://doc.ubuntu.com/~marketing/spreadubuntu/SpreadUbuntu%20Structure%20Proposals/Spreadubuntu-060628-jenda.png09:53
owhThat's the original design for SU.09:53
hubuntuI have a link to that too09:53
owhWe're saying that the stuff above the dotted line is su.com, the stuff below the dotted line is the diy site.09:53
owhhttp://doc.ubuntu.com/~marketing/spreadubuntu/SpreadUbuntu%20Design%20Mockups/JendaVancura/Mockup.png09:53
owhThat's a proposed home page for SU09:54
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owhThat is, it was the existing design.09:54
owhNow the final bit.09:54
pepyes, we are thinking of SU being a bit more elaborate now... it will include all marketing material, the DIYWebsite, the DIYMarketing page, and be a rendez-vous point for new marketing ideas and projects... SU site being the frontend, we will be working on LP....09:54
owhhttps://omgwtfbbq.dnsdojo.net/spread/09:54
pepnice!09:55
owhThat's Flannels personal site, running the code base that was the DIY/SU site from the "discontinued" project.09:55
hubuntuSeen it too ;) but not the last one09:55
hubuntunice ;)09:55
owhRight, so, that's what already exists and I don't think we want to throw it away.09:55
owhSo, we want to make sure that we're all pulling on the same rope.09:55
peptalking about the design button... we came up with the idea of an application, similar to 5-a-day, that enables designers to directly upload projects through a nice gui...09:55
hubuntuis it WP or drupal?09:56
owhSure, that's implementation pep, but not just yet.09:56
pepyeah, sure, just adding ;)09:56
hubuntuI believe the template can be "ported" to any CMS09:56
owhhubuntu: Dunno and Flannel and I both didn't care at this point because we're both developers and we think that there are other issues.09:56
owhhubuntu: Specifically this:09:56
hubuntubut the backend has to be Drupal IMO09:56
owhWe think that the SU site will be mostly static, that is, it contains mostly static HTML (or similar) and will be managed by UMT.09:57
owhWe think that the DIY.SU site will be mostly a database that links back to bzr/LP.09:57
hubuntuit will be managed by the SU team, in collaboration with UMT, yes09:57
owhAnd the actual stuff, fliers etc, lives in bzr, so we can harness that and rosetta for translations.09:57
hubuntuindeed owh, the database is what we were talking about yesterday09:57
pepwe are heading to the same thing, we have the same ideas....09:58
owhWe're both extremely reluctant to go down any particular CMS route at this point as we both think that this will be overkill and painful.09:58
hubuntuthe database lives @ Canonical and bzr will be our revisioning system09:58
pepjust a detail... are you still thinking of a su and a diy.su site?09:58
owhWell, the database living at Canonical is a whole separate discussion.09:58
owhFlannel is going to have a chat with some self-hosted locos and see what gives.09:59
hubuntuI have written down every single thing you just metioned in the wiki.. we discussed it yesterday and it seems to me we see the site with the same perspective09:59
owhSo, does what I outline gel with your understandings or are there some things that don't match up?09:59
hubuntuI believe this is a global ubuntu project that has to be hosted within Canonical09:59
pepwell I'm just wondering about the diy.su ... it is a subpart of the su site right? jsut so that we are thinking the same...10:00
hubuntuI agree that defining the CMs or whatever we use is irrelevant at this point10:00
owhhubuntu: Well, that is a separate discussion because it may mean many deployment delays.10:00
owhpep: Well, it is expected that content that is showing on SU, comes from DIY.SU, but essentially they will be seperate things, managed differently.10:00
hubuntuI agree that we have to summarize the way we plan this to work, how the interaction framework within  stakeholders will be and how we plan to include the input and manage it10:01
owhOne moment, door.10:01
hubuntuSU is an umbrella proyect, diy.su.com is a part of it, and at this stage the most important and relevant one10:01
owhYes.10:02
hubuntubut SU will be more than that10:02
owhAnd the one that the UMT agreed was the primary focus.10:02
hubuntuso our energy will concentrate on diy.du.com10:02
owhDIY that is, not SU.10:02
owhYes10:02
pep..10:02
hubuntudiy.su.com10:02
pepok..10:02
owhYa10:02
hubuntuand work from there I hope by mid august10:03
hubuntuwhat you think pep?10:03
owhReally, we're just trying to make sure we're all saying the same thing and that we are understanding it in the same way so we don't confuse everyone with a "slightly" different story.10:03
pepI'm having some problems seizing the difference there... so basically hubuntu, diy.su is the one we were talking baout, with LP sync, etc... right? it just excludes the map, the contact place, the Q&A, etc... ?10:04
pepso, the core of SU ..10:04
owhWell, Q&A already exists in LP.10:04
owhI saw the belgian map, nice. But that's not on diy.10:04
meisokhi10:04
pepno, owh10:05
owhmeisok: Hiya.10:05
pephubuntu knows what I'm talking about... he had some other map in mind...10:05
hubuntunhi owh,meisok is art of the team too10:05
owhhubuntu: Yup, I know :)10:05
hubuntuI'm thinking of a map to locate other marketeers in your area with whom you can collaborate10:05
hubuntubeyond the fact of being actively part of a LoCo or not'10:05
peppersonally, I think it is not a priority and can always be implmented later...10:06
hubuntubut that's secondary now10:06
pepyeah10:06
owhRight, so the contact type is different, but it's really an extension of pep's Belgian map.10:06
hubuntuwe need the diy site first10:06
pepowh: we're still actively working on that map btw ....10:06
* owh has *lots* of map experience, running satellite trackers, World Solar Challenge, mapping, overlays :)10:06
hubuntuI'm not sure owh, we will have to elaborate on that10:06
hubuntugood :)10:06
owhhubuntu: Well the way to do that is to write a spec, but we're no where near that at this time.10:06
hubuntubut I think is a great idea10:07
hubuntuexactlt, we need to spec downthe SU site first10:07
pepI had an idea I was fond of for the sorting and classification system, that would permit us to archive and find/sort a big archive of ressoruces... just wait a second, I'll draft this down...10:07
owhSo, the first step is to discuss the LP project 'spreadubuntu' with jenda, who owns it and go from there. We'll need to explain what we want to do and how we want to structure it so we don't waste his time.10:07
pepyeah owh!10:07
owhBut there is no point in doing that until we have a good understanding of what is required and what we need.10:08
pepyes, we must merge the old diy team with ours, and pull all related projects, like diywebsite and former spreadubuntu to us, and assign it to our team.10:08
owhSo, step 0, is to write down how we plan to re-use the existing stuff and how it fits into the current plan.10:08
hubuntuindeed.. I am trying to make the project page understandable with a menu header and subpages categorized in there for easy access10:09
owhI've not yet had time to go through the mailing list archive to get a sense of the things that were decided and I think we need to write up a proposal and send it to the list to get some discussion about it, but Flannel will need to agree with that.10:09
owhNow, I've just been tapped on the shoulder to run away. If anything of what we discussed doesn't make sense, drop me an email or figure out what went down. I'm about to paste Flannel and my discussion.10:10
hubuntuowh we will have our own list for the technical stuff and users feedback/material submition10:10
hubuntuno worries.. It al makes sens.. we just have to add it wikiwise10:11
owhhubuntu: Before that we need to talk to UMT though, as this is part of the stuff we agreed in the meeting.10:11
owhhttp://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20565/10:11
owhThat's the discussion Flannel and I had this morning.10:11
* owh has to run. Drop me email if you need to.10:11
owhLater10:12
pep`back10:14
pep`sorry, got kicked out of my wireless10:14
pep`last message was " I've not yet had time to go through the mailing list archive to get a sense of the things that were decided and I think we need to write up a proposal and send it to the list to get some discussion about it, but Flannel will need to agree with that." ...10:14
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pepSo material on LP is periodically synchronised with the site right?...10:25
pep`ah damn... just got kicked out again!10:27
pep`ah, I'll paste bin this...10:27
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pepright, hubuntu, owh: http://pastebin.com/m7336784710:28
pepmeisok tambien ;)10:28
pepoh, owh seems out^^10:28
hubuntupep, just add it to the wiki as you see fit and we will eventually change it if it is needed10:29
hubuntu;)(10:29
pepyes, I will10:29
hubuntuput as an idea or step by step your own way10:29
pepI will add it under Ideas - classifying system10:31
hubuntuFlannel, are you there?10:45
pephubuntu: here goes https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/SpreadUbuntu#head-b004109f14fc47cfb7ffe8956e404ea9d303ce2410:55
hubuntuI believe the Su site should ONLY be for marketeers11:00
hubuntunew comers that want to market ubuntu locally can use it, but we should not aim to become ubuntu.com11:00
hubuntuthis realted to the Flannel and owh conversation here: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20565/11:01
pepwell it is for marketeers and for marketing material submitters right?11:01
pepI'll check out the conversation..11:01
hubuntuof course, but not for new comers as in:I want to know what Ubuntu is11:05
hubuntuyou use getfirefoxfor downloaders as you use http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu11:06
hubuntuand the same is true for spreadubuntu11:06
hubunturelated to spreadfirefox11:06
pepah yes, you weren't talking about my classyfing system, I see..11:06
hubuntua base for marketing activities with microsites, material and oter related stuff11:07
pep(12:22:58) Flannel: DIY requires a DB, to search, catalog, etc <= this is only what my point was about..11:07
hubuntupep do you have the log from yesterday?11:12
pepfrom yesterday in ubuntu-es?11:12
pepor here?11:12
hubuntuboth11:12
pepyes, I think... hang on..11:12
hubuntuput therm in: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/11:12
hubuntuand give me the links11:12
pepjupp11:12
pepalready up11:12
hubuntuI am setting up a chat log overview so people don'æt repeat the same conversation all over again11:13
hubuntubut try to hunt the main ideas and wiki them11:13
pepok11:13
pepyou want everything?11:13
pepeven from when you were there?11:14
pepah yes, obviously... -_-11:14
hubuntutry to cut off the irrelevant points and justy give me raw material for the project11:17
hubuntuplease11:17
pepyes11:17
pepI'm busy at it, it's quite a lot..11:17
hubuntuI know11:18
pepall the join/quit take a lot of space11:18
hubuntuI got the logs in another computer and I'm not sure if I will have access to it the next days11:19
pepdo you know how I can "find and replace" expressions in a text file with variable content, like find: "[dim jun 15 2008] [*] Quitter *" ? I didn't find it in gedit or openoffice... and I am to lazy to try and find/write a script doing this^^ 11:25
pepah nvm11:25
pephubuntu: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20586/ for this channel, I'll quickly do the one for ubuntu-es11:30
hubuntuthanx11:34
pephubuntu: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20590/ the ubuntu-es-locos log11:38
hubuntuI added the chats link to our header menu11:40
pepOk.11:40
hubuntucheck this out pep:https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad/+spec/ssov2-drupal-plugin11:41
pepperfect :D11:42
hubuntuit is implemented already ;)11:42
hubuntuI'm going to contact him to check the status of it11:43
pepyes, this is good.11:43
hubuntuI'm going to #launchpad to talk to him11:44
pepI'll follow that...11:45
pephubuntu: where have you put the chatlgos?11:45
pepon the wiki header menu?11:45
hubuntunow you cans ee the changes11:48
hubuntuyes11:48
hubuntuwe should move eevrything to the respective subpages11:50
pep"everything" ? all ideas?11:52
pepyes.11:52
pepbut I do not have the time now. I have an exam tomorrow, I'll be half-there this afternoon, you can ping/query me though, not a problem, my IRC client will shout ;)11:53
hubuntuI will.. good luck tomorrow11:54
pepjust something I thought of yesterday, when talking about contacting jenda and the DIYWebsite team, after we have cleared this with the former involved, and that they willingly hand us voer the project in LP, etc... we'll have to think about modifying details about SU here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/Projects12:03
pepI was going to change it but prefer waiting for them to have handed it to us completely..12:04
hubuntuindeed12:06
hubuntuI hvae let alone the previous SU project pages in order to find a common understanding of what's to come12:06
hubuntuand pick up what we see fits in our project12:07
hubuntubuild on their ideas where we can12:08
pepyes, I changed the status to a transitional one, until we have contacted former members.12:08
hubuntugood12:10
hubuntuthe OpenID stuff @ launchpad seems to be in good shape but I am waiting for feedback12:11
pepI am on the channel, reading....12:11
pepbtw, I subscribed and applied to be a beta tester yesterday, which is of course of interest for implementing opneID, I hope my membership will be activated by the time we start working on ti..12:12
pepI already use edge a lot12:12
hubuntugood ;)12:14
hubuntubecoming beta tester happens fast12:14
hubuntuedge is a wondeful place12:14
hubuntuI just found out about staging too12:14
hubuntuis where the code resides before edge12:15
pepyeah, I simply *love* launchpad12:15
pepgot very fond of it when I discovered this12:15
pepbeing "used" to classic only mailing list and IRC projects12:15
pepbut as I got really involved into ubuntu, I spent almost no time on it, working for my loco IRL and doing a lot of support on IRC in #ubuntu-fr12:16
hubuntuLP is the rock.. I understood about one year ago12:20
hubuntuIt takes time to understand the whole thing, but once you do.. You'll never be back (tm)12:20
pep:)12:20
hubuntuis just a better way of doing things, period!12:20
hubuntubut I think we will have a lot of issues arising with the BZR side of things12:21
pepfor SU?12:22
hubuntuwe need some serious bzr people with us to materialize the revisioning system for the SU site12:22
pepyeah, we've got to think this out deeply with ppl that now about it...12:22
pepah, exactly what I think :)12:22
hubuntumeisok and I know a little, I do not know about you, but I'm a novice really, just a basic, very basic user12:23
pepjsut stumbled upon http://www.ubuntuvideo.com/ it would be good if it was available in several languages...12:23
hubuntuyes, marketing resources have to become painless and our platform has to make this a reality12:23
pepjupp12:24
hubuntuis a extremely complex thing to achieve and it will take time12:24
pepwell, first step will be the marketing resources, in a loco sense...12:24
pepthen we can see further...12:24
hubuntubut I'm confident that by "releasing little and often" we will suceed12:25
hubuntuyes... LoCos in focus12:25
pepyes, remember what beuno said ;)12:25
hubuntuit's because of that need I want this to work...12:25
hubuntuand this will benefit many LoCos worlwide... I would just love to have a cooperation framework where a Chinese flyer gets translated into French on-the-fly 12:27
hubuntumaking campaigns totally painless and the resources just amazingly vast and of good quality12:27
pepyeah :) the "launchpad-marketing-addon" as we more or less described it in the first meetings seizes the idea pretty wellI think =)12:29
hubuntuwas it described in those words?12:30
hubuntuor with meisok?12:30
hubuntuyou think drupal 5.xor 6.x ?12:30
pepwe actually described it more as a "marketing launchpad"12:31
pepbut now it is more a "launchpad-marketing-addon" ..12:31
pepI don't know about drupal, I use wordpress and cmsmadesimple for my work....12:31
hubuntuI think drupal since even ubuntu.com uses it12:32
hubuntuIt wouldn't make sense to implement the same work in othe place12:32
hubuntus12:32
pepyeah sure, I'm planning on learning how to use it, as we are developing a new site for ubuntu-be as well..12:32
pepthat is currently on CMSMS12:32
hubuntujust ask if you have questions12:32
hubuntuI admin ubuntu.ec12:33
hubuntubased in drupal12:33
pepvery similar to ubuntu.com12:33
hubuntu;)12:34
pep:)12:34
hubuntuubuntu.no uses pretty much the same12:34
pepah yeah, I see, like spreadubuntu.co.uk12:35
hubuntulocos around use that... I think I have seen one mediawiki (SOuthAfrica) and a Us Loco using wordpress12:36
hubuntuthe rest just go with the flow (yo!)12:36
pepok...12:36
jpdshubuntu: hmm, what was the global ping for? 14:35
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jbotscharowFlannel: you here?19:49
jbotscharowpep: are you woking on organzing the marketing materials?19:58
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pepjbotscharow: hi!20:28
pepsorry I was discussing an important project IRL...20:28
pepIRL=In Real Life, before you ask ;)20:28
pepand no, I'm not working on organizing the marketing material...20:28
jbotscharowpep: figured something like that/ thanks. i emded up posting my question on the ml20:41
pepah yes I see it!20:41
jbotscharowIRL I have back probs and had to go stretch my back out which is why I was not here when you replied :-(20:43
pepOh, not a problem :)20:44
jbotscharowok. ty20:44
jbotscharowgonna go stretch out some more  ttyl20:44
hubuntujbotscharow, are you tehre?22:25
jbotscharowyes, writing a reply to your SU email22:26
jbotscharowhubuntu: yes, here noq22:27
hubuntuok22:28
hubuntujust drop the reply22:28
hubuntulets talk here :)22:28
* pep reports present22:28
hubuntuand yes you are right.. I overreact sometimes.. But it's just that i'm passionate aboiut this too22:29
hubuntuso let's get to the ground22:29
hubuntuthe project we are engaging is the one discussed under the meeting22:29
hubuntubut we seem to have a team that is willing to work and is up to the task, right pep?22:30
pepsure is22:30
pepthe project is heading exactly the way we agreed22:30
pepstill waiting for former ones to get under our assignement on LP and all...22:32
pepwe should try and use LP to its fullest extent of possibilities it offers us22:32
pepI will be doing a lot of catching up on it's features22:33
hubuntuso will I22:33
hubuntuLP seems to be the right platform.. but what we want will push it to its limits AFAIK22:33
hubuntuand well it will push us too ;)22:34
pepyes22:36
pepas I said, I left LP very aside22:37
pepmy karma shrunk to its minimum I think22:37
hubuntujbotscharow, I learned to use the wiki myself... I learned to use GNU/Linux by being told to RTFM for years22:38
hubuntuand as much as I do not like that approach for newcomers I believe that to learn the dynamics of the FLOSS world one has to read on the manual and do a lot of work alone22:39
hubuntuand eventually the landscape will open in front of your eyes...22:39
jbotscharowwell that is a harsh world then that you live in. :=)22:39
pepsame for everyone I believe...22:39
hubuntuit's hard to explain...22:39
pepit is very complex so learning empirically (sounds weird..) is the normal way...22:40
hubuntubut of course I wouldn't be in this community if I didn't believe we could ease that process for everyone22:40
jbotscharowb4 we get into this too deep, i wud like to ask you ome, maybe two personal questions that will assist me in trying to communicate with you22:40
hubuntuplease do22:41
jbotscharowI know you are not a native speaker of English, so I will keep my language as plain as possible and free of American idions22:41
jbotscharowwe've had enough misunderstandsing. I don't think we need any more22:41
jbotscharowFirst, and how you answer this, will determine the second question22:42
jbotscharowhow old are you22:42
jbotscharow?22:42
hubuntu2722:42
jbotscharowU guessed correctly:-)22:42
jbotscharowAre you a father?22:42
hubuntuyes22:42
jbotscharowI assume your kids are very young22:43
hubuntuit would be strange if they were not, wouldn't it?22:43
hubuntu;)22:43
jbotscharowtrue LOL22:44
hubuntuis this kind some kind of interview?22:44
hubuntuI know where you are heading...22:44
jbotscharowalthough where I live there are women with chihldren as old as my two boys = 11 and 12 as we count birthdats - who are your age22:44
jbotscharowI may surprise you22:45
hubuntutrue22:45
hubuntuI count on you doing it too ;)22:45
jbotscharowActualky, I was not going to lecture you, but to ask a favor22:45
jbotscharowbecause when it comes to some things22:45
jbotscharowa newbie is like a small child22:45
jbotscharowlacks education, that is, lacks information22:46
jbotscharowfeek free to treat me, in thinks like the wiki, as if you were trying to explain it to your children22:46
hubuntuyes, what is obvious for some is totally unknown for others22:47
jbotscharowassume I know as little about it as they do. becuase that's probably close to the truth22:47
hubuntuok...22:47
jbotscharowI will not be offended22:47
hubuntuFirst... A wiki is a resource where we try to have a common conscience, a common knowledge place22:47
jbotscharowthe only thing that offends me is people hurting other people out of ignorace and lack of courtesy22:47
hubuntuyes, I know better than being rude... I know22:48
jbotscharowCOMMON courtesy not FLOSS courtesty :-)22:48
pephehe, that is often a problem ;)22:48
jbotscharowas I have learned22:49
pepbut believe it or not, you can be happy to enter the community now regarding this... and even more the ubuntu community...22:49
hubuntuso as I said, a wiki is a place where we work our ideas, thoughts, specifications, blueprints, scenarios in a common way22:49
pepjbotscharow: used to be far worse22:49
hubuntunobody owns it, it is everyones place22:49
jbotscharowanyway, would you prefer to do this on pm or stay here?22:49
pepI'll shut up, so feel free to do this here22:49
jbotscharowI do know how to do pn now :-)22:49
hubuntupep you are right22:49
hubuntuWhen I arrived.. well you would not believe the logs22:50
pephehe22:50
jbotscharowpep: hi pierre, you are welcome to sray, just slow down a little so I can keep up22:50
pephehe, I'm staying ;)22:51
pepand I'll let you finish one subject before starting another.22:51
jbotscharowI have no intentions of leaving ubuntu. marketing is still open for discussion:-)22:51
pepbecause that's the problem with IRC when you start.. wollowing numerous conversation sin the same channel22:51
pepfollowing*22:51
jbotscharowlogs are good, if you know where to find them and how to read them22:52
jbotscharowyou guys use acronyms i have no idea what they mean22:52
pepyeah, a lot is heritage from hacker culture...22:53
jbotscharowexactly22:53
jbotscharowBTW, and this is something I had wanted to bring up on this list22:54
jbotscharowbut became afraid of the reaction22:54
jbotscharowmost windows users see linux users as "hackers" in the negative sense of the word22:55
jbotscharowit was only after I joined the FSF a few years ago that I learned the true meaning of the word22:55
pep'crackers' as some prefer to call it ;)22:55
jbotscharowmost Windows users assume hackers are responsible for viruses and trojans and don't trust them22:56
jbotscharowand for them FOSS = hackers22:56
jbotscharowan image issue that will need to be ealt with22:56
pepyes, I was thinking about a marketing campain aiming that image... children using ubuntu, grandparents using it, corporations... something like an add or a small series of strong images...22:57
jbotscharowcrackers is the word I took up using to explain he difference22:57
jbotscharowandm believe it or not, Ruben, a blog wud be a very good way to do that22:58
jbotscharowfirst because blogs get good google ratings22:58
jbotscharowsecond because good artivles get picked up by other blogs22:59
jbotscharowI actually had one of my articles on my blog picked up by a CNN blog last year22:59
jbotscharowdid wonders for the traffic to my site23:00
jbotscharowsoon, and imho, the sooner the better, we are really going to have to target Windows users23:01
pepthere are a lot of blogs23:01
pepyou know planet ubuntu?23:01
jbotscharowall this stuff I see on some lists about advocacy at LUGs seems incestuous to me LOL23:02
jbotscharowmillimos, most of them crap23:02
jbotscharowLOL23:02
jbotscharowbut the goods ones are VERY good23:02
jbotscharowand if we use drupal on SU site, we can do RSS feeds for the site23:03
jbotscharowa lot of Windows userrs prefer RSS to email23:03
jbotscharowthey have had it with the virus crap23:03
pepyeah, we will use rss too23:04
jbotscharowyes23:04
jbotscharowon planet ubuntu23:05
pepit won't be a big deal implementing that23:05
pepI like the sensitive tone to these ads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngAkxHrl_uM + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJe2Hxgw7Wg + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcxMWDpRCmU ... that is the tone I thought about making the linux-is-for-everyone-and-surely-not-only-hackers campain...23:05
jbotscharowhave it in my RSS feed reader23:05
jbotscharownot at all23:05
pepbut prioirity is SU for me, I will concentrate on this campain after that, or once we're further...23:05
pepbut that is also hat makes the strength of a team such as ours23:06
jbotscharowwe can even get a google adwords and.or adsense account for SU = make a little money LOL23:06
pepSu workgroup will focus on... SU, and the others still focus on the real marketing if they feel it the prioirity23:06
jbotscharowI can't remember who all I was talking to - maybe you, pep and Flannel, but I said that SU has to be tghe heart and soul of our marketing efforts23:07
pepwell, not exactly of our "marketing" efforts for the moment :)23:08
jbotscharowand that was before I saw you guys talking about the SU team :0)23:08
pepbut yes, it has to be done23:08
jbotscharowI disagree. it has to be the heart and soul of marketing team23:09
pepimo, this does not at al interfere with carrying on real marketing work beside though23:09
hubuntujbotscharow, no blog on SU23:09
jbotscharowwe need to fovus everything on the LoCo advocacy efforts23:09
hubuntuhave your own bvlog if you want23:09
jbotscharowand getting them to branck out to reach more Windows users23:09
hubuntua planet we have (planet.ubuntu.com)23:09
pepah of the team yeah... well yes, possibly, but I was talking more about the type of effort, as setting this up is not real marketing work I think... even if, once it is set up, there will be some internal marketing for SU itself to be done...23:10
hubuntuone thing at a time23:10
hubuntuSU is more a technical project23:10
hubuntua tech project in order to form the base for the marketing work23:10
jbotscharowI already do :=) http://jbotscharow.com but I know what you meant and TYVM I acceot yiur offer23:11
pepyeah, it's more a technical project..23:11
jbotscharowthis is the point I have tried to make on the list23:11
hubuntukeeping that in mind we have plenty of work to do23:11
jbotscharowin marketing there is no such thing as a purely technical project23:11
jbotscharowit is all one piece23:12
pepah jbotscharow, you know http://ubuntuweblogs.org/ ?23:12
hubuntuI am trying to make a mockup for ideas trying to locate actors, work flow and other factors that are relevant for marketing23:12
pepyou can participate if you have a blog with ubuntu articles23:12
jbotscharowthe technical projects are the tools. yes23:12
jbotscharowbut they need to be part of a marketing strategy23:12
jbotscharowotjerwose we are nothing more than blacksmiths23:13
hubuntuof course jbotscharow, but the marketing strategy gets implemented in top of the right tools23:13
jbotscharowthat's backwards23:13
jbotscharowin ho23:13
pepmhh23:13
jbotscharowpep: please translate that23:14
hubuntuthe strategy has to be made, we are just working on the tools that we see the community needs23:14
hubuntuthe strategy for SU is to create a site that LoCos and other teams need23:14
pepmhh was just an expression, like saying "mhhhhh" in a conversation23:14
pepnothing g33kish23:14
jbotscharowbecause you are assuming, and imho the correct one, a strategu23:14
jbotscharowok23:15
hubuntuthe need is pushing us to create this... everyone is screaming for this to happen23:15
jbotscharowwe need to make the strategy explicit rather than implicit23:15
hubuntuwe just happen to take care of it and do something about it23:16
jbotscharowthat is what I did for the firefox plugin23:16
jbotscharowI used SIU the strategy- as my starting point23:16
hubuntuI know, but the FF plugin is irrelevant to this23:16
pepthat is my point, SU project is made by the marketing team because it servers a marketing purpose (obviously) but it is not a marketing action at all to make it imo... except internal marketing maybe...23:16
hubuntubut could of course be an idea just the way suGUI is23:16
jbotscharowand I am working on ideas for other tools all based on that strategy23:16
pepI think jbotscharow knows the real difference between strategy and tactic... we are getting each other confused...23:17
jbotscharowit is a tool to help LoCos SpreadUbintu more effectively and efficiently23:17
jbotscharowhelp them find the marketing materials they need to spread the word23:18
hubuntuyes, we have one for Spanish documentation23:18
pepyes23:18
hubuntuI use it very often23:18
jbotscharowI think its a translation of the italian one23:18
jbotscharowI talked to one of the admins, I think he is one, of the mozilla team23:19
hubuntui just don't see having an extension for everything as a good idea23:19
hubuntuno, the spanish one has been around for a while, based oin the ubuntuforums one23:19
jbotscharowand he told me wgo designed the plugin and I have been lurking in their IRC channel but he has not shown up23:19
jbotscharowso I sent him an emal today23:19
hubuntuwe are reimplementing the Italian effort for the Spanish community23:19
jbotscharowhope he replies23:19
hubuntumeisok is doing that.. he is here right now23:19
hubuntubut that is documentation23:20
jbotscharowand that is what ours will do - new links23:20
hubuntuanyway... the extension for FF is not central to SU23:20
jbotscharowmarketing team resources links23:20
hubuntuSU will be the place were we add, manage and check marketing resources23:21
jbotscharowprobably not, but it is something actionable for me :0) to do23:21
hubuntuusing LP as our backend for revision control, answer and questions and translations23:21
hubuntutrue23:22
hubuntukeep doing that jbotscharow 23:22
hubuntu;)23:22
hubuntuit may as well get us a lot of links down the road23:22
jbotscharowhanf on one sec want to get you a link23:22
pephubuntu: I just thought about something... it was talked about to have a list of sites that were useful for marketing ubuntu... if we made that a little broader, adding links that advocate ubuntu, or just positive reviews, we could implement some sort of user-driven system similar to digg, it would classify the links by pertinence (user rating) and assure a constant newcoming (if it pulls...)...... maybe this would even solve your concern of getting23:22
peprelevant sites together jbotscharow...23:22
pepmaybe we could make a site like this, and put a link to it in SU, so you can access it easily from SU... ?23:23
pepwould that be in the spirit of what you're thinking about jbotscharow23:23
pep?23:23
hubuntuor maybe just part of SU ;)23:23
pepyeah23:23
peppart of Su23:24
pepSU23:24
pepbut I'm talking technical here... as this would not have anything to do with the SU-LP-background machine... but for the end-user it is a part of SU, yes23:24
hubuntuyou mean a slashdot for Ubuntu related links generally or Ubuntu marketing URL resources specifically23:24
hubuntu?23:24
pepI'm not sure about that... I am afraid that marketing only will not pull enough...23:25
jbotscharowhubuntu: this is still very rough0 its on my wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBotscharow/Android23:25
pepI fear*23:25
jbotscharowwhen you get the time23:25
hubuntujbotscharow, I will not prioritize any effoprt to push FLOSS generally23:25
hubuntuI want to keep it ubuntu-centric23:26
jbotscharowpep: to answer your spirit question, yes very much so23:26
pep+1 hubuntu23:26
hubuntuin that sense symbian is as relevant to WIndows, as Android is to Ubuntu23:26
m-cHey, on another topic, I have another promotional mini-poster upon which I could use advice and criticism.  PM me your email or let me know I can DCC send it to you.23:26
pepsorry jbotscharow, but to me neither it does not apear as a priority... 23:26
pephoi m-c!23:26
pepm-c: is it on LP?23:27
m-c\o/ pep!23:27
hubuntuhubuntu@gmail.com23:27
m-cno, just on my hard drive at the moment23:27
pepm-c: you've got my email, could you mail it to me too plz?23:28
jbotscharowwell, how much of a priority it becomes, will depend on how successful the Androis phones become23:28
jbotscharowlook at it this way23:28
hubuntuno, symbian to windows, android to ubuntu23:28
pepm-c: btw, our meeting went very well today! we set up a wiki for studentech devs and everything, looking good, I'll keep you on track ;)23:28
hubuntuno rlevenace at all23:28
jbotscharowif 200 milliom phones using FOSS get sold at Xmas, that's 200 Million prime prospects23:28
jbotscharowto spread ubuntu to23:29
pepthey probably don't buy it for the FOSS imo23:29
hubuntujbotscharow, most smartphones in the world today run FLOSS23:29
pepwould be nice...23:29
hubuntudod you think users care?23:29
jbotscharowthat's right23:29
jbotscharowwe have to TELL them they are FOSS phones23:29
hubuntuI use Ubuntu because it works for me23:29
jbotscharowand if you use FOSS phone and FOSS this and FPSS that. then you should have FPSS deskto23:30
jbotscharowand if you get FPSS desltop, get the best - Ubuntu23:30
hubuntuI believe you have something going on there,. but not for this team23:30
jbotscharowit's better than sex LOL23:31
hubuntu;)23:31
hubuntuyes23:31
hubuntusoftware is like sex:23:31
pepwell jbotscharow, you are really totally free to start this project! honestly, that's just fine if you can drum a small group of ppl around you and get working, I hope you have success!23:31
hubuntuit's better when it's free23:31
pepahh23:31
hubuntu;)23:31
pepyou typed it faster than me23:31
jbotscharowwait a minute, need you to explaim something23:31
jbotscharowwhy NOT for this team23:31
hubuntuI have way to much to manage as it is... And I do not believe this team would have the resources or the change to drq23:32
hubuntudraw enough attention about the relevant issue23:32
jbotscharowyou mean SU team?23:32
hubuntuwhich is actually android, and not ubuntu23:33
pepyeah I agree with jbotscharow, let's not kick it out... it can be under the marketing team, not under SU of course...23:33
jbotscharowI agree there. I was talking marketing team23:33
pepjbotscharow: you seem to be pretty far, make a concrete action draft and submit to the team, try and get people around you willing to work onthis, and get going! ;)23:33
jbotscharowand yes, I will build a small group to do this, or die trying LOL23:33
hubuntujbotscharow, that's what is the beauty of FLOSS.. start your project and see it grow23:33
hubuntuor die trying ;)23:34
peplike a lot of projects, but that's normal23:34
jbotscharowthat's the way any good marketing company works23:34
pepI already saw a lot of my projects die23:34
hubuntuso have I pep23:34
hubuntunow I do not use my time in little things23:34
hubuntuI go where I believe there's a great chance of success23:35
pepbut after some time you get a feeling for what is viable (at least considering your ressources) and you are selective about what others bring up... probably why I won't join the effort ..23:35
pepwhich does not mean you will not succeed at least aprtially!23:35
pepright23:35
jbotscharowas you have seen on the list, re: die trying, I can be VERY persistent LOL23:36
jbotscharowI do not accept impossible as an option23:36
jbotscharowit just needs mre work LOL23:37
pephubuntu: what do you think of this slashdot/digg idea for SU... ? alongside the main SU machine of course, and not draining the SU team energy for this! ...23:37
hubuntuwell... I am going for a smoke... jbotscharow see the SU page and see if you can help us imagine/plan the work flow23:37
hubuntuis like the map, a good idea23:37
hubuntu;)23:37
hubuntulet's keep focus23:37
jbotscharowok23:38
jbotscharowon the workflow suggestion23:38
pepjupp, you know I'm ot making this a priority ;)23:38
jbotscharowiwhere are you going to host it?23:38
pepoh that's the least problem jbotscharow23:39
pepeveryone has servers23:39
pepand actually, we will try to get this hosted @canonical23:39
jbotscharowcause I was going to offer mine LOL23:39
jbotscharowit already has dripal installed23:39
jbotscharowgood, hope they do it23:40
pepyeah, but we're not there yet23:40
hubuntuthey use it in ubuntu.com23:40
jbotscharowI need to take a break too. will be around for a few more hours before bed23:40
jbotscharowgood luck with papa C23:41
jbotscharowttyl23:42
hubuntum-c, I liked your simple approach there23:44
pephubuntu: any news from launchpad guys concerning openID?23:54
hubuntuno, you heard anything?23:58
pepnope23:58
pepI was out of #lp for one or 2 hours, but didn't hear nything23:58
hubuntufrancis (flacoste or something)23:59
hubuntuwas supposed to be the contact23:59
pepyeah23:59
hubuntudo a nickserv info23:59
hubuntuhe may be busy23:59

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