| drunkpunk | hey all just found out about u guys and wondered how to help | 12:32 |
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| elky | the /topic will help. introduce yourself on the mailing list, etc :) | 12:33 |
| drunkpunk | hi elky what marketing materials are available? | 12:34 |
| drunkpunk | i tried to send an SAE to get some UBuntu stickers and never had anything back... | 12:35 |
| elky | as i said, introduce yourself to the mailing list mentioned in the /topic of this channel | 12:35 |
| drunkpunk | so juts go to ubuntu-marketing/topic? | 12:36 |
| drunkpunk | apologies for my noobeness | 12:36 |
| elky | no, type "/topic" without the quote marks in to your irc client wherre you're typing to me already | 12:39 |
| elky | it'll tell you the message that's been put in to the topic of this channel | 12:39 |
| elky | !ml | 12:40 |
| ubot4 | Mail is another medium to communicate. Ubuntu mailing lists can be found at http://lists.ubuntu.com | 12:40 |
| elky | :) | 12:40 |
| drunkpunk | i seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! lol | 12:41 |
| drunkpunk | okeydoke, joined UK mailing list | 12:44 |
| drunkpunk | now do you assign me a gun and Bill Gates address? | 12:45 |
| popey | drunkpunk: uk mailing list isnt the marketing mailing list | 12:52 |
| popey | https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing | 12:53 |
| drunkpunk | popey: thx! NOW i get the gun? | 12:56 |
| popey | we tend not to advocate violence towards the CEOs of our competitors. | 12:57 |
| talsemgeest | drunkpunk: We prefer to improve Ubuntu rather than putting down microsoft :) | 12:57 |
| drunkpunk | ok, i'll accept tha | 12:57 |
| drunkpunk | i was just attempting humour | 12:57 |
| drunkpunk | and beside they do already do so much for us | 12:58 |
| popey | indeed, they released Windows Vista.. which was an epic win for us :) | 12:58 |
| talsemgeest | drunkpunk: I think Linus Torvalds puts it best: "Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. " | 12:58 |
| drunkpunk | lol it was Vista that pushed me to go Ubuntu | 12:59 |
| drunkpunk | and i aint lookin back | 12:59 |
| drunkpunk | so far persuaded 5 people on my college course to try ubuntu and would like to get a minimum of one linux box on campus itself | 13:00 |
| talsemgeest | drunkpunk: Very nice :) | 13:00 |
| drunkpunk | spose i'd better go read those mailing lists and get some clue what this place is all about | 13:04 |
| drunkpunk | any further tips or advice? | 13:04 |
| drunkpunk | have i broken some kind of netiquette round here? | 13:13 |
| popey | nope | 13:13 |
| popey | it's just frequently quiet here | 13:14 |
| drunkpunk | phew! thought i'd popped into some closed meeting and evryone was waiting for me to leave before any actuall discussion continued | 13:14 |
| drunkpunk | so how does this place work? does most discussion take place via mailing lists? | 13:17 |
| popey | the marketing team is somewhat quiet | 13:17 |
| popey | so communication doesn't happen in many places | 13:18 |
| drunkpunk | shame, i have quite a bit of energy and i'd love to help | 13:19 |
| popey | feel free! | 13:20 |
| drunkpunk | so, what has the marketing team done in the less quiet moments? | 13:21 |
| popey | good question | 13:24 |
| popey | "not much" | 13:24 |
| drunkpunk | wow this bears all the hallmarks of a challenge! | 13:24 |
| drunkpunk | i was thinking there'd be some kind of promotional resources pack | 13:26 |
| drunkpunk | even if it was only like a DIT printout type affair | 13:27 |
| drunkpunk | DIY* | 13:27 |
| drunkpunk | do you guys have any donations sent your way? | 13:29 |
| popey | there are DIY marketing items | 13:29 |
| popey | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DIYMarketing/ | 13:29 |
| drunkpunk | thx | 13:29 |
| popey | http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org/ | 13:29 |
| drunkpunk | please dont think i'm being overcritical - i'm just making up for my lack of research at this stage | 13:30 |
| elky | popey, oh that's where spreadubuntu went to? | 13:30 |
| popey | didnt know it moved | 13:30 |
| elky | i tried spreadubuntu.com | 13:30 |
| elky | it goes to ubuntu.com | 13:30 |
| popey | it should be moving to spread.ubuntu.com | 13:30 |
| popey | (I think) | 13:30 |
| drunkpunk | while i'm here, can u guys help with a basic IRC question - how to add groups like you guys and ubuntu help so i dont have to type in channels when i wnat to return? i'm using pidgin... | 13:33 |
| popey | i dont know, I dont use pidgin, sorry | 13:33 |
| drunkpunk | np, i'm learning like 5 new things a day with linux and thats obviously going to be the next one | 13:35 |
| drunkpunk | never use IRC until last week | 13:35 |
| drunkpunk | right, i've thumbed both those links "up" on stumbleupon for some crafty creativity later on and i'll introduce myself on the mailing lists when i get home from college shortly too. nice to meet you both | 13:39 |
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