Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-ambassadors (153 mails)

[James Mason <bear454@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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- James Mason 'bear454'



On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I started a thread here on this mailing list about local distributors like
> Sankar is doing it for India.
>
> And I thought a bit more on how to do it the best way and came up with the
> following proposal:
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>
> for smaller number of DVDs:
> * I route requests I get to those locals that want to help
> * I have a "private" list of those locals
> * We do not advertize that we do this on the openSUSE wiki
> * if you want to announce that you have DVDs to some local lists, feel free to
> do it but let's not do this via the openSUSE Wiki.
> * I will have a list of shops that sell DVDs (like I asked on the marketing
> list) and tell people about the box product as well as these DVDs if they
> request smaller numbers
>
> Also for larger requests:
> * I can copy some of you - one person per country ideally - on incoming
> requests so that you can help those requesting DVDs with additional material
> and answer questions.
>
> The reason for all of this is that as soon as we publish in a broader form
> that we ship single DVDs, we/you will get overwhelmed with requests.
>
> If you have an email list of user groups in your area that you want to
> inform, go ahead and state the conditions on delivering the media. But having
> a central place where everybody can request media does not scale.
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>
> Please tell me whether you agree that this is the best way forward or what we
> should change. We can always revisit this after some time and I'm sure we
> continue improving the whole process...
>
> If you want to help as local distributor, tell me off-list and I'll add you to
> my list - and order DVDs right away! IF you are willing to help in your
> country, tell me as well and I add you for requests from there so that you can
> help...
>
> Andreas
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