## page template was copied from AustralianTeam/Projects/Blank ## This is a template file that has been customised for the Ubuntu-AU Team ## Feel free to use modify this to use for any project or team. ## Using this page will help keep the new pages in some sort of order and similar format across the team's wiki ##PLEASE DO NOT ADJUST OR CHANGE THE FOLLOWING 3 LINES - THIS IS WHAT KEEPS THE TEAM HEADER INTACT AND CREATES THE TABLE OF CONTENTS <> <> ||<>|| ## EDIT FROM THIS LINE DOWN - There are some included titles, headings and sub headings to help you get started = White Board Brain Storming = == What is this? == This is a Brain Storming page. Use it to collaborate with a another person, or group of other people, to expand an idea. == Brain Storms! == ==== Example Brain Storm ==== * We need a ToDo list * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/WhiteBoard * We should have a Brain Storm page! * It should be under the White Board page * It should start with a level 2 heading (these use the "== heading ==" format) * Dot-points keep things neat. :) === Revamping the Ubuntu-Au Community 2010 === To be implemented in 2010 There are 5 areas that need to be looked at. 1. The Ubuntu.com.au website - How it can be improved? (Updated - RSS capable - editable - coordinated - shared) 2. The management & leadership of the community - Specifically its structure & accountability 3. Identification of strategic alliances - Linux Australia & local LUGS 4. Identifying enthusiastic members, willing to make a contribution. (Leadership, structure, aims & [[mission statement]]) 5. How to engage the ubuntu-au community as a whole? *WEBSITE * Needs more information - links to local LUGS * Improve communication to registered users on the ubuntu.com.au website * Display .org contact details. Easy contact for potential member who can't use IRC or navigate wiki / forums. *MANAGEMENT * Who is on the [[ubuntu-au council]]? * Are they elected? How are they elected? * Are they appointed? Who appoints them? * When does it have meetings? (Online - In-person - Structured - Follow through actions) * What is its purpose? (Decision making, advocate, managerial, financial, and/or educational) * KISS Principle to Internal Politics - Keep it simple stupid. Transparency, succession planning, core values. * What is the structure? (Have your say here [[ubuntu-au/council/structure|Proposed Governing Models]]) * Do we have want an "Ubuntu-au - Council"? * Comprising of 8 "State-Leaders" - Whom elect the ubuntu-au contact/representative. * Each State has a "State-Council" - With an elected leader. * States are responsible for organising 'Face to Face' Meetings. (via a LUG or otherwise) * "State Leaders" co-ordinate at the "Ubuntu-au Council" meetings. * "State-Council" 1. Structure * President, Marketing Officer, Membership Officer(Mentor) - Members 2. Purpose * Ubuntu-au purpose to be implemented at a local level 3. Meetings * Email - IRC - 'Face to Face' * Frequency - Monthly, Release cycle, Ad-hoc 4. Marketing Material * http://spreadubuntu.neomenlo.org * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/Projects/SpreadUbuntu 5. Reports * President attends & reports at "Ubuntu-au Council" meetings. *ALLIANCES * Identify the LUGS in each State. Which ones are receptive to furthering the goals of Ubuntu-au? ||State||LUG||UBUNTU|| ||QLD||HUMBUG||?|| ||NSW||SLUG||?|| ||VIC||LUV||?|| ||VIC||MLUG||?|| ||SA||Linux SA||?|| ||WA||PLUG||?|| ||ACT||CLUG||?|| ||TAS||TASLUG||?|| * What are the advantages in involving a LUG? * Most are incorporated & can provide Public liability insurance via Linux Australia. * What are the dis-advantages of involving LUGS? * Politics & Some are non distribution specific * What support can Linux Australia provide to Ubuntu-au? *KEY COMMUNITY MEMBERS * Ask for helping hands * Contact everybody who has registered at ubuntu.com.au * Place a notice on ubuntu.com.au * IRC * Ubuntu-au mailing list * Volunteers willing to help with Ubuntu-au ||State||Name||Contribution|| ||QLD||Andrew Gaydon||Brisbane Contact- willing to organise release parties|| ||NSW||Steve Williams||Lake Macquarie Contact- available for delegated tasks|| ||VIC||?||?|| ||SA||Paul Schultz||North Adelaide contact|| ||WA||?||?|| ||ACT||?||?|| ||TAS||Scott Evans||What ever roll people of ubuntu-au feel I'd be suited for|| *COMMUNITY ENTHUSIASM * How can Ubuntu-au serve the Ubuntu community? - Set Goals * Advocate the use of the Ubuntu distribution * Support Ubuntu users * Provide a social outlet for Ubuntu users * Hold Ubuntu release parties. * Organise supply & distribution of Ubuntu merchandise. E.G. T-shirts,Pens,Stickers,CDs ETC. * Re-examine https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects * Welcomes and Mentoring potential members / volunteers: delegation based upon existing skills set. ==== Purpose ==== What is the purpose of ubuntu-au? What is the specific need that exists, that no other group satisfies? * Advocacy - Promotion of Ubuntu to the wider community - * Community - At a grass roots level, a physical presence - * Support - Somewhere you can take your computer and have somebody else help solve your 'Ubuntu' problem. ==== Devils Advocate ==== * Cons to contributing * Legal protections * Accountability of executive & individuals * Public perception * Media access to information * Support for potential volunteers (Mentoring) == Prior to 2009 == === Dell === * Dell to offer Ubuntu [[http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx|direct2dell.com]] * direct2dell.com currently says "Update: These systems will be available in the coming weeks to customers in the United States." * Email and contact dell Australia to ask them to follow there parent company in the USA and Sell Ubuntu notebooks and other Linux products in Australia. <>