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[Rafał Cieślak <rafalcieslak256@xxxxxxxxxx>]

2013/11/22 Randall Ross <randall@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> That may mean changing the way things are traditionally done in the
> interest of getting measurable results. That may also mean that we will
> face opposition not only from outside the project, but also from within.
>

This is inevitable. The majority of Ubuntu community fails to understand
most of the reasoning behind certain decisions and designs. If we are up to
actually becoming audible, everyone will listen, and while they may like
the content, they may dislike the sound of it. It cannot be expected that
whole Ubuntu project would agree to *any* commonly shared strategy of
evangelism.

I have also a lot of experience with a large number of people who call
themselves active members of the Ubuntu community, who lead local Ubuntu
communities, but do all their best to bring as bad name to Ubuntu as
possible and to actually discourage others from giving Ubuntu a try (for a
number of various reasons). Such parties will also oppose to any form of
organized evangelism.

I believe, though, that we may be able to successfully gather enough
supporters that it will make sense to revolutionize our clear message, in
whatever way Randal has on his mind.

And, most importantly, it is probably the high time to start. Ubuntu's [as
a project] PR is probably worse than ever, with lots of doubts about
privacy, controversial decisions, and unclear Canonical approach to the
community. It is also significant that such evangelism would originate from
the community itself, not depending on Canonical and its employees at all,
so that it would leave no doubt that it is a political/commercial gambit.

And who, if not the Evangelists could do that?