2013/11/22 Randall Ross <randall@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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?
