Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf10-localteam] Defining the purpose of outreach during Debian Day
(cc: global team as Debian Day goals will profit from global team's insights)
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Andy Oram <andyo@oreilly.com> wrote:
> I joined the team to help organize Debian Day--even though I'm not
> local to NY, I'm in Boston--because I was helping to plan an early
> version of the outreach track. I have a basic question.
>
> What is the goal of outreach to local communities? For instance:
>
> * To promote wider adoption of Debian GNU/Linux
>
> * To promote adoption of GNU/Linux or other free software, more
> broadly
>
> * To learn the software needs of local groups and whether Debconf
> participants can help them
>
> * To recruit developers, testers, or other community support from
> local groups
>
> And you could probably think up even more!
Those are all very good.
I'd like to add something on the line of "To transforms users into
active participants" but I lack good wording. At any rate, I just
wanted to say that you're spot on.
P.
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