This sounds like great to me and it's great to see progress here. Thank you for the work that you have done Rick!
On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 1:55 AM Rick Timmis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello KC > > I got an opportunity to catch up with Jonathan Riddell ( Kubuntu > Treasurer) and we talked around the following points > > 1.) Kubuntu Financials and Fund Raising - Kubuntu has around £18,000 in > the fund, which has accrued over the period of a few years, and is ALL > collected via the donate button on our website. > The account continues to grow steadily via donations, and therefore the > Kubuntu Council should be encouraged to think about how to use those funds > in the context of Kubuntu > *Please do share your ideas* > > 2.) The Kubuntu Magazine idea - JR was very supportive of this idea, > however, he had good advice, in that he felt it could appeal to a broader > audience if it were a KDE magazine, that provided broader coverage across > multiple distro's (e.g OpenSuse, Ubuntu Studio, Neon etc...) > JR also discussed with me the current KDE Goals https://kde.org/goals and > also directed me to open a dialogue with the KDE Promo team which I am > doing. > Specifically the goal of 'KDE is All About the Apps', he felt that this > objective could blend very well with the Magazine Idea. > > 3.) We talked about the Kubuntu Focus, and the KDE Slimbook and shared > information about those two products, along with the developing > relationship with Tuxedo computers. The market for OEM Linux hardware is > around 2-3% of the global computer market, Windows, dominates and Mac > follows with a significantly lower margin. However, we should keep in mind > that a small percentage of a very big number is still a large number. > > Overall it was a very positive conversation, Jonathan is interested in > contributing to the magazine, and is very supportive of initiatives to > promote and grow our communities. > > We agreed to catch up again in a month's time for another VR Coffee and > chat, and I will give feedback to the Kubuntu Council as that progresses. > > *Next Steps* > > Chat on IRC/Telegram with KC revealed that our first base is to define a > Vision/Goal ( Thanks Valorie, and Myriam ) - What I plan to do next is to > draft an updated Kubuntu Vision / Goal, once I have something that the > Council can work with I'll share it for refinement and review. > > Hope this is a useful update > > -- > Best Wishes > > Rick > > *For additional info, social, blog and contact details drop by my website.* > > *ricktimmis.com* <http://www.ricktimmis.com> > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-council > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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