Greg, Could you post this to the open list please?  Also perhaps a paragraph asking everyone to take a minute to think about marketing and advertizement people they are friends with and have worked with and to approach a few people who are not yet involved with Sugar.  We need to expand our capacity, not guilt current volunteers into doing more.  Volunteerism is in the news. Perhaps someone knows someone who is looking for a way to use their skills to help the world. Also perhaps you could ask around Red Hat and there is someone who can help as a volunteer. thanks, Caroline <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Greg Dekoenigsberg <<a href="mailto:gdk@redhat.com">gdk@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi folks. My job description here at Red Hat is changing a bit, and I'm going to have significantly less time to devote to Sugar.  As such, I need to focus on areas where I can have the most impact.  I believe that marketing Sugar is a pretty key activity, but it's no longer one that I have time to lead. Therefore: it's time to find a new lead for the marketing team. What does that mean, exactly? Well, it means a bunch of things.  It means figuring out how to create things like t-shirts and lollipops and stickers out of thin air.  It means figuring out how to get Sugar exposure at events.  It means arranging to getting Sugar advocates in front of people.  It means running meetings to keep everyone on the same page (what's most important this week, and who's doing it?) It's a lot of work.  Leadership always is.  I still believe, strongly, that someone needs to step up to this work -- but right now, this person cannot be me. With my limited time, I will continue to focus on the engineering side, with a specific focus on bringing as many volunteer engineering resources to bear.  If someone chooses to renew the weekly meetings, I will happily attend and share my experiences in "marketing open source". The floor is open. --g -- Got an XO that you're not using?  Loan it to a needy developer!   [[ <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Exchange_Registry" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Exchange_Registry</a> ]] _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list <a href="mailto:Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org">Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing</a> </blockquote></div> -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove Caroline@SolutionGrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax