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Hello Everyone,<br><br>We have an opportunity this Fall to be part of a MarketLab Student Project,<br><br><a href="http://web.mit.edu/marketingclub/marketlab/">http://web.mit.edu/marketingclub/marketlab/</a><br><br>We have been asked to submit a proposal for the marketing needs of Sugar Labs on Friday, August<br>20th. I have sent this to the multiple lists because I believe all parts of Sugar Labs should weigh-in and<br>let us know how Sugar Labs Marketing in collaboration with MarketLab Team members can help in your efforts.<br><br>This is an excerpt from IRC Chat this morning discussing the MarketLab project possibilities:<br><br><JT4sugar> walterbender, I guess question is do we want them to work on certain areas or do we want them to come up with a marketing straegy for us<br><JT4sugar> Strategy<br><walterbender> JT4sugar: I think the more focused, the more likely we will get something useful/actionable from them<br><JT4sugar> walterbender, I think then Public Awareness, Teacher Awareness Participation, Fundraising-Mostly for Teacher Events? Your thoughts/ideas<br><walterbender> JT4sugar: I've got pretty limited time for writing this week -- a competing deadline -- so perhaps we can come up with a specific plan of action for getting this proposal out the door?<br><walterbender> JT4sugar: I'd like to fund more developer and developer/deployment face-to-face time as well<br><walterbender> JT4sugar: we are lacking a 1-page this-is-what-we-are here-is-how-you-can-help pamphlet as well<br><JT4sugar> walterbender, I will put it together. I will send email to list about opportunity to gather feedback. Will add developer needs to fundrasing part<br><walterbender> JT4sugar: if there is some specific writing you'd like me to do, let me know<br><JT4sugar> walterbender, I will plan to get you a draft by Thursday so you can make additions/changes<br><walterbender> JT4sugar: +1<br><br>Please take a few minutes to reflect on your area of Sugar Labs.<br><br>Please identify the areas/subjects you believe this student team at MIT Sloan MarketLab can help Sugar Labs with.<br><br>Appreciate Your Time, Thoughts, and Ideas!<br><br>John Tierney<br><br> </body>
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