Leadership Clarify of structure, who does what Have you already lost once you get to a vote? With contentious issues, only way to make a decision is a vote Push the power down as much as possible Fedora: board Debian: single project leader with no power Can make official delegation Places to collaborate email distributions list/irc/wiki info to Zonker Something like a Dairy Council for Linux Promote the idea of Linux instead of specific distros Ideas like package management How do we do it? Working with Linux Foundation to put out promo materials Isn't LF supposed to do this kind of thing? Their sponsors don't give money for this Make a convincing story How about laptop vendors? Other consumer hardware Reducing return rates on EeePC, e.g. Community support isn't just "good enough", it's better Top Google result for Linux: linux.org This is where people wondering about Linux will go for info What are the most popular websites in the world/country, and what can we do to be on them? YouTube, etc. Where's your local Linux expert and how can you find them? How do people hear about Pardus? Uni talks Org called "For Freedom" No ads to hear about them, just word of mouth Helping new Linux users Preparing docs, articles about new games Biannual conferences In China/Japan, govt money to work on Asian distro people very passionate about local products How do we get govt money? For specific distros, or for dairy council Would this be acceptable? Lowering the barrier to entry for users Making things just work Developers as well as users Next step: create a place to follow up this discussion somewhere and invite more people. Post to distributions list.