Our Friends in Japan

Marco Ceppi

22:48

I missed exactly what's going on this petition

and who's involved

Summary? (while I write the code)

Stefano Palazzo

sure

So, it's a petition from "the Ubuntu community" (as in everyone that identifies with it in any way, no need to be a member of this or that), directed to japanese LoCo, and exteding to the japanese people

this is what it looks like at the moment:

Marco Ceppi

petition against them?

Stefano Palazzo

petition, I don't know why I used that word just then

A letter of support I mean

Marco Ceppi

Oh

haha okay :D

Allan

@MarcoCeppi declaration!!!

Stefano Palazzo

22:50

To our friends, the Men, Women, and Families of the Japanese Loco Team,

We would like to send our heartfelt support and condolences to those affected by the terrible earthquake and tsunami, and to the families and friends of all who are suffering.

Our thoughts are with the people of Japan and the members of the Japanese Loco Team during this difficult time.

As part of a global community connected by a belief in humanity towards others, we share your sorrow, and join our hope with yours as you work to overcome this disaster.

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Allan

of support

Marco Ceppi

Easy enough should be done in about 20 minutes

Stefano Palazzo

↑ real rock-star yet again

Marco Ceppi

Guys got a logo at all?

or a name for this - I could try to grab a domain really quickly

Stefano Palazzo

mh... let's think

Most of the stuff I can think of sounds pias and patronising :\

Marco Ceppi

22:56

Okyakusama Japan LoCo

Stefano Palazzo

sounds very good to me, but we should check with an expert

if we're going to speak japanese :)

Allan

@MarcoCeppi Keep thinking of the Kobayashi Maru

Jun Kobayashi is the head of the LoCo

Stefano Palazzo

iff I understand the meaning correctly, I like Okyakusama Japan LoCo a lot

Allan

@StefanoPalazzo Customers? Members!!

Marco Ceppi

Should be something like (we) love Japan LoCo

Stefano Palazzo

23:02

I thought it means something like "guest to your [somewhat corporate thing]"

Marco Ceppi

I don't speak Japanese - I just used Google

wiki.answers.com/Q/We_love_you_in_Japanese

Allan

@all Got to go guys :( Keep me posted all my contact stuff is on my profile

Stefano Palazzo

of course @Allan, bye

Marco Ceppi

Okay, this is really dirty. Not sure how soon you need it

Stefano Palazzo

@MarcoCeppi We don't have any pressure to get it out quickly, we can take our time

Marco Ceppi

23:12

Okay - my offer still stands - if you can think of a good domain I'll be able to register it

I have a ton of domain names (like hour45.com) that I can also lend - ilmbsr.com is another ambiguous domain

Stefano Palazzo

that's brilliant

Marco Ceppi

Also - you might want to find ways to donate to the disaster relief efforts - could add those to the page so people can learn how to help

Stefano Palazzo

that may be difficult, not sure

many of those organisations are entangled in some community, we can't be responsible for associating "Ubuntu" with any one of them, unless they're very neutral

Marco Ceppi

Ah, good point

However, I'm not sure we can legally use the "Ubuntu" name if not sanctioned by Canonical

Could say "From a few concerned members of the Ubuntu Community"

Stefano Palazzo

right, that's the plan

actually, at the moment we don't say anything of that sort. We only direct it towards the japanese loco, anyone can sign

Marco Ceppi

23:19

ah, k

Okay, the front page is done. Needs a bit of CSS magic though

just need to make the admin side of things

Stefano Palazzo

looking into it, there seem to be no disaster relief foundations which are both neutral in religious and cultural identification, and well known to be reliable and efficient.

Marco Ceppi

No red-cross relief effort?

Stefano Palazzo

I wouldn't be comfortable with the red cross

with it being religious and all, ideally it'd be something completely neutral

dv3500ea

I'm not sure we really need a donation method through this letter of support.

People will have plenty of chance to donate in the next few days.

There are bound to be TV campaigns etc.

Stefano Palazzo

good point

dv3500ea

23:28

I think we should focus on giving what moral support we can.

Stefano Palazzo

so, how do you like the letter so far?

Marco Ceppi

I have no opinion - I'm not a wordsmith :)

Stefano Palazzo

heh

dv3500ea

I think it is good.

Short and to the point

Stefano Palazzo

nice

as you can see by the colours, it was a real time effort

didn't know you could write a letter like that

Marco Ceppi

23:35

Okay, I'm putting my efforts on ilmbsr.com for now - I need to run a few errands. I'll be back in about an hour

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Stefano Palazzo

right, take your time, I'll have to be awake for the next few hours anyway

Marco Ceppi

I envision a really light light light grey

500 px wide centered

some top padding

and then something cool with the signatures

Be back in a bit

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Our Friends in Japan