[Fedora-ambassadors-list] FEDORA DVDs

[Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira]

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I received 400 DVDs sent by Alex.

I initiated the distribution in the Granbery Methodist College  where I
studied, distributing 100 dvds for students of the computer science.

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[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Re: FEDORA DVDs

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira wrote:

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>  I received 400 DVDs sent by Alex. 
W00T.  And I thought ordering 40 DVDs was too much!  Well, I know
what to do when FC5 is out!

behdad


>  I initiated the distribution in the Granbery Methodist College  where
> I
>  studied, distributing 100 dvds for students of the computer science.
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>    V_/_
>           PostgreSQL - PHP - Java - Fedora
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>           Embaixador do Fedora no Brasil
>            http://www.fedoraproject.org
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[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Re: FEDORA DVDs

[Rahul Sundaram]

Behdad Esfahbod wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira wrote:
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> W00T.  And I thought ordering 40 DVDs was too much!  Well, I know
> what to do when FC5 is out!
>  
In many cases the media cost is much less than the shipping cost. 
Further you are from the place being shipped the more you need to order 
to compensate!

regards
Rahul

[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Re: FEDORA DVDs

[Thijs H]

On 12/5/05, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
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>  >On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira wrote:
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>  >>I received 400 DVDs sent by Alex.
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>  >W00T.  And I thought ordering 40 DVDs was too much!  Well, I know
>  >what to do when FC5 is out!
>  >
>  In many cases the media cost is much less than the shipping cost.
>  Further you are from the place being shipped the more you need to order
>  to compensate!
>  
Shouldn't we think about a few distribution-points spread over the world? So
that an Ambassador can order from Europa, USA or Asia. That's cheaper and
faster.

Regards,
Thijs

[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Re: FEDORA DVDs

[David Barzilay]

Hi All,

On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 17:15 +0100, Thijs H wrote:
>          In many cases the media cost is much less than the shipping
>          cost.
>          Further you are from the place being shipped the more you need
>          to order
>          to compensate! 
I'm sure ambassadors can come up with alternatives for their different
markets.

We had a related issue in Brazil, where taxes on the DVDs value ended up
close to a monthly minimum wage.

In our case, we suggest shipping the next promotional materials
declaring zero cost (or something like 5 bucks), and as "gifts". So
taxes on the merchandise value will remain relatively small.

Regarding the shipping cost, here are a few alternatives:
. asking for donations through country-lists and paypal
. donations from universities
. donations from related businesses
. creating a local NGO to facilitate operations and offer tax-free
donations receiving
 
>  Shouldn't we think about a few distribution-points spread over
> the
>  world? So that an Ambassador can order from Europa, USA or Asia.
>  That's cheaper and faster. 
No doubt! I believe Alex is already thinking/working on that.

But we can definitely work smarter meanwhile. The least, having sender
and recipient talking through before sending...

Thanks for listening,
--
Dave Barzilay

[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Re: FEDORA DVDs

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:

>  W00T.  And I thought ordering 40 DVDs was too much!  Well, I know
>  what to do when FC5 is out! 
A quick note on this:

You folks are *the front line*.  If you can profitably distribute x number 
of DVDs, then you get x number of DVDs... or as close as we can get to x.

So don't be shy.

--g

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