Upcoming Schedule Tasks
by John Poelstra
Start End Name
Tue 27-Apr Tue 04-May Marketing: Final Screen Shots
Tue 27-Apr Tue 04-May Marketing: Final One Page Release Notes
Tue 27-Apr Tue 04-May Brief news distribution network
Tue 27-Apr Mon 07-Jun Monitor news sites to provide corrections & info
Mon 03-May Tue 11-May Create GA Announcement (Docs & Marketing)
Wed 12-May Wed 12-May Fedora 13 Final Release Readiness Meeting
Tue 18-May Tue 18-May Final (GA) Release
Tue 18-May Tue 01-Jun Marketing Retrospective
13 years, 12 months
Marketing Meeting Minutes - 2010-5-4
by Robyn Bergeron
Minutes available here:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-05-04/fedora_marke...
F13 is just around the corner. Keep up the good work! :)
-Robyn
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#fedora-meeting-1 Meeting
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Meeting started by rbergeron at 20:04:29 UTC. The full logs are
available at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-05-04/fedora_marke...
Meeting summary
---------------
* roll call! (rbergeron, 20:04:48)
* agenda (rbergeron, 20:06:43)
* spins pages are done (mchua, 20:07:49)
* talking points are done (now that spin pages are done) (mchua,
20:07:55)
* one page release notes need images, layout, translation (mchua,
20:08:07)
* LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Talking_Points
(mchua, 20:08:32)
* LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_one_page_release_notes
(mchua, 20:08:53)
* LINK:
http://tatica.fedorapeople.org/Fedora_Artwork/release-notes-13.png
has a candidate banner (stickster, 20:10:40)
* LINK: http://www.flickr.com/groups/fudcon/ (rharrison, 20:12:25)
* LINK:
http://tatica.fedorapeople.org/Fedora_Artwork/release-notes-13.png
(mchua, 20:13:00)
* LINK: http://www.flickr.com/groups/fudcon/ (mchua, 20:13:09)
* LINK: http://nmarques.fedorapeople.org/upload/ (rbergeron,
20:13:47)
* nelson has graciously and awesomely done some screenshots -
(rbergeron, 20:14:00)
* rharrison created that flickr group for fudcon; let rharrison know
if you want admin (mchua, 20:14:28)
* ACTION: rbergeron sprint on one-page content, mchua sprint on
one-page images/layout (mchua, 20:14:42)
* LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SSSD_in_Fedora_13 (rbergeron,
20:18:06)
* Encourage anyone and everyone to link to the video and press blog
entry tomorrow once it's published on press.rh.c (stickster,
20:21:12)
* ACTION: stickster Find out whether, in the event of a slip, there's
room in the press schedule to do one more feature profile
(stickster, 20:25:05)
* F13 Press Kit (rbergeron, 20:25:35)
* LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_press_kit (rbergeron,
20:26:03)
* LINK: http://wonderer.fedorapeople.org/presskit%20CD <-- ?
(stickster, 20:30:19)
* ACTION: remove Fedora Insight PR from list of modules for F13 :(
(rbergeron, 20:31:10)
* ACTION: rbergeron to mail design team / file a ticket for an OO
template for press kit. (rbergeron, 20:40:07)
* stickster suggests it might be with banner and built-in styles; also
suggests columnar form for easier reading, and also define a sidebar
style. (rbergeron, 20:40:33)
* open floor (rbergeron, 20:44:06)
* if anyone has Ideas for Robyn to take to FAD NA about workign with
ambassadors, send it to the list! (rbergeron, 20:46:43)
* ACTION: mchua blog about "join process hackfest yay!" time (mchua,
20:52:51)
* ACTION: rbergeron ping the list and see if this time is still a good
time. :) (rbergeron, 20:56:11)
* whenisgood.net is a good place to check on timing for team meetings.
(rbergeron, 20:59:01)
Meeting ended at 20:59:36 UTC.
Action Items
------------
* rbergeron sprint on one-page content, mchua sprint on one-page
images/layout
* stickster Find out whether, in the event of a slip, there's room in
the press schedule to do one more feature profile
* remove Fedora Insight PR from list of modules for F13 :(
* rbergeron to mail design team / file a ticket for an OO template for
press kit.
* mchua blog about "join process hackfest yay!" time
* rbergeron ping the list and see if this time is still a good time. :)
Action Items, by person
-----------------------
* mchua
* rbergeron sprint on one-page content, mchua sprint on one-page
images/layout
* mchua blog about "join process hackfest yay!" time
* rbergeron
* rbergeron sprint on one-page content, mchua sprint on one-page
images/layout
* rbergeron to mail design team / file a ticket for an OO template for
press kit.
* rbergeron ping the list and see if this time is still a good time.
:)
* stickster
* stickster Find out whether, in the event of a slip, there's room in
the press schedule to do one more feature profile
* **UNASSIGNED**
* remove Fedora Insight PR from list of modules for F13 :(
People Present (lines said)
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* rbergeron (160)
* mchua (56)
* stickster (47)
* AamirBhutto (6)
* rrix (5)
* zodbot (5)
* rharrison (3)
* threethirty (2)
* ke4qqq (1)
13 years, 12 months
F13 spin websites: done!
by Mel Chua
All right - it's freeze day, and I *believe* we're good to ship. Fresh
eyeballs welcome; I've been staring at these pages way too long.
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/moblin
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/security
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/design
I've also added these (and tweaked the content on) the talking points,
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Talking_Points#Spins, which are
now done and ready to ship to Ambassadors (Marketing team, take note!)
I've checked each page for content, banner, and at least a main
screenshot on the front page. The final changes (screenshots for soas
and design) are syncing now but should be up in an hour or so. The
screenshot (actually an action shot) for design has slightly offset text
when you click the image to enlarge it, but it's still legible (and I
couldn't figure out how to fix it), so... all right.
I talked with Sijis in #fedora-websites tonight and he explained that
he'll filter content automagically on release day so the correct spins
(with their smaller banners) will show up on the main spins.fp.o page,
and that download links are similarly automagically created then.
Thank you to Sijis for his patient help in all things related to the
website build system, Joerg for making the Security spin site totally
shine, Peter for Moblin spin content corrections, Sebastian for
screenshots and template change-merging ninjahood, Mo for design advice
and the Design spin action shot, Melanie (first time Fedora/Design
contributor) for creating all the banners that we needed at the last
moment, the Allegheny crew for being game and helping us discover our
need for http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spin_webpage_creation_SOP (which,
btw, could use some help now that we know the answer to "how do you make
a spin page?" is "it takes too long"), Ian for copyediting and trademark
reminders, and... well, if I've forgotten anyone, please holler. :)
--Mel
13 years, 12 months
Re: Chinese marketing
by Gerard Braad
Hi Paul,
> Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:28:22 -0400 From: Paul Frields
> <stickster(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: Chinese marketing Message-ID:
> <l2sef93afcf1004250828m73202e71v6c243f347c6422b0(a)mail.gmail.com>
Sorry for breaking the thread; issue with the tools, digest-mode and
Gmail's IMAP.
I recently got involved in the Chinese Fedora Community... and try to
assist them anyway possible by being the bridge between language and
culture.
With several ambassadors I set out a long term vision for the Chinese
community: "Growing the Chinese community into a self-organizing and
healthy community. The main goal is to enlarge the Chinese Fedora
Community and seeking new talents to contribute to the mainstream
development. We pursue a very good involvement with and from the Western
Fedora Community and having a yearly FAD"... and show China can be a
host for a FUDcon in the APAC area ;-).
In a document I set out several points to focus on: Mirroring
possibilities, Packaging and Development, Translation work, MIPS port of
Fedora, Organizing a Fedora event, Ambassadors and Mentoring, Creating a
better platform for the community and Marketing.
> For a start, Gerard, maybe you can identify some of the primary gaps
> we have. What questions to Chinese Fedora users and potential
> contributors have? In what areas can we improve information we offer
> to Chinese speaking people?
>
A solution to the gap and have the Chinese community more involved, was
to have the Chinese mailinglist hosted by Fedora. This is now done...
but still more can be done. As you pointed out in another email, having
the planet hosted in the same way would be great!
The biggest issue is that the Fedora brand is not very well known. That
is the reason why I want to focus on the marketing side of Fedora.
Distributions like Ubuntu and Gentoo have a large group of followers and
enthusiasts; IMO Fedora would be a perfect solution between these. But
for this there needs to be means to convey the message; who we focus on,
what we provide, the four foundations, etc. At the moment, this kind of
material is non-existent.
I would seldom talk about them, but the other issue is of course the
'cultural difference'. For example, most Chinese I spoke did not have
the sense of Summer Coding... as they saw this as Western-only
'competition'. After explaining them what it means and could provide
them, it opens them up more and they see it as a competitive
advantage... but until now, I have not seen any of them enter the FSC.
But we also have simple problems which can easily be addressed: the
Fedora Ambassadors have no shirts. I am planning to have these made in
China, according to the logo guidelines, so we can issue these. Goal:
the Ambassadors should be able to promote the brand during for instance
a local Software Freedom Day 2010 event! (and of course as a general
means to show their involvement).
> Another question in which I'm keenly interested is, where do Chinese
> users get Fedora? If they're using mirrors in China, are there enough
> of them? Can we find more administrators willing to distribute Fedora
> on mirrors?
>
This was the first thing I started to work when I approached Mel an
Kaio. By that time four active mirrors were available for all of China.
Mike McGrath told me that Chinese seldom approach them about mirroring
options; this is also not something in the nature of the Chinese. My
goal was to gain two new mirrors before the release of Fedora 13. After
a long haul we finally gained an extra mirror in Beijing. For the moment
I think we have a good foundation to cope with community and userbase
growth (a good start to focus on the brand and getting people involved) ;-).
As you can see, a lot has been started... but it is far from done.
kind regards,
Gerard - 吉拉德
Fedora Ambassador
Project-lead Fedora-MIPS
Member of Fedora 中文用户组
13 years, 12 months
F13 spin websites: home stretch
by Mel Chua
This is what I believe to be the remaining tasks to get the 4 new spin
pages to v.1.0 for the F13 release, in order of how close they are to
shippable. Copying spin owners here as well.
The urgent thing here that we don't already have covered is the banners
- so copying the design team also, with a plea to look at
https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/132. We may have a newcomer
who can take a shot at it, but they will need guidance if so (and we'll
find out tomorrow whether they can help in time).
Freeze is Tuesday, so I believe that is the deadline we are shooting for
(what time on Tuesday, in what timezone?)
--Mel
== Security ==
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/security/ (hurrah updated screenshot!)
* downloads need to be made available via
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/security/#downloads
* we may want to point http://spins.fedoraproject.org/security/#support
towards more security-specific locations (however, it's not bad if this
section ships as-is)
== Moblin ==
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/moblin/
* needs banner, images (https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/132)
* new content in
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Moblin_Spin#Spin_description needs to be
pushed to the main page
* new content in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Moblin_Spin#About needs
to be pushed to "about" tab, with screenshots added
* downloads need to be made available via
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/moblin/#downloads
== SoaS ==
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/
* needs banner, images (https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/132)
* downloads need to be made available via
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/#downloads, with a link out to "how
to put this on your thumbdrive" instructions
== Design ==
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/design/
* needs banner, images (https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/132)
* needs screenshot for front page
* needs About text written, pushed to "about" tab, preferably with
screenshots
* downloads need to be made available via
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/design/#downloads (also, fix typos)
* we may want to add text, or a link to a wiki page, about joining the
Design team in the "Support" tab (however, it's not bad if this section
ships as-is)
13 years, 12 months
Allegheny students invite you to their release party
by Mel Chua
Students from Allegheny Activism And Fedora will be having an
end-of-semester (and early F13 celebration) party on May 4, 2010 from
11-noon EST. They'd like to invite the Fedora community to join them -
virtually! We'll be hanging out in #allegheny - feel free to ping me
(mchua) with any questions on the day of.
If you're around, would like a ping, and generally want to hang out with
the crew, list your availability for Skype, IRC, or both, and we will
ping you on the day of the party. (Yes, we know Skype is non-Free... if
you have a better alternative, we'd love to hear it, but we really need
a simple-to-set-up (for the professors) and fairly reliable video link.)
More details and sign-up:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Allegheny_Activism:_Release_party_visit_sc...
Hope to see y'all there!
--Mel
13 years, 12 months
press kit for Fedora13
by wonderer
hy there,
I want to remind you guys and girls that Fedora13 is coming out soon and
as far as I can see the progress at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F13_press_kit there seem to be not all
modules finished or updated.
Can anybody take a look at it and maybe write "WIP, done, need help,
need time, etc." to it that we all know where we stand?!
Some of the more technical modules are already ready to go, but the more
essential parts seem to be a bit orphaned. Espeacily some parts at
"History" with less technical background need maybe a bit more love...
Hopefully on our next IRC meeting we can plow through it and give that
parts an update and when they would be ready.
mit freundlichen Grüßen / best regards
Henrik Heigl - wonderer(a)fedoraproject.org
PGP/GnuPG: 8237 D432 0616 D567 DBC6 3FE3 0D52 B374 F468 A5F0
13 years, 12 months
One Page Release Notes Status and Thanks!
by Tyler Torbet
Fedora community,
My name is Tyler Torbet and I have been working with other Allegheny
students on the Fedora project. I really appreciate all of the help that
you guys have given on while we have been working on the One Page Release
Notes. We have spent time coming up with important features to discuss and
editing our draft in order to make it easier to understand. I feel that we
have made a very good start on them and that they will be able to be
finished up soon. I think that the main points that still need finished
are:
· The Color Management section needs a better description for people
who would use this (artists, publishers, etc.) <- we didn’t get to finish
this section
· Screenshots to make the page more attractive
· Any other information that makes them clearer or any other
information that you guys believe is important to feature
I had a lot of fun working with this project and learned a lot about using
open source software. I feel that the work you guys are doing is, and will
continue to be beneficial to everyone. Once again, I would like to thank
everyone who gave their time to help us out with this project and made
this successful.
Tyler Torbet
13 years, 12 months
