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On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Diego Escalante Urrelo <die...@gnome.org> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Sri mentioned I was working on a proposal for the Annual Report. > Well, here it is so we can comment on it at the meeting. :) > > The annual report is GNOME's annual story, about its people. > > But every story needs a narrative or else it's just bland anecdote. We need > a struggle to overcome[1]. > > The last couple of years I believe we have faced two things: innovation and > outreach. > - Outreach is our continued effort to gain in diversity and health as a > community. This is big, and innovative for the context. > - We have been working hard on innovation and modernization, fighting our > own legacy and other's expectations[2]. > > These two things have been GNOME's (narratology) conflict in the recent > years, and will probably be for the following. > > --TL;DR-- > Based on that, I propose we build this year's report on the following: > - Purpose: Sharing our achievements and goals with our extended family. > - Plot: GNOME in a continual quest for innovation and outreach. > - People: The GNOME community members. > > And to guide editorial decisions these five keywords[3]: > - Diversity: we are a big mix of friends of every size, kind and style. > - Dynamic: we are changing everything we need to change, adapting and > improving. > - Community: GNOME is people, and that's why we love it. > - Resolve: we are not afraid of aiming high, we can do it. > - Solid: we are all fun loving, but also know how to do serious business. > --/TL;DR-- > > These are a guide, a "mood board", for what we are aiming for. > > For the next step, we would gather proposals for articles and then decide on > those based on these building blocks. > > I believe that the following actions can go like this: > > --TL;DR-- > - February 15: "Story First Freeze". > - February 20: Rank possible articles and "must haves". > - February 24: Asign articles to volunteer writers, as they fit. > > - March 03: #1 feedback loop with writers. > - March 10: #2 feedback loop with writers. Photo selection, feedback. > - March 17: Final feedback of articles, readying for "Articles Freeze". > - March 24: Based on the almost finished content, start design. > - March 31: "Articles Freeze": text and photos are set. Minor changes > allowed. > > - April 07: #1 design iteration. WestCoastSummit, evaluate a "feature" on > it. > - April 14: #2 design iteration. > - April 21: Final design iteration. "Design Freeze". > - April 28: Publish! Profit! Party! > --/TL;DR-- > > Thanks for reading, let's do this! > > Diego > > Refs: > 1- A struggle does not have to be something evil or bad, it can be an > everyday problem, or a personal goal. It's just an excuse for having a > beginning, middle, end. > 2- Meaning everyone who has pitchforks and torches with our names on them. > 3- I can't recommend this enough: > http://stillmotionblog.com/storytelling-series/ > 4- > https://wiki.gnome.org/action/subscribe/GnomeMarketing/AnnualReport/AnnualReport2014 > > > _______________________________________________ > engagement-list mailing list > engagement-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list > _______________________________________________ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
