Em Wed, 2012-11-14 às 11:08 -0800, Sriram Ramkrishna escreveu: > The wrong idea of course is that people think we're just removing > features for no apparent reason even though for instance fallback mode > was never guarantee. We need to correct those misconceptions. > > Having a good relationship with the general public is more important > now than it was in the past thanks to social media. For example, with > Ubuntu (who holds the largest share of users right now), GNOME is no > longer the default and so it takes a conscious effort to change to > GNOME. If they do the research, I don't want them to see a pile of > ridiculous blog postings that aren't challenged by calm and simple > rhetoric.
A lot of work. I simply hope that communication is inwards as well as outwards. > Regarding, Emily's post. You need to look at the overall message > there. Not everyone is on the same page, and the fact that we are > having this discussion with other people who clearly have the same > concerns is indicative that we do have a problem. If you think there > is no problem, we an drop this whole thing. > > Community enthusiasts won't go out there using the 'royal we' without > some training. This stuff isn't easy, and it is important that our > volunteers understand how to engage in both the GNOME community and > the community at large. They will need training on GNOME's vision and > purpose. That means, release team, designers, and relevant parties > will need to help these volunteers in understanding it before going > out there and speaking in our name. I'm having Karen be in charge of > us. > > The end goal is to reduce the signal to noise ratio and get real > feedback without hyperbole and let developers and designers be able to > produce awesome stuff without feeling buried in undue negativity. The > only thing I ask in return is that you consider the feedback that is > being provided to you. If the feedback is negative, help us engage > with the community with the right approach. If the feedback is > positive, then I hope you will take that as encourage and motivation > to keep doing it. Do you want that job? :) _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list