On Mon, December 5, 2011 12:15 pm, Brian Cameron wrote: > > Many of the Hackfests in 2010 and 2011 (Docs, Help, GTK+, a11y, > marketing, Usability, python bindings, GNOME.Asia GNOME 3 Launch > Hackfest) were organized because they were needed as a part of the > GNOME 3 development process. These events targeted topics that needed > particular work for GNOME 3 to be a success. > > We really want the Annual Report to highlight and showcase GNOME 3, > so perhaps we could discuss the hackfests in the broader context of > GNOME 3. For example, we could discuss exciting GNOME 3 features > in the Hackfest section that relates, and make it clear how the > Hackfests helped to make GNOME 3 possible. > > Since the focus of the Annual Report should be GNOME 3, I wonder how > the graphics of the report should make people excited about GNOME 3. > Would it make sense for the pages of the report to look as if you > were viewing it on the GNOME 3 desktop in evince. Other programs > could be in the background showing off cool GNOME 3 features, like > eog showing off a photo of a hackfest, or a spreadsheet program > showing a graph. Just thinking out loud. >
I love this idea - we can at the very least try to incorporate GNOME 3 design as a cohesive theme to the report to tie everything together if it's not too gimicky. And I think it's a good reminder that our content, while diverse enough to reflect GNOME's activities, should be focused on our primary achievements over the period! karen > > On 12/ 5/11 06:46 AM, Emily Gonyer wrote: >> Juanjo, how many hackfests are there that could be reported on? Could we >> do a short (1-2 paragraph) blurb on each pointing out the highlights >> under a "Hackfests of 2010" and "Hackfests of 2011" title? Or are there >> 1 or 2 that were 'key' to each year that we could do a longer report on? >> >> Emily >> >> >> >> 2011/12/5 Juanjo Marín <juanjomari...@yahoo.es >> <mailto:juanjomari...@yahoo.es>> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Mensaje original ----- >> > De: Dave Neary <dne...@gnome.org <mailto:dne...@gnome.org>> >> > Para: Juanjo Marín <juanjomari...@yahoo.es >> <mailto:juanjomari...@yahoo.es>> >> > CC: "marketing-list@gnome.org <mailto:marketing-list@gnome.org>" >> <marketing-list@gnome.org <mailto:marketing-list@gnome.org>> >> > Enviado: viernes 2 de diciembre de 2011 10:17 >> > Asunto: Re: GNOME Annual Report >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > On 12/01/2011 07:32 PM, Juanjo Marín wrote: >> > Dave Neary wrote: >> >>> Do you think it might be a good idea to start with a list of >> Stuff we >> > should >> >>> write about - notable occurrences during the year, successful >> programs >> > we want >> >>> to highlight, etc? From there, it might be easier to find the >> person >> > related to >> >>> the event/activity who could write about it. >> >> >> >> >> >> In fact we have started writing a draft for the content for the >> (Bi)annual >> > report >> >> >> >> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/AnnualReport/AnnualReport2011 >> > >> > Ah, cool! I hadn't seen it. >> > >> >> By now, I've only talked to Allan Day about writing an article >> about >> > the design process >> >> of GNOME 3. I've also worked in the quotation section. >> > >> > There are some obvious people to talk to about the different >> sections: >> > >> > Marina for WSOP (and since we already have a press release, that >> would already >> > be a great base for the report article). I'd be interested in >> doing a short >> > interview with Marina about her personal involvement too. >> > >> > Summer of Code: Daniel Siegel would be a great person to talk to >> here - he's >> > been co-ordinating mentors and GNOME's involvement to great >> success for the >> > last 3 years, and before that he was a mentor in 2008 and a >> student in 2007. >> > >> > I'd love to get Stormy to write about the process she organised >> for hiring a >> > new executive director - she's a shining counter-example to her >> thesis that >> > people might not "do it again for free" :) >> > >> > On the Desktop Summit, I was thinking that we could get quotes >> like you did for >> > GNOME 3. But since it's already done once, perhaps twice would be >> too much. >> > Do you think it's better to do an article per hackfest, or one >> overall >> > article, highlighting each one? >> > >> > What do you think of the idea of the application show-case? >> > >> >> >> Good ideas Dave !. We are in the process to get people involved in >> writing, and >> we will contact Marina, Daniel and Stormy. >> >> I personally think is a good idea to do a short interview to Marina. >> So a good idea and >> volunteering for making it happen is double awesome :-) >> >> I'm trying to contact Daniel Gallegillos to get an idea about how >> long the articles >> must be. According to previous years, an page without pics is about >> 400 words >> long. >> >> About the articles about hackfests, the problem I see is that >> because this is going to >> be a biannual issue, there are too many hackfest, GUADEC and DS to >> be talked >> about. I think we need more discussion about this. >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- Juanjo Marin >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, >> power and magic in it. - Goethe >> >> Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter >> and those who matter don't mind. - Dr.Seuss >> >> Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that >> counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein >> >> > > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list