Emily:
As for the Annual Report, what I'm hearing is a conflict somewhat in what the vision for the annual report is/should be. Do we want it to be an overview of what has gone on in GNOME over the last year (or in this case, two years) - ie the quarterly reports condensed into one report? Or do we want to focus on one or two 'important' areas of each teams work for the last year? I can see the benefits to each vision, and I'm honestly not sure which one is preferable, although I lean towards the second.
The same answer may not be the right answer for all GNOME teams. The production of reports is very dependent on volunteer effort, so I think it is good to have a process that gives project teams some flexibility. Ultimately we want to communicate that we are a vibrant and productive community with a strong, positive vision. To do this, we do not need to include updates from every team, but focus on the ones that make a strong impact.
The only real problem I see with it is time - if we want to get the annual report out within the next month, the second route will be much harder to accomplish. I think I should be able to read through the quarterly reports and hash something together for each team fairly easy in the next couple weeks, but writing completely new content/articles will take longer. Alternatively we can start contacting the bloggers as suggested by Dave and see if any of them would be willing to contribute, and go from there.
I would recommend using the quarterly reports more as a guide to better understand which teams we should be contacting and pushing the hardest to provide content. I also like the idea of contacting bloggers and doing a call for contributions and inspiration from the GNOME community. Brian -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list