Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 14:07 -0400, Cory K. wrote: > Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 14:25 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > > > >> However, I do think that people need a place to start, find info, > >> discuss, etc. How do we fill this gap? > >> > > > > Wiki and forum? > > IMO,

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Cory K.
Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 14:25 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > >> However, I do think that people need a place to start, find info, >> discuss, etc. How do we fill this gap? >> > > Wiki and forum? IMO, the unmoderated ubuntu-art-discuss list. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art m

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 21:52 -0400, John Baer wrote: > My suggestion is to improve our processes. I would divide our > submissions into categories. Submit to one, or submit to all. Categories > would be bound to a series (e.g. Incoming/Karmic). > > * Backgrounds (e.g. Incoming/Karmic/Backgrounds)

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 14:25 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > However, I do think that people need a place to start, find info, > discuss, etc. How do we fill this gap? Wiki and forum? > I do want to see things change, but I want to 1,000% certain that we > are doing the right thing before we chang

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Ben Crisford
t we need. You might have already said this, but I wasn't sure because it wasn't too clear. Regards, Ben From: Kenneth Wimer To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Monday, 20 April, 2009 14:55:52 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 20 April 2009 15:29:46 Ben Crisford wrote: > >Right, there is a new moderated email list waiting to be used. Once we > > know exactly what and how we want to use it, we can. > > I hope by moderated anyone can join, but is moderated? Anyone can join by contributing to ubuntu artwork. Non-

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Ben Crisford
. Once we know >exactly what and how we want to use it, we can. You mean that it will be run like the development list? Regards, Ben From: Kenneth Wimer To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Monday, 20 April, 2009 13:25:06 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin'

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Saleel
Kenneth Wimer wrote: > I do want to see things change, but I want to 1,000% certain that we > are doing the right thing before we change *anything*. > > > -- > Kenneth The only way this is possible, is if we adopt a working policy from someone else and then slowly organically mold it around our s

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Sunday 19 April 2009 18:52:47 Cory K. wrote: > Apart from the title this email aims to take a no-holds-barred look at > who we are and how we are put together. > > I have been looking at ways to give this team more structure and noticed > something we lack in concrete leadership or anyone with a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-20 Thread Ben Crisford
through ideas we've had for a while :-/. Ben From: John Baer To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Monday, 20 April, 2009 2:52:30 Subject: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring. On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 19:51 +0100, Cory K. wrote: > Apart from the tit

[ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread John Baer
On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 19:51 +0100, Cory K. wrote: > Apart from the title this email aims to take a no-holds-barred look at > who we are and how we are put together. > > I have been looking at ways to give this team more structure and > noticed > something we lack in concrete leadership or anyone

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread Matthew Lye
Its probably a good idea to have council created, if just to give direction and create guidelines. The largest problem this team seems to have is a lack of collective focus, everyone is attempting to develop something different rather than looking at designs submitted and working together to develo

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread Andrew
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Cory K. wrote: > 1. Clearing out the current LP art team and starting from zero. Closing > it and making it a moderated team. If nothing else, this really should be done. The LP team is basically useless in its current state. According to the members page we now

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread Cory K.
Kyle Family wrote: > I am totally enthusiastic about a plan like this, if this is what it > takes to get Ubuntu looking more "sophisticated." Because in my > personal opinion, there are some very "amateur" things about Ubuntu > (although I love the distro) mainly that being the graphical end.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread Kyle Family
I am totally enthusiastic about a plan like this, if this is what it takes to get Ubuntu looking more "sophisticated." Because in my personal opinion, there are some very "amateur" things about Ubuntu (although I love the distro) mainly that being the graphical end. What I would love to see

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread Anton Kerezov
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > * Cory K., because he kicks our @$$3$. > * Sebastian Porta (though I bet he prefers to stay the most productive > of all of us ;) > * Anton Kerezov > * Saleel > * John Baer > * (Rico Sta Cruz, if he ever comes back) > > Any additions

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 12:52 -0400, Cory K. wrote: > 3. Formation of a 5-person (or so) art council to be made up of > currently trusted members. > > Pretty much self-explanatory. I would propose: (and this is just off > the top of my head. don't feel slighted if I don't list you) > >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread Ben Crisford
oins - and who doesn't could be complicated and tricky... Ben From: Cory K. To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork Sent: Sunday, 19 April, 2009 17:52:47 Subject: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring. Apart from the title this email aims to

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 12:52 -0400, Cory K. wrote: > 1. Clearing out the current LP art team and starting from zero. Closing > it and making it a moderated team. Agreed. > 2. The current mailing list will be a discussion list and the new list > (already waiting in the wings) be for LP team membe

[ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread Cory K.
Apart from the title this email aims to take a no-holds-barred look at who we are and how we are put together. I have been looking at ways to give this team more structure and noticed something we lack in concrete leadership or anyone with any authority to enact change. Nobody with definitive word