Re: GNOME 3.0 Hackfest + 1 day conference for the launch(in Asia)

[Vincent Untz]

Hi,

Le lundi 10 janvier 2011, à 11:13 +0800, Frederic Muller a écrit :
> On 12/14/2010 11:09 PM, Jason D. Clinton wrote:
> >On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 07:09, Frederic Muller  >> wrote:
> >
> >I'd like to echo the call we made to the release team here
> >http://mail.gnome.org/archives/release-team/2010-December/msg00031.html
> >
> >and get a consensus on which date works better around GNOME 3.0
> >release (April 06) for each team to have a hackfest. We've been
> >discussing the plan since September with various members of each
> >team (to get the 3 teams together in a hackfest before a 1 day
> >conference to celebrate GNOME 3.0 launch with the public in Asia)
> >though emails and at the Boston Summit.
> >
> >
> >I think that only the first time frame makes sense from the marketing
> >perspective. I see little reason to conference about marketing after the
> >release date. But we don't *have* to have a marketing hackfest. If other
> >dates work better for other teams, feel free to opt for those.
> >
> Dear Documentation, Marketing and Release teams,
> 
> We've been moving forward with the conference preparation (in
> Bangalore) and we now need to pick the best possible date for
> everyone. We have potentially identified 2 options for the hackfest
> + conference dates, based on the survey and discussions with all the
> party involved: The conference should be on a weekend to get most
> people involved, and the hackfest before the release date (April 6)
> and spreading over 5 days, having 2 optional days for people who
> feel 3 days would be too short. That gives us either:
> 1. Wednesday March 30th to Friday April 1st: hackfest with 2
> optional days on Monday 28th, and Tuesday 29th March
> Saturday 2nd April: GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 (conference day)
> 
> 2. Wednesday April 6th to Friday April 8th: hackfest with 2 optional
> days on Monday 4th, and Tuesday 5th April
> Saturday 9th April: GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 (conference day)
> 
> Of course any feedback on those dates is welcome and hopefully we
> can find a good timing for all teams to prepare and get GNOME 3.0
> out together.

We discussed this at the release team meeting yesterday, and here's our
opinion.

In both cases, I'd think we'd likely want the full week for the
hackfest.

Option 2 (4-8 April) is less useful than option 1 (28-1st), since we
believe the best opportunity is to have r-t & marketing people together
to work on the final details before the release. By doing the hackfest
the week before the release, the release team could do some heavy
testing of the code during the last week, as well as preparing the
release to happen in an optimal way. And at the same time, it could help
the marketing team to clarify messaging when needed.

If option 2 is chosen, then we could work on the release itself, but the
last few days of the hackfest wouldn't be really useful since they're
after the release itself.

In the release team, Andre, Frédéric Péters and myself could possibly go
(assuming sponsorship from the Foundation).

Cheers,

Vincent

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www.gnome3.org launch

[Allan Day]

Hi all,

We're pretty much at the stage where we can launch a preliminary version
of gnome3.org. Ideally, we'd set a launch date and circulate a press
release in advance, so that sites and blogs can break the story as it
happens [1]. I had originally planned to take care of this, but I've
realized that I probably don't have the time to get it done quickly.
This leaves us with a choice: either we delay the site launch further
(sigh), someone else steps up to do the press coverage, or we launch
without it. What do people think?

We also need to make some kind of decision about the tag line before the
site goes live. One option here is to remove 'made of easy' until a
replacement is decided upon.

Best,

Allan

[1] Thanks for the marketing tips, Stormy!
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Re: www.gnome3.org launch

[Jason D. Clinton]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 05:20, Allan Day  wrote:

> We're pretty much at the stage where we can launch a preliminary version
> of gnome3.org. Ideally, we'd set a launch date and circulate a press
> release in advance, so that sites and blogs can break the story as it
> happens [1]. I had originally planned to take care of this, but I've
> realized that I probably don't have the time to get it done quickly.
> This leaves us with a choice: either we delay the site launch further
> (sigh), someone else steps up to do the press coverage, or we launch
> without it. What do people think?
>

I'd like to get at least one video up. There is
http://people.gnome.org/~jclinton/gnome3_video2_beta.webm and
http://people.gnome.org/~jclinton/gnome3_video2_beta.ogv but it needs to be
re-spun for the latest look and feel. I could do that this evening (baring
solving some Rawhide problems).



> We also need to make some kind of decision about the tag line before the
> site goes live. One option here is to remove 'made of easy' until a
> replacement is decided upon.
>

 Sounds like there's no real opposition to Stormy's "Made to Inspire" so
let's do that.
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Re: www.gnome3.org launch

[Dave Neary]

Hi Jason

Jason D. Clinton wrote:
>  Sounds like there's no real opposition to Stormy's "Made to Inspire" so
> let's do that.

Just for my benefit, can you tell me what constitutes "real" opposition?
Because obviously my remarks don't count...

Cheers,
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Re: Q4 Updates Due

[Bastien Nocera]

On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 10:20 +0100, Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Since the main news from the mobile group will be the announcement of
> the Hildon work, perhaps Bastien might be the best person to give a
> quick update?

I'd be happy to do so. What exactly do you expect me to write here? I'll
be making the choice of bidder public as soon as they've contacted me
back.

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Re: Q4 Updates Due

[Dave Neary]

Hi,

Bastien Nocera wrote:
> I'd be happy to do so. What exactly do you expect me to write here? I'll
> be making the choice of bidder public as soon as they've contacted me
> back.

Perhaps just that? "We selected the successful candidate for the Maemo &
GNOME maintenance work and there will be an announcement soon. They will
be doing X, Y and Z over the next few months, and input, guidance and
patches from community members interested are welcome"

Cheers,
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Re: www.gnome3.org launch

[Jason D. Clinton]

s/real/strong/

Sorry, figure of speech.
 On Jan 17, 2011 8:49 AM, "Dave Neary"  wrote:
> Hi Jason
>
> Jason D. Clinton wrote:
>> Sounds like there's no real opposition to Stormy's "Made to Inspire" so
>> let's do that.
>
> Just for my benefit, can you tell me what constitutes "real" opposition?
> Because obviously my remarks don't count...
>
> Cheers,
> Dave.
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Re: GNOME 3.0 Hackfest + 1 day conference for the launch(in Asia)

[Frederic Muller]

On 01/17/2011 04:32 PM, Vincent Untz wrote:

Hi,

Le lundi 10 janvier 2011, à 11:13 +0800, Frederic Muller a écrit :

On 12/14/2010 11:09 PM, Jason D. Clinton wrote:

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 07:09, Frederic Mullermailto:fr...@gnome.org>>  wrote:

I'd like to echo the call we made to the release team here
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/release-team/2010-December/msg00031.html

and get a consensus on which date works better around GNOME 3.0
release (April 06) for each team to have a hackfest. We've been
discussing the plan since September with various members of each
team (to get the 3 teams together in a hackfest before a 1 day
conference to celebrate GNOME 3.0 launch with the public in Asia)
though emails and at the Boston Summit.


I think that only the first time frame makes sense from the marketing
perspective. I see little reason to conference about marketing after the
release date. But we don't *have* to have a marketing hackfest. If other
dates work better for other teams, feel free to opt for those.


Dear Documentation, Marketing and Release teams,

We've been moving forward with the conference preparation (in
Bangalore) and we now need to pick the best possible date for
everyone. We have potentially identified 2 options for the hackfest
+ conference dates, based on the survey and discussions with all the
party involved: The conference should be on a weekend to get most
people involved, and the hackfest before the release date (April 6)
and spreading over 5 days, having 2 optional days for people who
feel 3 days would be too short. That gives us either:
1. Wednesday March 30th to Friday April 1st: hackfest with 2
optional days on Monday 28th, and Tuesday 29th March
Saturday 2nd April: GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 (conference day)

2. Wednesday April 6th to Friday April 8th: hackfest with 2 optional
days on Monday 4th, and Tuesday 5th April
Saturday 9th April: GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 (conference day)

Of course any feedback on those dates is welcome and hopefully we
can find a good timing for all teams to prepare and get GNOME 3.0
out together.


We discussed this at the release team meeting yesterday, and here's our
opinion.

In both cases, I'd think we'd likely want the full week for the
hackfest.

Option 2 (4-8 April) is less useful than option 1 (28-1st), since we
believe the best opportunity is to have r-t&  marketing people together
to work on the final details before the release. By doing the hackfest
the week before the release, the release team could do some heavy
testing of the code during the last week, as well as preparing the
release to happen in an optimal way. And at the same time, it could help
the marketing team to clarify messaging when needed.

If option 2 is chosen, then we could work on the release itself, but the
last few days of the hackfest wouldn't be really useful since they're
after the release itself.

In the release team, Andre, Frédéric Péters and myself could possibly go
(assuming sponsorship from the Foundation).

Cheers,

Vincent


Dear Vincent,

Thank you very much for the response and commitment from your team to 
support the event. We will definitely target for the 1st option unless 
the local team comes up with an unreconcilable issue. We're actually IRC 
meeting today (Tuesday 18th) and should be able to confirm the date and 
get back to everyone.


Thank you.

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Re: GNOME 3.0 Hackfest + 1 day conference for the launch(in Asia)

[Frederic Muller]

On 01/17/2011 04:32 PM, Vincent Untz wrote:

Hi,

Le lundi 10 janvier 2011, à 11:13 +0800, Frederic Muller a écrit :

On 12/14/2010 11:09 PM, Jason D. Clinton wrote:

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 07:09, Frederic Mullermailto:fr...@gnome.org>>  wrote:

I'd like to echo the call we made to the release team here
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/release-team/2010-December/msg00031.html

and get a consensus on which date works better around GNOME 3.0
release (April 06) for each team to have a hackfest. We've been
discussing the plan since September with various members of each
team (to get the 3 teams together in a hackfest before a 1 day
conference to celebrate GNOME 3.0 launch with the public in Asia)
though emails and at the Boston Summit.


I think that only the first time frame makes sense from the marketing
perspective. I see little reason to conference about marketing after the
release date. But we don't *have* to have a marketing hackfest. If other
dates work better for other teams, feel free to opt for those.


Dear Documentation, Marketing and Release teams,

We've been moving forward with the conference preparation (in
Bangalore) and we now need to pick the best possible date for
everyone. We have potentially identified 2 options for the hackfest
+ conference dates, based on the survey and discussions with all the
party involved: The conference should be on a weekend to get most
people involved, and the hackfest before the release date (April 6)
and spreading over 5 days, having 2 optional days for people who
feel 3 days would be too short. That gives us either:
1. Wednesday March 30th to Friday April 1st: hackfest with 2
optional days on Monday 28th, and Tuesday 29th March
Saturday 2nd April: GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 (conference day)

2. Wednesday April 6th to Friday April 8th: hackfest with 2 optional
days on Monday 4th, and Tuesday 5th April
Saturday 9th April: GNOME.Asia Summit 2011 (conference day)

Of course any feedback on those dates is welcome and hopefully we
can find a good timing for all teams to prepare and get GNOME 3.0
out together.


We discussed this at the release team meeting yesterday, and here's our
opinion.

In both cases, I'd think we'd likely want the full week for the
hackfest.

Option 2 (4-8 April) is less useful than option 1 (28-1st), since we
believe the best opportunity is to have r-t&  marketing people together
to work on the final details before the release. By doing the hackfest
the week before the release, the release team could do some heavy
testing of the code during the last week, as well as preparing the
release to happen in an optimal way. And at the same time, it could help
the marketing team to clarify messaging when needed.

If option 2 is chosen, then we could work on the release itself, but the
last few days of the hackfest wouldn't be really useful since they're
after the release itself.

In the release team, Andre, Frédéric Péters and myself could possibly go
(assuming sponsorship from the Foundation).

Cheers,

Vincent


Dear Vincent,

Thank you very much for the response and commitment from your team to 
support the event. We will definitely target for the 1st option unless 
the local team comes up with an unreconcilable issue. We're actually IRC 
meeting today (Tuesday 18th) and should be able to confirm the date and 
get back to everyone.


Thank you.

Fred
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Goodies for GNOME 3.0 launch parties

[Frederic Muller]

Dear marketing,

Last foundation IRC meeting we touched on the Foundation approval of 
some budget for goodies to teams that will celebrate GNOME 3.0 on the 
release date.


How shall we announce this (and where)?

In fact I am also interested in a more generic question which is how do 
we usually use our channels to announce stuff? I tried to motivate 
people with the T-shirt contest but didn't receive much feedback except 
from the people I contacted personally. How do we actually usually 
promote stuff outside of the GNOME community? (I thought GUGs would be a 
good way, but they seem a little bit sleepy ;) ).


Thanks a lot for your feedback.

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Re: Desktop Summit Sponsorship document

[Frederic Muller]

On 01/12/2011 11:17 PM, Frederic Muller wrote:

On 01/12/2011 09:15 PM, Andreas Nilsson wrote:

On 01/12/2011 01:45 PM, Andreas Nilsson wrote:


http://www.desktopsummit.org/sponsors/DesktopSummit2011_SponsorshipOpportunities.pdf


I did that in Scribus on GNOME 2.30 (Ubuntu 10.10).


Oh, and in case I get hit by a bus:
http://www.andreasn.se/diverse/temp/desktop-summit-folder.zip
(is there a better place I should upload this too?)
- Andreas


After further checking and a discussion on #marketing with Andreas it
appears the original pdf document included in the zip file doesn't have
that MAC OS X stamping. There was apparently some words being cut off on
page 8 and someone re-edited the sla file and regenerated the pdf
probably on a MAC.

What should we do now then? I don't mind redoing the changes (I'll check
if there isn't anything else) and the export, but where should I send it
to? Or does it make more sense for someone else to do that?

Thank you.

Fred


Did the modification on page 8, exported to a new pdf file under GNOME, 
compared with current document (didn't find any difference) and uploaded 
the new pdf for whoever can do the replacement on desktopsummit.org here:

http://fred.dao2.com/sponsors.pdf

Thanks

Fred
ps: I however noticed 2 errors when exporting related to the images dpi 
being too low and my document is 1.2MB while the current one is 3.9MB

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Re: www.gnome3.org launch

[Jason D. Clinton]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 06:59, Jason D. Clinton  wrote:

> I'd like to get at least one video up. There is
> http://people.gnome.org/~jclinton/gnome3_video2_beta.webmand
> http://people.gnome.org/~jclinton/gnome3_video2_beta.ogvbut
>  it needs to be re-spun for the latest look and feel. I could do that
> this evening (baring solving some Rawhide problems).
>

The re-spin isn't going to happen tonight. I just finished beating ffmpeg on
rawhide in to submission and will have to build kdenlive and mlt from source
tomorrow because the rpmfusion packages are 9 months out-of-date.

So, shooting for tomorrow evening.
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