Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder
Chris Tooley wrote: You know, there are probably some women on this mailing list... Maybe some that just joined ;) Perhaps it would be good to garner some feedback from the very audience targeted? -Chris On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Matthew Nuzum n...@bearfruit.org mailto:n...@bearfruit.org wrote: On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com mailto:coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: @Matthew It's been about 3 weeks since the last word on this. This was an idea with alot of steam that has seem to fallen down. Like all of us I know you have many duties but there was a lot of interest in this and I hope you haven't missed your opportunity Did you say you were gonna have some research up like 2 weekends ago?. Sorry for the delay, the jaunty release is consuming all of my time. Don't consider this abandoned yet, Jaunty is out the door on Thursday and around next Monday I'll be going through my inbox and todo list to set priorities. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca http://identi.ca and twitter -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art as long as it is not pink send it over and I'll have a look :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork Team Wiki Page Mockup
On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 21:43 -0400, John Baer wrote: I created a mockup of a revised Artwork Team wiki page for your consideration. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox Our interests are not only in creating graphics (...) I'd prefer artwork over graphics here. A bit broader. The aim is to enrich Ubuntu by creating high quality artistic submissions (...) Too complicated, better by creating high quality artwork Submissions are part of the process, not something we deliver as such. The process is agile as we tend to work in self forming small groups and collaborate with other teams. Those who have a strong vision of the outcome often assume a leadership role depending on others to assist as we strive to achieve a polished cohesive look. Excellent. Could be shortened by starting at the We. The pace is fast, the challenges hard, and the rewards satisfying. Sounds dubious to me. Better drop this sentence. I really welcome your effort of spicing things up with graphics, but the usshop photos make me cringe. I associate this look with cheap and dumb advertising, but maybe that's just me? Using bitmaps to have a special font is problematic, as it is not feasible to do that everywhere. I'd rather be boring but consistent in that aspect. I wouldn't list the artwork categories there on the front page, but just have that link to Incoming/Karmic. Ressources in that place is nice for the flow, but bad for frequent users of our Wiki. The Get Involved section is very well done, but please drop Membership is open, all opinions are valued, and everyone is welcomed. The first is redundant given the sentence right before. all opinions are valued is not true, unless you value I don't like that, more orange and +1 all standing alone. everyone is welcome is also not true, there are requirements of at least half-way decent behaviour, if nothing else. For Flavors of Ubuntu, I would put the candy inside the logo outline, not in the middle. With https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox/Backgrounds there's once again the problem of duplication. But lets clear the front page before we discuss that. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] camera-video
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: Looks good. I'll make another upload to BZR in the next week. OK. I being a little offline lately due technical difficulties (my work computer stops working :) but I think that next week I will be making some icons again ;) -- Seba (AKA spg76) http://www.ubuntu-ar.org -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Lines of Authority - Controlled Membership
A suggestion was made on the Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring thread about creating an art council as the decision making body of this team but I believe we already have a working solution in place. Using Fedora as an example, the Fedora artTeam is lead by MairinDuffyhttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MairinDuffy. It is my understanding Mairin is employed by Redhat and I assume has responsibilities simular Ken's. Mairin may seek council when working issues but I believe the final decision is hers. Mairin is assisted in the day-to-day activities by Nicu Buculei. It is my understanding Nicu is not employed by Redhat but contributes to the list, maintains wiki content, and assists in getting submissions ready. Nicu has also authored some how-to's on Inkscape which were published in Redhat magazine. Our model could easily be as follows. Artwork Team Lead - Kenneth Wimer Artwork Team Ambassador - Christina Kokott ( Ken's backup ) Artwork Team Wiki Coach - Thorsten Wilms (monitors all Artwork Team wiki content) Other Coaches - As needed (e.g. packaging, icons, GTK themes) (Coach = Mentor) :) I believe anyone can subscribe to the Fedora artTeam mailing list but must be approved before they can receive team membership. That is to say mailing list subscriber does not equal team member. Some of the reasons for this is simply paper work. All team members must have a Fedora account. Having a Fedora account requires agreement to published policies and procedures. Uploading content to Fedora has many of the same dependencies as Launchpad. Very simply what are our requirements for membership? 1) ask to join (mail list) 2) disclose interest (mail list) 2) agree to code of conduct (need to validate) 3) create launchpad account (need to validate) 4) create a wiki personal page (need to validate) 5) Others (?) Why wouldn't someone make the team? * doesn't ask * has no interest * does not agree to code of conduct * no launchpad account * poor fit (Ken's call) Who will validate our requirements are satisfied? In the case of Fedora I believe any existing team member can validate a request for membership. I believe this will work for us but in all cases the final decision is Ken's or Ken's delegate. Why do I feel this will work? Ubuntu depends on Canonical, Canonical depends on Community. Thoughts, John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Lines of Authority - Controlled Membership
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM, John Baer bae...@gmail.com wrote: Very simply what are our requirements for membership? 1) ask to join (mail list) 2) disclose interest (mail list) 2) agree to code of conduct (need to validate) 3) create launchpad account (need to validate) 4) create a wiki personal page (need to validate) 5) Others (?) Why wouldn't someone make the team? * doesn't ask * has no interest * does not agree to code of conduct * no launchpad account * poor fit (Ken's call) I like this suggestion. It keeps membership very open but solves the issue of the current Launchpad team being essentially useless. Who will validate our requirements are satisfied? Launchpad can do some of this itself. I believe that you can set a team so that it only allows people who have signed the Code of Conduct to be members. In the case of Fedora I believe any existing team member can validate a request for membership. I believe this will work for us but in all cases the final decision is Ken's or Ken's delegate. Launchpad limits this a bit. AFAIK there are three types of teams availiable: Open (what we have now) Moderated (one of the team administrators must approve membership applications) Restricted (people can't apply to join, only team administrators can add new members) Moderated teams can be set so that when someone applies through Launchpad a email is sent to the mailing list. I would also suggest that we make the team auto-expire memberships so that only people that are still interested and active can be on the team. It can be set so that either renewal is done by an administrator or by the team member themselves. I think allowing people to renew themselves would be fine for us. We just want to ensure they're still interested. No more 700+ inactive members - Andrew Starr-Bochicchio -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Lines of Authority - Controlled Membership
Andrew wrote: On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM, John Baer bae...@gmail.com wrote: Very simply what are our requirements for membership? 1) ask to join (mail list) 2) disclose interest (mail list) 2) agree to code of conduct (need to validate) 3) create launchpad account (need to validate) 4) create a wiki personal page (need to validate) 5) Others (?) Why wouldn't someone make the team? * doesn't ask * has no interest * does not agree to code of conduct * no launchpad account * poor fit (Ken's call) I like this suggestion. It keeps membership very open but solves the issue of the current Launchpad team being essentially useless. +1 Who will validate our requirements are satisfied? Launchpad can do some of this itself. I believe that you can set a team so that it only allows people who have signed the Code of Conduct to be members. No. I believe much like the current membership boards that approve regional Ubuntu membership, my proposed 5-member council can to the approvals. To me, simply signing the COC is not enough for membership. In the case of Fedora I believe any existing team member can validate a request for membership. I believe this will work for us but in all cases the final decision is Ken's or Ken's delegate. Launchpad limits this a bit. AFAIK there are three types of teams availiable: Open (what we have now) Moderated (one of the team administrators must approve membership applications) Restricted (people can't apply to join, only team administrators can add new members) Moderated teams can be set so that when someone applies through Launchpad a email is sent to the mailing list. Yes. So we make the team Moderated and at monthly meetings the council approves/denies new members. I would also suggest that we make the team auto-expire memberships so that only people that are still interested and active can be on the team. It can be set so that either renewal is done by an administrator or by the team member themselves. I think allowing people to renew themselves would be fine for us. We just want to ensure they're still interested. No more 700+ inactive members Yes. I propose a 6-month limit. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork Team Wiki Page Mockup
John Baer wrote: I created a mockup of a revised Artwork Team wiki page for your consideration. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox As discussed before I divided the effort into categories (Backgrounds, GTK Themes, etc). The Backgrounds category links to a mockup of that page. Categories represent community-theme and community-theme-extras packages which is the target of our development effort. This is my attempt to address some of the concerns in the Gettin' our @ $3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring. thread. Thoughts? John hey John, this looks really good compared to the current one if it is decided to use this i would make a few changes such as adding a page on how to join the team, such as what they are discussing right now. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
