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

2009-04-20 Thread Ben Crisford
From: John Baer bae...@gmail.com 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 title this email aims to take a no-holds-barred

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 any

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

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

2009-04-20 Thread Ben Crisford
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 kw...@ubuntu.com To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Monday, 20 April, 2009 13:25:06 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3

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

2009-04-20 Thread Ben Crisford
wasn't sure because it wasn't too clear. Regards, Ben From: Kenneth Wimer kw...@ubuntu.com To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Monday, 20 April, 2009 14:55:52 Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring. On Monday 20 April 2009 15

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 change

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 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 mailing

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, the unmoderated

[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

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

2009-04-19 Thread Ben Crisford
From: Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com 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 take a no-holds-barred look at who we

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 Anton Kerezov
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de 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

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 is

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. What

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. coryis...@ubuntu.com 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

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

[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 with