On Dec 22, 2006, at 10:09 AM, Troy James Sobotka wrote: > Nacho de los Ríos Tormo wrote: >> That said, I'll try to tread more lightly in the future, although I'm >> afraid we're all to happy with ourselves to garner too much progress. > > I don't believe that the artwork team is at all 'too happy with > ourselves'. To the best of my knowledge, we simply aren't in a > position > to offer alternatives at this juncture.
I think that hits the nail on the head. Besides the efforts done by Troy and a small team of motivated people on the U2 specifications and implementation, there is nothing substantial going on except for some bike-shedding on the mailing list. This wasn't meant to be offensive, I'm just trying to describe the situation as objectively as I can. There have been some initiatives to start up something by people like Gianluca Sartori, which I admire, but without any clear direction and someone in charge, I think a lot of these initiatives just fizzle and die and I think this pretty much happened in that case. I've been trying for weeks to get in touch with Mark regarding the artwork plan for Feisty, if any, but haven't been able to solicit a response as of yet. Besides Mark I've asked around a bit in the developer team, but nobody has got any more information to share on the subject. For about one-and-a-half month I hung on to the idea of a new Artist in Chief being appointed by Mark and stepping up to lead the community. I would have gladly assisted her or him getting up to speed and talking about what happened for Edgy, what worked and what didn't. Unfortunately, nothing happened and I received no replies to the messages I sent out to Mark. I'm afraid that I've pretty much given up the hope for Feisty and the near future. Lately I've been in the situation of trying to explain to others and myself what happened to the artwork community after my efforts for Edgy and the only thing I can honestly answer is "nothing". That's all there is to it and doesn't really brighten up your day if you know what I went through. Looking back to meeting with everyone in Paris and Wiesbaden it's been a crazy journey which has taught me a lot of new things about myself and made me realize that I had found something I gladly spent my time on. I'm grateful for Mark sponsoring me and I think I made the most of it. I know I've written something like this before, but this time it's different. Judging from the signs the time has come for me to step back from Ubuntu artwork and development and focus on channeling my energy elsewhere. Words can't tell you how much I appreciate your involvement and efforts for the cause, thanks a lot. Some time ago I made a list of the people around during Edgy because I knew this day would arrive. I hope you are all reading this. There are a few people in special who have made doing my work so much more fun and entertaining, here you go: Kenneth and Troy: thanks for the great time in Paris and being around to discuss everything ranging from creepy people to pronouncing my surname. I can't really begin to tell how much I appreciate your support. Étienne Bersace: even though you just hopped by in Paris, it was great meeting you, I hope you enjoyed the visit then. Thanks for your ongoing efforts for Ubuntu and the fact that you've been around for so long already. Jonathan Austin, Jozef Mak: thanks for the last weeks of Edgy, I know it wasn't easy on you but you did very well. Chuck Huber: thanks for your efforts on Peace and all the other contributions you made, I enjoyed working with you. Peter Savage: meeting up with you on IRC and TeamSpeak probably wins you the most-fun-award. Thanks for the good times and the off-by-a- beat-or-two intercontinental jam. Viper550: I'm not sure if you're around here anymore, but thanks for your ever present energy and artwork ideas. Godspeed with your work on gNewSense. Dennis Kaarsemaker: thanks for helping me out when I needed your usplash-fu, that was really priceless. Eric Schwenke: thanks so much for fixing the Edgy lsplash and suggesting the orange emblems, it's great you made them. Michiel Sikma: thanks for your efforts on the Dash team and your involvement with the mailing list. PingunZ: are you around or have you moved to Arch? Anyway, thanks for your contributions, ideas and assisting Jonathan. Niklas Weidel and Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen: I'm not sure if we ever spoke or mailed eachother, but I've seen some great artwork from you both so let me thank you for having been involved with Edgy and delivering goods. If your name isn't on that list, don't worry - it's probably just an oversight on my side. I know there's a lot more people out there than I can cram into a single list so feel free to reply and let me know you are there still. Besides all these artwork people, I'd also like to thank everyone on the other teams that helped me out when I needed it. I'm thinking of Daniel, Ian, Henrik, Matt, Colin, Scott, Tollef, Claire and Jane. And of course Mark, thanks for listening to me on the first floor right next to the elevator. I'm glad we got the numbers right eventually. So, that's about it. When I joined the mailing list on April 12th of this year I didn't know I would end up here, but eventually I did. I hope you enjoyed it. Merry Christmas to you all and be sure to make the most out of every new year to come. With kind regards, Frank Schoep -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
