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It only needs to be stated within the team +</I>><i> first so that everyone is in sync; +</I>><i> - formatting our resources so that one-shot contributions from +</I>><i> external people are made easier is a true option too (that means +</I>><i> things easier to grasp, understand and update); +</I>><i> - no more meeting, we plan and do things, and update everyone through +</I>><i> the mailing-list (or other, but asynchronous); so being on IRC is not +</I>><i> a must, just good to have; +</I>><i> - no more than 10 hours a week on Mageia. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Questions: +</I>><i> - who's going to lead this? +</I>><i> - what's the plan up to Mageia 3? several things at least in several +</I>><i> regards (identity, print, web, distribution), but that will highly +</I>><i> depend on who lead(s) the team. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> [1] ideally, everything that's the public face of Mageia.Org, the +</I>><i> Mageia distribution and the Mageia project should go through this +</I>><i> team; that does not mean that things will not be flexible, but if +</I>><i> there's one place to discuss, document and synchronize all this work, +</I>><i> it's here. That, in turn, requires some responsiveness and initiative +</I>><i> from the team members. +</I>><i> _______________________________________________an +</I>><i> Mageia-marketing mailing list +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-marketing">Mageia-marketing at mageia.org</A> +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-marketing">https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-marketing</A> +</I>Sounds good to me. I would like to take on some work especially +concerning Marketing where it appears that we're especially thin here. +I feel that although the distrowatch page-hits are high, there is not +nearly enough of an overall web presence. I think that Mageia has an +especially good potential to poach Ubunt/Mint users but the buzz just +isn't there. I tried to add some sites to the list in sandbox, but was +denied permission. Here are some sites I found: + +* <A HREF="http://www.lifehacker.com/">http://www.lifehacker.com/</A> Gawkers tech blog. Allot of entry level +Linux users +* <A HREF="http://linux.slashdot.org/">http://linux.slashdot.org/</A> /EN - Very well known IT Blog +* <A HREF="http://www.desktoplinuxreviews.com">http://www.desktoplinuxreviews.com</A> /EN Linux reviews +* <A HREF="http://linuxblog.darkduck.com">http://linuxblog.darkduck.com</A> /EN Linux/Informational +* <A HREF="http://www.linuxbsdos.com">http://www.linuxbsdos.com</A> /EN Linux Reviews +* <A HREF="https://www.linuxquestions.org">https://www.linuxquestions.org</A> / Linux/Informational +* <A HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mageia">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mageia</A> +* <A HREF="http://www.techradar.com">http://www.techradar.com</A> /EN Tech News & Info +* <A HREF="https://www.gnu.org">https://www.gnu.org</A> /EN +* <A HREF="http://www.linuxbasis.com/distributions.html">http://www.linuxbasis.com/distributions.html</A> /EN +* <A HREF="http://www.dedoimedo.com">http://www.dedoimedo.com</A> /EN +* <A HREF="http://www.linuxinsider.com">http://www.linuxinsider.com</A> /EN +* <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com">http://www.linuxjournal.com</A> /EN +* <A HREF="http://linuxos.pro">http://linuxos.pro</A> /EN +* <A HREF="http://www.thisweekinlinux.com">http://www.thisweekinlinux.com</A> /EN + +The one of these that I felt could really use some urgent attention is +Wikipedia. I know this committee/team is in a state of flux with the +merge and all but every day that goes by is a day further away from its' +release. I have my main contract winding down here so I have some +extra time. If perhaps someone either from this team or maybe the +document team has some approved language I could write a proposal for a +Wikipedia update. Let me know what everyone thinks. + +Kind Regards, + +Digigold + +-- + + + /"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back + to its old dimensions."/ + + + *~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.* + +-------------- next part -------------- +An HTML attachment was scrubbed... +URL: </pipermail/mageia-marketing/attachments/20120612/40a33af0/attachment.html> +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000939.html">[Mageia-marketing] marcom + artwork + web => atelier ? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000944.html">[Mageia-marketing] Lets build some excitement! +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#943">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#943">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#943">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#943">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-marketing">More information about the Mageia-marketing +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |