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It only needs to be stated within the team +first so that everyone is in sync; + - formatting our resources so that one-shot contributions from +external people are made easier is a true option too (that means +things easier to grasp, understand and update); + - no more meeting, we plan and do things, and update everyone through +the mailing-list (or other, but asynchronous); so being on IRC is not +a must, just good to have; + - no more than 10 hours a week on Mageia. + +Questions: + - who's going to lead this? + - what's the plan up to Mageia 3? several things at least in several +regards (identity, print, web, distribution), but that will highly +depend on who lead(s) the team. + +[1] ideally, everything that's the public face of Mageia.Org, the +Mageia distribution and the Mageia project should go through this +team; that does not mean that things will not be flexible, but if +there's one place to discuss, document and synchronize all this work, +it's here. That, in turn, requires some responsiveness and initiative +from the team members. +_______________________________________________an +Mageia-marketing mailing list +<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Mageia-marketing@mageia.org">Mageia-marketing@mageia.org</a> +<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-marketing">https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-marketing</a> +</pre> + </blockquote> + <font face="Utopia">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 t</font>ried + + + to add some sites to the list in sandbox, but was denied + permission. Here are some sites I found:<br> + <br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="http://www.lifehacker.com/">http://www.lifehacker.com/</a> + Gawkers tech blog. Allot of entry level Linux users<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="http://linux.slashdot.org/">http://linux.slashdot.org/</a> + /EN - Very well known IT Blog<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="http://www.desktoplinuxreviews.com">http://www.desktoplinuxreviews.com</a> + /EN Linux reviews<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="http://linuxblog.darkduck.com">http://linuxblog.darkduck.com</a> + /EN Linux/Informational<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linuxbsdos.com">http://www.linuxbsdos.com</a> + /EN Linux Reviews<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="https://www.linuxquestions.org">https://www.linuxquestions.org</a> + / Linux/Informational<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mageia">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mageia</a><br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.techradar.com">http://www.techradar.com</a> + /EN Tech News & Info<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.gnu.org">https://www.gnu.org</a> + /EN<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="http://www.linuxbasis.com/distributions.html">http://www.linuxbasis.com/distributions.html</a> + /EN<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.dedoimedo.com">http://www.dedoimedo.com</a> + /EN<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="http://www.linuxinsider.com">http://www.linuxinsider.com</a> + /EN<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="http://www.linuxjournal.com">http://www.linuxjournal.com</a> + /EN<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://linuxos.pro">http://linuxos.pro</a> + /EN<br> + * <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" + href="http://www.thisweekinlinux.com">http://www.thisweekinlinux.com</a> + /EN<br> + <br> + 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.<br> + <br> + Kind Regards,<br> + <br> + Digigold<br> + <br> + <div class="moz-signature">--<br> + <h4><font color="#FFCC00"><i>"A mind that is stretched by a new + experience can never go back to its old dimensions."</i></font> + </h4> + <h5><font color="#FF0000"><b>~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.</b></font> + </h5> + </div> + </body> +</html> |