[Mageia-discuss] mageiapeople.org - Request for inputs

Sat Mar 24 16:55:59 CET 2012

Hey all,
+
+This was originally brought up on the marcom mailing list, but it was 
+suggested I bring it up here as well for feedback/comments. I look 
+forward to hearing any comments that anyone has to offer.
+
+1) What is it?
+The idea is basically a planet for users of Mageia. These would be blog 
+feeds and have to comply with the code of conduct of course. This idea 
+gives people a chance to see there are real people behind Magia and is 
+in line with what some other distros do (see Ubuntu for one). The 
+official planet is designed for official team members/developers of 
+Magia. Different groups of people, different reasons for being. It's 
+conceived simply as a gateway to get users involved and looking to 
+contribute further to Mageia as well as provide some entertainment. It's 
+not in any way intended or designed to replace the official planet site
+
+2) Where is it?
+Currently it's hosted on my own server out of convenience and to provide 
+a demo. It can be viewed at http://mageiapeople.org If community 
+leadership so decides, this could be moved to an official infrastructure 
+server very easily.
+
+3) What can I do?
+Comments and feedback are needed as stated previously are needed at this 
+early stage. If you are interested in having your blog listed, you can 
+reply here or (preferably) email a link to admin at mageiapeople.org.
+
+4) What else is there to know?
+This is for now only for blog posts. Ideas have been submitted to 
+provide a similar site or section for micro blogging posts (i.e. 
+identi.ca updates) but will be explored at some point in the future if 
+this is well received.
+
+I hope to gather as much input as possible. This is not meant to be 
+something I do on my own, or as competition to any existing planets or 
+blogs, but simply a way to allow the community as a whole to have a fun 
+way to get to know each other and see the many ways Mageia is being used 
+and by whom. Obviously there is the expectation that not all posts on 
+your blog would be about Mageia, but we do expect that everyone who 
+chooses to participate follow the Mageia code of conduct as well. I look 
+forward to hearing back on this idea.
+
+Thanks!
+Josh (aka dotmil)
+