[Mageia-marketing] Lets build some excitement!

Tue Jun 12 23:38:17 CEST 2012

On 06/09/2012 12:27 PM, Romain d'Alverny wrote:
+> Hi everyone, (xposted on -marketing, -artwork and -webteam; if
+> possible, please follow-up in -marketing)
+>
+> So here's the plan (actually, that's a suggestion of a plan):
+>   - we make a new team; which role is to think, design, produce and
+> maintain the identity of the project and its declinations in messages,
+> graphics, Web and print [1];
+>   - this team is named "atelier";
+>   - a new mailing-list is open for that;
+>   - it practically merges responsibilities from artwork, web and marcom teams;
+>   - it integrates roles as diverse as: design, marketing, graphic
+> research and production, copy writing, web design, integration and
+> development, curation, etc.
+>   - existing web, marcom and artwork lists are kept for archive, but
+> locked down and all subscribers are unsubscribed;
+>   - will have a say in whatever happens in this team, only those making
+> and contributing things (so here, actionable designs, working code,
+> graphics or copy, etc.); opinions and feedback from others still
+> welcome, but not enough to move forward;
+>   - external contributions are a true option; that is, one team peer
+> getting in touch/inviting a professional person to propose and work on
+> a specific, focused topic, from overall project identity design, down
+> to a specific production. 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.
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+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:
+
+* http://www.lifehacker.com/ Gawkers tech blog.  Allot of entry level 
+Linux users
+* http://linux.slashdot.org/ /EN - Very well known IT Blog
+* http://www.desktoplinuxreviews.com /EN Linux reviews
+* http://linuxblog.darkduck.com /EN Linux/Informational
+* http://www.linuxbsdos.com /EN Linux Reviews
+* https://www.linuxquestions.org /  Linux/Informational
+* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mageia
+* http://www.techradar.com /EN Tech News & Info
+* https://www.gnu.org /EN
+* http://www.linuxbasis.com/distributions.html /EN
+* http://www.dedoimedo.com /EN
+* http://www.linuxinsider.com /EN
+* http://www.linuxjournal.com /EN
+* http://linuxos.pro /EN
+* http://www.thisweekinlinux.com /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.*
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