Re: Annual Report next steps

[Sriram Ramkrishna <sri ramkrishna me>]

I want to thank all of you who have worked hard on getting this done!
We were able to distribute everything during our AGM meeting at
GUADEC.  It looked pretty great!

Next steps is that I've been tasked with mailing  our Annual Report to
advisory members who were not able to make it and are located in the
U.S.

sri

On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com> wrote:
> There are a couple minor fixup changes pending as pull requests.
> I really think attributing articles to authors is important:
> https://github.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-marketing/pulls
>
> On 08/02/2014 09:08 AM, Oliver Propst wrote:
> > Right so if I understand things correctly the Annual Report are done
> > and ready to be published.
> >
> > On the last Engagement team meeting [1] before GUADEC we agreed to
> > publish the Report the 5th of August, this Tuesday. I have scheduled a
> > news item for that date, this means that if we want do any last minute
> > changes (if necessary) it have to be done before the 5th. We also want
> > to create a entry on the foundation's report page [2]. If there is not
> > to I will upload the master copy of the report on the 5th.
> >
> > I think its really great that we have been able to produce such a
> > great report our limited resources.  I want to thank everyone involved
> > especially Allan and Andreas who have done a tremendous work on the
> > design. With the report out of the door we are now able to focus on
> > ohter things which feels great.
> >
> > 1 https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/TeamMeetings/23-JULY-2014
> > 2 http://www.gnome.org/foundation/reports/
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Oliver Propst <oliver propst gmail com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2014-07-23 at 06:49 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> > > > On Jul 23, 2014 3:13 AM, "Oliver Propst" <oliver propst gmail com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Andreas Nilsson
> > > > <lists andreasn se> wrote:
> > > > > > On 07/17/2014 11:27 AM, Oliver Propst wrote:
> > > > > > > In the release article I find this sentence troubling:
> > > > > > > "Wayland is the next generation technology for display and input
> > > > on
> > > > > > > Linux."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Its very strong wording that I don't think its an accurate,
> > > > description
> > > > > > > of the situation, sounds more like a PR statement from a company
> > > > > > > department, I do not think we need to play that role.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That sounds correct to me. It is the next generation tech for
> > > > display and
> > > > > > input on Linux after all.
> > > > > > What else would be?
> > > > > Its not really a matter if its *right* or wrong, but if its an
> > > > > accurate description of the situation.
> > > >
> > > > Seems fairly accurate, there is no other display server that has
> > > > gained any traction other than those related to Android and IOS.
> > > >
> > > > > I think this wording implies that there is none alternative in this
> > > > > area which there are [1]. We are usually quick to notice when the
> > > > > press treat us unfairly so I don't think we should play (or even
> > > > risk
> > > > > to) the same game.
> > >
> > > > Humm..  Mir is only associated with canonical products.  The people
> > > > working on Wayland are more or less associated with X and is supported
> > > > by everyone else.
> > > Mir and Android still in some sense are/target *Linux*.
> > >
> > > > What alternative would you propose ?
> > > My suggestion are and have always been: "Wayland is a next generation
> > > technology for display and input on Linux".
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > -mvh Oliver Propst