Re: Looking for community managers or enthusiasts!

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

Em Wed, 2012-11-14 às 11:08 -0800, Sriram Ramkrishna escreveu:
> The wrong idea of course is that people think we're just removing
> features for no apparent reason even though for instance fallback mode
> was never guarantee.  We need to correct those misconceptions.
> 
> Having a good relationship with the general public is more important
> now than it was in the past thanks to social media.  For example, with
> Ubuntu (who holds the largest share of users right now), GNOME is no
> longer the default and so it takes a conscious effort to change to
> GNOME.  If they do the research, I don't want them to see a pile of
> ridiculous blog postings that aren't challenged by calm and simple
> rhetoric.

A lot of work. I simply hope that communication is inwards as well as
outwards.

> Regarding, Emily's post.  You need to look at the overall message
> there.  Not everyone is on the same page, and the fact that we are
> having this discussion with other people who clearly have the same
> concerns is indicative that we do have a problem.  If you think there
> is no problem, we an drop this whole thing.
> 
> Community enthusiasts won't go out there using the 'royal we' without
> some training.  This stuff isn't easy, and it is important that our
> volunteers understand how to engage in both the GNOME community and
> the community at large.  They will need training on GNOME's vision and
> purpose.  That means, release team, designers, and relevant parties
> will need to help these volunteers in understanding it before going
> out there and speaking in our name.  I'm having Karen be in charge of
> us.
> 
> The end goal is to reduce the signal to noise ratio and get real
> feedback without hyperbole and let developers and designers be able to
> produce awesome stuff without feeling buried in undue negativity.  The
> only thing I ask in return is that you consider the feedback that is
> being provided to you.  If the feedback is negative, help us engage
> with the community with the right approach.  If the feedback is
> positive, then I hope you will take that as encourage and motivation
> to keep doing it.

Do you want that job? :)