Re: [guadec-list] "Be part of GNOME 3.0"

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 16:57 +0200, Claudio Saavedra wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 12:12 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > > Forget about subtleties and put your marketing mode on.
> > >
> > > Do you agree on having this motto for GUADEC 2006?
> > >
> > >
> > >         Be part of GNOME 3.0
> > 
> > It is a vague concept and one that leads to confusion. There is no general
> > plan to ever do a GNOME 3.0, whatever it might be, so it is not wise to
> > promise it.
> > 
> > > We have it since the day tavon came up with the successful banner that
> > > is still in the guadec.org homepage. I think it's a good slogan to
> > > attract the interest of the large community around (not necessarily
> > > inside) GNOME.
> > 
> > "Be part of GNOME" might be better.
> 
> I agree in the idea, but "Be part of GNOME" doesn't really express the
> sense of becoming part of the evolution and future of GNOME. "Be part of
> GNOME's future", or something similar would make it, without sticking to
> any promise.
> 
Copying a RENFE (Spanish railways) ad I saw yesterday:

	Get into the GNOME train, destination: future

of course, it's copied literally from the RENFE ad, but something like
that sounds quite good.
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>