Re: Formalizing the marketing team

[Patrick Wagstrom <patrick wagstrom net>]

John Williams wrote:
> Yeah, I know.   Damn!
>
> One concrete suggestion, but not original.  Let's get ourselves
> organised.  We have previously talked about meeting to brainstorm.  I
> am happy to coordinate this and push it along. (Even though, since I
> live on the other side of the world than most participants, I will
> probably have to stay up reaaaaaally late (or get up reaaaaaaally
> early) to participate ;-)
>
> How about this:
>
> Anyone who would like to participate in a brainstorming session about
> Quim's suggestion and th e future of the GNOME marketing team, speak
> up now!  Send email to the list, with a list of all days and times in
> the next fortnight that you would be available.

I'm willing to help out although I've always been very skeptical about 
the effectiveness of IRC brainstorming and meeting sessions (I suppose 
they're better than mailing lists).  Anyway, I've been working on 
getting the word of GNOME out in the rustbelt of the central United 
States, mainly at regional conferences, etc.

Anyway, I'm in EDT (UTC-4) right now.

August 2nd - 08:45 - 01:00 (8/3)
August 3rd - 08:45 - 15:00, 17:00 - 02:00 (8/4)
August 4/5 - No guarantees
August 6-10 - Generally 08:45 - 01:00

There, I've put my times down stating once again, I'm interested in 
helping to market GNOME.  I think John's suggestion is great and is the 
most concrete step I've seen so far.  However, in the end what it all 
comes down to is finding people to implement the ideas.

--Patrick