Re: Marketing Tasks



I've made an example:

 http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/TwoPointTwentynine

It's simple so anyone can edit it. Colors are not possible I've learned.

If you think that wouldn't work, let me know and I delete it.

Best regards,
Claus


On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 15:06 -0500, Paul Cutler wrote:
> I had to sit on a conference call for an hour, so while I did that, I
> took a first pass at a new list:
> 
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/TwoPointTwentyseven
> 
> All I've done so far is take the template from the GNOME Release team,
> and delete some extra information they had in the notes.  I left in
> all the stable and unstable releases for 2.27 and 2.29 as a reference
> on when our products are actually released.
> 
> We need to agree on what our action items are, who is volunteering to
> work on them, and start migrating the content in the bullets above the
> release calendar into the calendar itself.
> 
> Paul
> 
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Claus Schwarm
> <clschwarm googlemail com> wrote:
>         I'm not saying we should use the template of the release team
>         -- that's
>         clearly over-engineered. :-)
>         
>         A simple list like the one for the GnomeWeb is sufficient.
>         Headers and
>         bullet points. Shouldn't take more than an hour or two to move
>         your
>         contents.
>         
>         (But yes, it would be nice if someone could volunteer for
>         this.)
>         
>         I think it would also work for campaigns. The beginning of a
>         new
>         campaign is usually the end of the old one, if they both use
>         the same
>         resource. If they don't, a clean-up day for the old campaign
>         needs to be
>         scheduled, anyway.
>         
>         
>         Best regards,
>         Claus
>         
>         
>         On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 10:53 -0500, Paul Cutler wrote:
>         >
>         > Two things - I looked at the wiki markup and ran away as
>         fast as I
>         > could.  I need help with this, I'm not an expert MoinMoin
>         user, and
>         > even though we have a template for this from the Release &
>         Web teams,
>         > it's going to take someone a few hours to get this done.
>          You're right
>         > though, it would be a good thing to be consistent with what
>         the
>         > Release & Web teams are using.  The second question I had
>         was would
>         > this work for campaigns?  I'm thinking we have to clearly
>         define the
>         > time period when we do the work, as well as the beginning
>         and end of a
>         > campaign.  Or am I overthinking this?
>         >
>         > Any volunteers?  This needs to be more than a one person
>         job.
>         >
>         > Paul
>         >
>         > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Claus Schwarm
>         > <clschwarm googlemail com> wrote:
>         >         I like your idea of organizing tasks due to due
>         dates.
>         >
>         >         But why don't we just sync with the regular release
>         schedule?
>         >         I've seen
>         >         something like this for the GnomeWeb here:
>         >
>         >         http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWeb/TwoPointTwentyseven
>         >
>         >         And I like it. It's easy to pick the dates one wants
>         to care
>         >         about.
>         >
>         >
>         >         This gives us also the opportunity to have a sort of
>         template,
>         >         so making
>         >         a new schedule for the next release is simply a
>         matter of
>         >         copy'n'paste
>         >         instead of having someone re-collect all the data
>         every year.
>         >         For
>         >         example, I didn't see the dates for making the
>         release notes
>         >         in your
>         >         task calender.
>         >
>         >         So, I'd suggest we drop
>         >
>         >
>         http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/MarketingTasks2009
>         >
>         >
>         >         and start something like this
>         >
>         >
>         http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/Schedule/TwoPointTwentyseven
>         >
>         http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/Schedule/TwoPointTwentynine
>         >
>         http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/Schedule/ThreePointOne
>         >
>         >         This may also help us to figure out what tasks need
>         to be done
>         >         before
>         >         other tasks. Maybe we can use colors to distinguish
>         between
>         >         certain
>         >         classes of tasks if that's needed.
>         >
>         >         I'd also suggest to delete items on the task list
>         that are
>         >         done. For
>         >         example, the brochure for sponsors is done, AFAIK.
>         There's no
>         >         need to
>         >         keep it one the list, then.
>         >
>         >
>         >         Best regards,
>         >         Claus
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >         On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 22:12 -0500, Paul Cutler
>         wrote:
>         >         > Hi Marketing Team,
>         >         >
>         >         > I don't know if anyone has had an opportunity
>         lately to
>         >         review the
>         >         > list of Tasks on the Marketing page on
>         live.gnome.org at
>         >         > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/Tasks.  There
>         are a lot
>         >         of great
>         >         > ideas, and it's organized by active tasks,
>         non-active and
>         >         then by
>         >         > one-time tasks and ongoing tasks.
>         >         >
>         >         > It can be a bit overwhelming browsing through
>         everything we
>         >         want to
>         >         > do!
>         >         >
>         >         > I don't know about you, but I organize stuff a
>         little
>         >         differently, and
>         >         > I'm a little more goal oriented, so I re-organized
>         some of
>         >         the tasks
>         >         > and tried to assign due dates.  You can review at
>         >         >
>         >
>         http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/MarketingTasks2009
>         >         >
>         >         > I've also continued to work on GNOME 3.0
>         Marketing.  A
>         >         couple days ago
>         >         > I posted a link to some potential campaign ideas,
>         and that
>         >         ties to
>         >         > marketing calendar I've started in
>         OpenOffice.org.  It
>         >         includes
>         >         > potential marketing vehicles and outlines
>         development time
>         >         for the
>         >         > various vehicles and launch dates.  The download
>         link is
>         >         posted on
>         >         > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeThreeBrainstorming
>         >         >
>         >         > Help I need from the marketing team:
>         >         >
>         >         > * Review the marketing campaign ideas and give
>         feedback
>         >         > (http://live.gnome.org/GnomeThreeBrainstorming)
>         >         > * Review the marketing calendar and give feedback
>         >         > (http://live.gnome.org/GnomeThreeBrainstorming)
>         (What is
>         >         missing?  Do
>         >         > we have enough time built in for planning and
>         developing
>         >         these
>         >         > activities?  Are they the right activities, and
>         what you
>         >         recommend?)
>         >         > * Review the current task list
>         >         > (http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/Tasks)  (Is
>         it up to
>         >         date?  If
>         >         > your name is on something, are you still working
>         on it?
>         >          What else
>         >         > should we be thinking about?)
>         >         > * Review the 2009 tasks
>         >         >
>         >
>         (http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/Tasks/MarketingTasks2009) (Are
>         >         > they prioritized correctly, or should some tasks
>         move
>         >         months?  What
>         >         > else would you want to add?  Change?)
>         >         >
>         >         > They're wiki pages, so please feel free to edit,
>         or give
>         >         feedback via
>         >         > email.
>         >         >
>         >         > Thanks!
>         >         >
>         >         > Paul
>         >
>         >
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