On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 12:34 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Tue, 2010-02-16 at 21:27 +0000, Nelson Marques wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > In attachment there is a proposal for a new campaign and it's goals. To > > unravel this a bit, it aims to position GNOME brand as an ecological > > supporting brand alongside with some things we can do to promote this. > > > > Another aspect interesting is that through this campaign we are also > > trying to mobilize new artists to cooperate with GNOME Project. > > > > There are other concerns, and this campaign was designed to be a generic > > campaign that would allow other campaigns to brew from this one, mainly > > to support GNOME through art. > > > > I am proposing with this campaign the following: > > > > 1. Give names to GNOME Releases based on endangered species which share > > strong points with the main features of GNOME. This is appealing to > > users and at some point allows the usage of a more catchy name for every > > release, thus we promote a social responsible cause and broaden our > > contributors to a new standard, including organizations which promote > > several endangered species through the donation of art and media such as > > high resolution pictures, movies, etc. > > This is also a great opportunity to advocate the usage of Free > > Standards. > > I like this idea a lot. We stopped doing release names a few > years ago, largely because of the controversy over naming one > of our releases "Temujin". Some people decided that choosing > non-controversial release names was near impossible, so we just > stopped doing release names altogether. > > This proposal would involve us making a value statement, and > that could cause some controversy. I'm not saying not to do > it. It's just something that people should be aware of if they > try to push this through. There could be pushback, and there's > some history. > > If I could make a request, could we not start with the Iberian > Lynx? Apple is well-known for naming their releases after cats, > and I fear if we started with a cat, the "endangered species" > theme would get lost, and people would just think we're copying > Apple. After we've established the theme, by all means bring > out the cats. I love cats. > > -- > Shaun > How are the GNOME's community feelings towards the Red Wolf (the most endangered canine species with less than 50 specimens)? I can seek cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation for this issue (http://mdc.mo.gov/). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwXcPs_5J6g There is also a wicked option, the spider monkey, I probably assume this has a lot of fans within GNOME: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1XVyqqqPi4 There is a Bolivian organization who is fighting for the spider monkeys and the Amazon rain forest (their habitat). Can also seek cooperation with them. Nelson.
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