On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 22:04 -0600, Paul Cutler wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 17:49 +0000, Nelson Marques 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. > > > > > > 2. Support the existing GNOME artistic community through the > > > availability of donated media. > > > > > > 3. Stimulate Open Desktop standard through following up campaigns and > > > "call for help" campaigns that are aimed to introducing GNOME to more > > > people and thus increase our artists. > > > > > > 4. Provide grounds that can improve the concept people have around > > > GNOME, and earn more muscle. > > > > > > > > > > > > I would deeply like that everyone could advance with suggestions for > > > this campaign and place in personal comments so I can work to make it an > > > attractive campaign and take it from paper into implementation. > > > > > > Despite I don't need help to make this happen, as I am willing to offer > > > my time to gather for support between other organizations, to work in > > > the wiki campaign page, and whatever is necessary, I would like to have > > > someone that can speak in the name of GNOME Foundation to follow this so > > > that it complies with the vision behind GNOME. > > > > > > Please flame at will... > > > > > > Nelson > > > > > > The SOS Lynx (http://www.soslynx.com) has confirmed support if we > > advance with this campaign through the donation of high resolution > > images and videos about the lynx. > > > > This is a great thing I suppose. During this thread it was mentioned > > the issue of the Lynx being a big cat and Apple using big cats (from a > > marketing point of view, I would favor the Lynx for starting up, > > specially because of Apple, but I understand the concerns, and this is > > not compared to label a distribution as Temujin (Genghis Kahn, the > > Impaler). I'm also working on Red Wolfes and Spyder Monkeys until > > someone comes up with further suggestions, this not set on stone and can > > be changed). > > > > I would request from the list that someone who has good communication > > channel with the developers to point me or eventually report to the list > > the strongest points of the GNOME 3.0, like security, flexibility, etc > > and the technology behind them, so we can establish a parallelism with > > the species focused for that release. > > We can most likely create a release video sharing this parallelism. I > > can find someone to create such video (professional, working on pro > > bono) if I get a script/guidelines of what we need to focus for the > > release. > > > > I'm also working on a final revision of the document supplied without > > grammar errors and more objective/insightful so we can file it for later > > consult if needed. > > > > And from this point on (doesn't affect final revision of the document, > > as it will keep the same issues), I'm waiting for a go. > > > > If this "GO" arrives, I'll need access to write a Wiki page for the > > "Save the Wildlife" Campaign. If someone can provide me a contact of > > someone who can represent the GNOME Artists community so we can start > > working on the depot for submited materials would be great. > > > > Anything else, feel free to share. > > > > Nelson. > > > Nelson, > > Thanks for doing this. However, my biggest concern about the SOS Lynx is > the fact that Ubuntu will has codenamed their upcoming 10.04 release > "Lucid Lynx". I'm happy to support the idea of codenaming releases with > the release team, but I think the Lynx is too confusing in the > marketplace between the GNOME and Ubuntu brands. > > Are there are any other potential choices we could use? > > Paul Already pointed 2 earlier... Red Wolf and Spider Monkey. Can dig more :)
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