Re: GNOME Annual Report

[Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>]

Many of the Hackfests in 2010 and 2011 (Docs, Help, GTK+, a11y,
marketing, Usability, python bindings, GNOME.Asia GNOME 3 Launch
Hackfest) were organized because they were needed as a part of the
GNOME 3 development process.  These events targeted topics that needed
particular work for GNOME 3 to be a success.

We really want the Annual Report to highlight and showcase GNOME 3,
so perhaps we could discuss the hackfests in the broader context of
GNOME 3.  For example, we could discuss exciting GNOME 3 features
in the Hackfest section that relates, and make it clear how the
Hackfests helped to make GNOME 3 possible.

Since the focus of the Annual Report should be GNOME 3, I wonder how
the graphics of the report should make people excited about GNOME 3.
Would it make sense for the pages of the report to look as if you
were viewing it on the GNOME 3 desktop in evince.  Other programs
could be in the background showing off cool GNOME 3 features, like
eog showing off a photo of a hackfest, or a spreadsheet program
showing a graph.  Just thinking out loud.

Brian


On 12/ 5/11 06:46 AM, Emily Gonyer wrote:
> Juanjo, how many hackfests are there that could be reported on? Could we
> do a short (1-2 paragraph)  blurb on each pointing out the highlights
> under a "Hackfests of 2010" and "Hackfests of 2011" title? Or are there
> 1 or 2 that were 'key' to each year that we could do a longer report on?
>
> Emily
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> 2011/12/5 Juanjo Marín <juanjomarin96 yahoo es
> <mailto:juanjomarin96 yahoo es>>
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>     ----- Mensaje original -----
>      > De: Dave Neary <dneary gnome org <mailto:dneary gnome org>>
>      > Para: Juanjo Marín <juanjomarin96 yahoo es
>     <mailto:juanjomarin96 yahoo es>>
>      > CC: "marketing-list gnome org <mailto:marketing-list gnome org>"
>     <marketing-list gnome org <mailto:marketing-list gnome org>>
>      > Enviado: viernes 2 de diciembre de 2011 10:17
>      > Asunto: Re: GNOME Annual Report
>      >
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > On 12/01/2011 07:32 PM, Juanjo Marín wrote:
>      > Dave Neary wrote:
>      >>>  Do you think it might be a good idea to start with a list of
>     Stuff we
>      > should
>      >>>  write about - notable occurrences during the year, successful
>     programs
>      > we want
>      >>>  to highlight, etc? From there, it might be easier to find the
>     person
>      > related to
>      >>>  the event/activity who could write about it.
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>  In fact we have started writing a draft for the content for the
>     (Bi)annual
>      > report
>      >>
>      >> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/AnnualReport/AnnualReport2011
>      >
>      > Ah, cool! I hadn't seen it.
>      >
>      >>  By now, I've only talked to Allan Day about writing an article
>     about
>      > the design process
>      >>  of GNOME 3. I've also worked in the quotation section.
>      >
>      > There are some obvious people to talk to about the different
>     sections:
>      >
>      > Marina for WSOP (and since we already have a press release, that
>     would already
>      > be a great base for the report article). I'd be interested in
>     doing a short
>      > interview with Marina about her personal involvement too.
>      >
>      > Summer of Code: Daniel Siegel would be a great person to talk to
>     here - he's
>      > been co-ordinating mentors and GNOME's involvement to great
>     success for the
>      > last 3 years, and before that he was a mentor in 2008 and a
>     student in 2007.
>      >
>      > I'd love to get Stormy to write about the process she organised
>     for hiring a
>      > new executive director - she's a shining counter-example to her
>     thesis that
>      > people might not "do it again for free" :)
>      >
>      > On the Desktop Summit, I was thinking that we could get quotes
>     like you did for
>      > GNOME 3. But since it's already done once, perhaps twice would be
>     too much.
>      > Do you think it's better to do an article per hackfest, or one
>     overall
>      > article, highlighting each one?
>      >
>      > What do you think of the idea of the application show-case?
>      >
>
>
>     Good ideas Dave !. We are in the process to get people involved in
>     writing, and
>     we will contact Marina, Daniel and Stormy.
>
>     I personally think is a good idea to do a short interview to Marina.
>     So a good idea and
>     volunteering for making it happen  is double awesome :-)
>
>     I'm trying to contact Daniel Gallegillos to get an idea about how
>     long the articles
>     must be. According to previous years, an page without pics is about
>     400 words
>     long.
>
>     About the articles about hackfests, the problem I see is that
>     because this is going to
>     be a biannual issue, there are too many hackfest, GUADEC and DS to
>     be talked
>     about. I think we need more discussion about this.
>
>
>     Cheers,
>
>         -- Juanjo Marin
>
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>
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