Re: GNOME Annual Report

["Karen Sandler" <karen gnome org>]

On Mon, December 5, 2011 12:15 pm, Brian Cameron wrote:
>
> 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.
>

I love this idea - we can at the very least try to incorporate GNOME 3
design as a cohesive theme to the report to tie everything together if
it's not too gimicky.

And I think it's a good reminder that our content, while diverse enough to
reflect GNOME's activities, should be focused on our primary achievements
over the period!
karen

>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 2011/12/5 Juanjo Marín <juanjomarin96 yahoo es
>> <mailto:juanjomarin96 yahoo es>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     ----- 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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