Re: GNOME 3 Q&A

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

Jason D. Clinton <me jasonclinton com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:03, Allan Day <allanpday gmail com> wrote:
>> A GNOME 3 Q&A session would be an extremely beneficial part of our
>> marketing campaign. It would demonstrate that GNOME is open and cares
>> about its users, and it would be an effective way of dealing with
>> negative comments on the web. It's really good to be able to say 'if
>> you have concerns, please come and talk to us'.
>>
>> Do people think this is a good idea? If you do, how do we make it
>> happen? The first thing we'll need are volunteers...
>
> I think it would be great to do this with volunteers on the marketing
> team but I do not want to make it a requirement that any other teams
> contribute: their plates are already full. We could certain extend an
> invitation to other teams, though.

Agreed: certainly not a requirement. We want a small bunch of people
who are willing and able (and have a plan). That said, it would also
be good to be able to pitch it as an opportunity to meet the GNOME 3
designers and developers.

> My recommendation would be to use the existing #gnome on GIMPnet which
> already frequently gets user questions that go unanswered. Perhaps we
> could establish office hours like the design team has done.

Makes sense. Or #gnome3, perhaps?

Allan