Re: GNOME News

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

Hi,

On 07/18/2012 10:17 AM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Allan Day <allanpday gmail com
> <mailto:allanpday gmail com>> wrote:
>     A key goal here needs to be keeping any system we have a simple and
>     lightweight as possible, while still ensuring a regular stream of
>     engaging and high-quality posts. Some ideas:
>
>       * We aim to have about three posts a week, including a mix of
>     short and long posts on different subjects
>
>
> I'm not sure if that is sustainable.  We will need a larger pool of
> volunteers to do this I think.  (which is good for me, because I think
> we have bought in a bunch of people, but we lose them because there is
> no work to be done)

It depends on what you are posting - 3 detailed blog posts a week, I'd 
agree. But if you have one longer piece (like 600-1200 words) and two 
shorter call-outs to either interesting GNOME community blogs, or 
mailing lists threads, or 3rd party articles, with a couple of sentences 
of context and commentary, it is not a lot of work. And if we really do 
manage to spread the load (say, shifts of 2-3 people who "own" shorter 
posts for a week, with different people each week, and someone gently 
reminding the weekly editors) I think it could work.

Cheers,
Dave.

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Dave Neary
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