Re: community managers

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

Hi Sri,

On 11/13/2012 12:17 AM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> But I am looking for some good people who can fill the role of community
> manager.  Clearly, we have a problem relating to our user base and some
> of the decisions have become more controversial than it needs to be.

Just for the sake of clarity, it sounds like you're suggesting an unpaid 
volunteer position to co-ordinate the promotion, website maintenance and 
"welcome committee" for the GNOME project. Is that correct?

I like the idea of having some people who give more time to marketing 
and the other tasks. Not sure it would be called a community manager in 
the context of GNOME, and certainly I don't think that a GNOME community 
manager would be quite so invested with authority as Dawn Foster was for 
MeeGo and Tizen, for example.

> Let me know if you are interested.  I will make a similar note on
> foundation list.

Perhaps this kind of marketing role is something which could be 
fulfilled by the GNOME Foundation? We've paid for interns before, but a 
longer term full-time position under the ED would allow for us to 
structure our efforts, take care of all those "no-one is giving it time 
and love" stuff we all agree needs to get done... it is "only" a 
question of money, I think.

I don't know if we'll have success finding one individual to take on all 
that responsibility as a part-time unpaid volunteer. Perhaps a group 
working together could do it... Or a paid individual.

Cheers,
Dave.

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