I have completed an article on the Thank You Pants- where should I put it,
and in what format? Right now it is an .odt with several photos. Can I send
it to you Emily?

Christy

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Brian Cameron <brian.came...@oracle.com>wrote:

>
> Emily:
>
>
>  As for the Annual Report, what I'm hearing is a conflict somewhat in
>> what the vision for the annual report is/should be. Do we want it to be
>> an overview of what has gone on in GNOME over the last year (or in this
>> case, two years) - ie the quarterly reports condensed into one report?
>> Or do we want to focus on one or two 'important' areas of each teams
>> work for the last year? I can see the benefits to each vision, and I'm
>> honestly not sure which one is preferable, although I lean towards the
>> second.
>>
>
> The same answer may not be the right answer for all GNOME teams.  The
> production of reports is very dependent on volunteer effort, so I think
> it is good to have a process that gives project teams some flexibility.
>
> Ultimately we want to communicate that we are a vibrant and productive
> community with a strong, positive vision.  To do this, we do not need
> to include updates from every team, but focus on the ones that make a
> strong impact.
>
>
>  The only real problem I see with it is time - if we want to get the
>> annual report out within the next month, the second route will be much
>> harder to accomplish. I think I should be able to read through the
>> quarterly reports and hash something together for each team fairly easy
>> in the next couple weeks, but writing completely new content/articles
>> will take longer. Alternatively we can start contacting the bloggers as
>> suggested by Dave and see if any of them would be willing to contribute,
>> and go from there.
>>
>
> I would recommend using the quarterly reports more as a guide to better
> understand which teams we should be contacting and pushing the hardest
> to provide content.  I also like the idea of contacting bloggers and
> doing a call for contributions and inspiration from the GNOME
> community.
>
> Brian
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