Hey Tammy On 12/10/2015 21:54, Tammy Manning wrote: > I'm just trying to get that page structure as good as possible so that I > can add the correct information to it. > I do understand that and you have done a great job!! my > concern.... people will use that instead of what should be, and then you > get the inconsistency that you were talking about, that to me, is > confusing communication. > > There's a huge amount of technical design work that you're not familiar > with and it's not good that you do everything alone in isolation until a > deadline and *then* once the deadline is here, want feedback. > By no means was that the case or has been for this, hence why we said we > would chat on Sat and then on Tues to go over the style guide to make > sure that nothing has been missed and for it to get formatted for easy > access. > I have had a meeting with you and Raoul to get "team input" before we > put anything out there as a first proposal for the website layout before > it is put to the rest of the team to give input/proposals. > Added to Git - 2 weeks later still no comments from anyone. Other than > you and Raoul. > I have also asked people what their comments are, and to help with > direction re: look and feel, content etc on things: i.e. brochure, > website and now the style guide, in some cases, I have had good input > and at times no input. > > DebConf and both you and Bernelle assured me that we'd do differently so > that we don't end up with the same mess we had with the logo. > Has this not been the case? > A month ago it was decided to use the logo, I had put things on Git > asking for people to put up suggestions (no response), I did a mini > Style guide for Raoul a month ago, which is on GIT ( no response from > anyone, to date) > 3 weeks ago I had confirmation that everyone was happy with colours etc. > (only because the brochure was approved) > In that month it has been a busy time, and now after focusing on > Brochures and Websites I am able to sit down and give it the attention > it deserves with you and whoever else would like to give input, that > time is on Tues. > > Deadlines are set for a reason, and they seem to get pushed forward > every time someone panics instead of saying this is the deadline and you > can get the info on this date. > Talking in general, I do feel that needs to be managed better, but then > again that is my background. > > Having said that, I care about this and I don't want you to stress and I > want to help you and make this go smoother, but that can't happen unless > you let me help you. > More than happy for the help, appreciate it immensely! that is why > I have been asking you for advice and input before I do things etc, > hence meeting tomorrow, so we can go through the Style guide and I can > give you the work, that has been tweaked the way it should be, DebConf > style.
I'll bring my laptop along to CLUG tonight, then we can check what's in git together. -Jonathan _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
