Marketing, having fun, and building interest in Ubuntu is within scope. The wiki needs an update.
If we are discouraging people from running Global Jams to do that, then we are excluding some communities. Cheers Randall On July 31, 2014 8:31:02 PM PDT, "José Antonio Rey" <j...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >According to the wiki, Global Jams are opportunities where people get >together around a weekend to work together to improve Ubuntu. Of >course, >this can involve an Ubuntu Hour done afterwards, but specifically the >term Global Jam is used for the dates where people unite to contribute. >This is why this topic is brought to the table. > >On 07/31/2014 10:27 PM, Randall wrote: >> And one just to gather people that simply love Ubuntu. There is no >rule >> that Ubuntu Global Jams must include work items. >> >> Just sayin... >> >> >> >> On July 31, 2014 8:25:03 PM PDT, "José Antonio Rey" <j...@ubuntu.com> >wrote: >> >> Then, it would probably be a good idea to analyze if it's worth >having >> two global jams per cycle - one for packaging/design stuff, and >other >> one for docs/translations. >> >> On 07/31/2014 10:22 PM, Michael Hall wrote: >> >> >> On 07/31/2014 11:16 PM, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:39 PM, José Antonio Rey >> <j...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> >> I would be for doing it on the week of the 4th >> September. That way, if >> someone cannot finish something (as an example, in >the >> documentation), >> they will have more time to finish. I am saying this >> because most of the >> contributions are to the docs, and the dates you are >> proposing are just >> one week before doc freeze. Any other ideas? >> >> >> I think the proposed dates are alright, and September 5-7 >> would be ok >> too (Labor day in US is Sept 1, so no conflict there), >but >> I'd really >> rather see these Jams planned further ahead in general >(too >> late for >> this cycle). Daniel's proposed date is after both Feature >and UI >> Freeze, making packaging jams and anything related to >design >> not very >> useful if someone wants to contribute to this release - >and >> having a >> package sit in a queue until the next release opens is >> really no fun. >> Doing it earlier in the cycle would still allow for great >> Testing and >> Bug jams, and squeeze packaging back in. >> >> >> >> We went back and forth on this. Having the jam earlier allows >> bug fixes >> and package updates, but it doesn't make sense for >translations >> or even >> a lot of docs (screenshots) if it's before UI Freeze. There >are some >> things that must be done earlier in the cycle, and some that >must be >> done later, so no single date would allow for everything. >> >> While the Docs team does appreciate having the Jam before >> freeze this >> time (thank you!), it does mean they only have a week to >> review the >> merge proposals before freeze, putting a bit of pressure >on >> reviewing >> these in addition to any other last minute things that >need >> to be >> (re)written. >> >> >> >> >> Michael Hall >> mhall...@ubuntu.com >> >> >> > >-- >José Antonio Rey > >-- >loco-contacts mailing list >loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
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