Ok, then maybe this thread should be changed to "what are we doing for GNOME 3.0" and I think that's covered in some of the wiki pages that Paul just sent out.
Stormy On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:01 AM, Claus Schwarm <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't think we sent something. Lucas probably just picked the pieces > he needed. > > Maybe we should (or could) do more. However, Lucas asked for feasible > goals. If we find the resources to do more goals, we can still add them > later. Better safe then sorry. > > > Best regards, > Claus > > > > On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 11:11 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote: > > What did we sent to him? > > > > I think we can and should do much more than we do for typical > > releases. (I think we should do more for typical releases too.) > > > > Stormy > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Claus Schwarm > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, there's not much to say about it, really. My > > suggestions: > > > > ad 1) > > > > "To promote the release of GNOME 3.0" > > > > We simply lack the necessary tools to write anything more > > concrete. > > > > ad 2) > > > > * write the release notes > > * write a press release > > * blog about the release > > * collect press reactions in http://delicious.com/ and tag > > them > > > > This is basically what we managed to do for the last releases > > and > > that's what we could say is feasible. We may add two points: > > > > * have a new web site design for wgo > > * make a few articles for GJ before the release > > > > These seem to be feasible, too. > > > > > > Best regards, > > Claus > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:19 AM, Paul > > Cutler<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Marketing team! > > > > > > Lucas is looking for feedback by the 19th, which is in two > > days? > > > > > > Any comments or recommendations for our GNOME 3.0 goals for > > Marketing? > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Paul Cutler > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> I'd love to hear the community's thoughts on Lucas' email. > > >> > > >> I would personally recommend for the objective: > > >> > > >> "To introduce existing GNOME users to GNOME 3.0, including > > it's features, > > >> benefits and changes" > > >> > > >> Why "existing"? I think we need to be aware of scope, and > > our first > > >> mission should be to help users adjust to the change from > > 2.x to 3.0, and as > > >> time goes on, build on that community to other target > > markets. > > >> > > >> Feedback? Too narrow? Suggestions and alternatives? > > >> > > >> Paul > > >> > > >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Paul Cutler > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Lucas, thanks for the email. > > >>> > > >>> I had been taking a slightly different approach, but I > > think we can > > >>> figure it out. > > >>> > > >>> For the BoF Stormy and I are giving at GUADEC, my hope had > > been to be > > >>> able to share out our plan with the community at that time > > based on > > >>> discussions on the list. > > >>> > > >>> I sent the Brief out yesterday, and there are some things > > that need to be > > >>> finished out. I was going to send out 3 campaign ideas on > > Wednesday (2 of > > >>> mine, and Claus') for discussion, and next weekend I was > > going to send out a > > >>> calendar of events and marketing vehicles built in an OOo > > spreadsheet that I > > >>> was going to attach to lgo. > > >>> > > >>> In this calendar, it lays out a number of marketing > > activities, including > > >>> (off the top of my head without looking at the doc): > > >>> > > >>> * Creating presentations for volunteers to give at > > conferences / LUGs > > >>> (they have a base to start from) > > >>> * Blog strategy (similar to FoG where we have a schedule > > of volunteers > > >>> blogging once a week about FoG) > > >>> * Press kit (we can send journalists information about our > > new product > > >>> release) > > >>> * Video campaign (This is an integral part of a marketing > > campaign I > > >>> have) > > >>> * Interviews (Make members of the GNOME community > > available for > > >>> interviews with the press, provide speaking points) > > >>> > > >>> And a couple others. All are zero cost. > > >>> > > >>> In the spread sheet, the column headers are weeks, and I > > was shading the > > >>> cells with 3 colors, one for planning, development, and > > implementation. > > >>> There are a number of marketing vehicles that we can > > deploy over time, as > > >>> opposed to a "press release" which is released on a > > certain day and you're > > >>> kind of done with. > > >>> > > >>> This is probably a much more complex answer to your > > question than you > > >>> wanted. The goal of the marketing brief sent out > > yesterday is to answer > > >>> some of these questions. > > >>> > > >>> Paul > > >>> > > >>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Lucas Rocha > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Hi all, > > >>>> > > >>>> We're working on the roadmap for GNOME 3.0 now. The idea > > is to have a > > >>>> more concrete set of goals for 3.0 and bring more clarity > > and > > >>>> transparency to the 3.0 general plans. Instead of doing a > > current > > >>>> per-module roadmapping process, we're trying to use a > > more topic-based > > >>>> approach. One of topics I'm including on our roadmap is > > >>>> "Promotion/Marketing". > > >>>> > > >>>> So, here's the information I'm looking for: > > >>>> > > >>>> 1. Summarize in one sentence/paragraph the goal(s) for > > >>>> Promotion/Marketing in GNOME 3.0 > > >>>> 2. What are the goals for Promotion/Marketing in GNOME > > 3.0? > > >>>> > > >>>> Some general guidelines: > > >>>> > > >>>> - For 2, I'm expeting a simple bullet list; > > >>>> - The items should be as concise and concrete as > > possible; > > >>>> - Ideally, the goals listed here should have a good level > > of > > >>>> feasibility. Try to avoid "blue sky" type of ideas with > > no people > > >>>> actually backing them; > > >>>> - Try to split those in two milestones: 2.28 and 2.30; > > >>>> - It would be nice to have the roadmap by June 19. > > >>>> > > >>>> We can include the result of our discussions about GNOME > > Marketing > > >>>> Brief[1], GNOME 3.0 marketing[1], bringing more focus to > > apps[2], > > >>>> website revamp[3], Friends of GNOME drive[4], etc. Other > > ideas? > > >>>> Suggestions? Anyway, I think it would be a good exercise > > for us to try > > >>>> to come up with a concrete plan for 3.0. Who volunteers > > to organize > > >>>> that? > > >>>> > > >>>> Let me know if you have any questions. > > >>>> > > >>>> Cheers! > > >>>> > > >>>> --lucasr > > >>>> > > >>>> [1] http://live.gnome.org/MarketingBrief2009 > > >>>> [2] http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointZero/Plan > > >>>> [3] http://live.gnome.org/GnomeWeb/TwoPointTwentyseven > > >>>> [4] http://www.gnome.org/friends/drive/ > > >>>> -- > > >>>> marketing-list mailing list > > >>>> [email protected] > > >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > marketing-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > > > > > > > > -- > > marketing-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > > > > > >
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