On Oct 29, 2013 8:45 PM, "Mike Ruckman" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:45:01 -0500 > Joe Brockmeier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:01:57PM +0200, Zacharias Mitzelos wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > On the Monday's meeting[1] we discussed about creating a new > > > category and adding it in the main menu of the Fedora Magazine. In > > > this new category we can choose every week an article from Fedora > > > Planet, and publish it in the magazine as well. Roshi stepped > > > forward on this, and said he can choose articles from the planet > > > > > > Thoughts/flames? > > > > Don't forget comments. ;-) > > > > Quick thought: Do we have permission to republish material that > > appears on the Planet to the magazine? Skimming the Planet Howto I > > don't see that we grant permission for forklifting materials from our > > blog to another publication. It may seem like a triviality/formality, > > but it's possible that we'd annoy a contributor if we post something > > on the magazine without asking first. > > > > So, we plan to ask first, right? > > > > > > Best, > > > > jzb > > My thoughts initially (not sure if I actually *said* anything about it > though) were to find some posts we liked, vote which we wanted to > publish for the week then contact the person who wrote it and see if > they minded. This might help out with people wanting to be part of > marketing and the magazine. Was also thinking we could get a badge made > for it :) >
I like it. At first I thought "$EXPLETIVE, I hope this isn't suggesting we pipe the planet feed into the Magazine just to have more content!". Weekly features is ideal. It wouldn't be a good idea to lean too heavily on a small group of bloggers though, even if their posts are consistently more suited to the venue. > In response to Zoltan, I think the package selection is a great idea. I > was actually pondering something similar. I've learned a great deal > from the Python Module of the Week [1] and thought it might be fun > (though time consuming) to do something with Fedora packages or tools - > like deltaisos. Those are awesome. > Something like "*New* Package of the Week" would be interesting too. It would have the side benefit of being more likely to include and involve newly sponsored packagers. --Pete
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