My great fear is that there are people who are eager to find a way to contribute to Ubuntu but don't feel like they have anything to offer relating to the current specs.
Worse yet, I suspect some people subscribe to this list thinking that it is a place to create desktop wallpapers or talk about their favorite image editor. (this is worse because they quickly become disenfranchised when their expectations are let down) I think the wiki homepage could do a better job of explaining what the art-team's purpose in life is, and that its process is orderly and directed through the use of specs on launchpad. Below is an incomplete draft proposing the change to the homepage. I would simply complete it and post it, except I really have a few tasks that I must get done today and could use some suggestions on how to finish this off. Specifically, I want to encourage people to help out with the specs, but if they can't then give them some other opportunities to use their artistic talent. I will make the following changes to the wiki tomorrow morning, so if you have some comments, let me know. If you could help suggest links for the blanks that would really be helpful. +-------------------------------------------------------------+ The Ubuntu Artwork team exist to make the Ubuntu desktop ever more usable and attractive. We do this through a formal process of creating specifications. The next release of Ubuntu is code named Edgy Eft and the specifications we are working on for this release can be found ________. We would enjoy your help with the above tasks, but if you feel that your talents and available time don't fit any of the above specs, please consider the following art-related interests: * We always need help converting png icons to SVG and creating new SVG icons. Learn more ______. * Art.ubuntu.com exists as an area where you can share photos, wallpaper, themes and cursors. This is a busy website frequented by community members and is a hub for artistic add-ons for the Ubuntu desktop. * Ubuntu strives to be the leading distro for creating derivative linux distributions. As such, a number of other art-teams exist. Learn more about other art-teams ______. * A number of sub-projects and Ubuntu-related teams would like help with website work. A good place to find information about helping out with website related arwork is ________. Please note we would greatly appreciate your help with our specs for the next version, so if you have only enough time to help with one thing, please see if you can contribute to the existing specs. This is an area where you can have a profound and visible impact on what Ubuntu will look like in the next version. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
