I think it's a fantastic idea :) On Monday, 10 February 2014, Alfredo Hernández <[email protected]> wrote:
> That would be a fantastic way to keep everyone informed and is may be > convenient for all sub-teams. > > > On 9 February 2014 17:06, Jean-Marc Gailis <[email protected]>wrote: > > +1 > At this time, there isn't any work done in my team, and I'm currently > planning to do everything during my holydays that start the 15th. > > > Jean-Marc Gailis > Jānis-Marks Gailis > Administrator at BDN.bf > Burkina Data Network > A non-profit DIY ISP. > Taking the web to the Burkina. > Ubuntu GNOME Translations Coordinator > Latvian Ubuntu Translator > Mozilla Translator Team > Think Global, Make Locales. > > > 2014-02-09 17:00 GMT+01:00 Ali/amjjawad <[email protected]>: > > Hi Everyone, > > First of all, I know I've been away from real action lately due to some > problems I'm having. Some of these that I can share with you here is my > inbox is receiving more than 100 emails daily and I'm totally lost. > However, that should be fixed now. I have created new email for everything > that is not Ubuntu GNOME related and updated all my subscriptions. It is > really hard to handle many projects at the very same time :) > > Second of all, I've been thinking a lot of how to get the best of the > Sub-Teams, how to improve the internal communications, how to overcome the > endless issue of having a monthly meeting and above all, how to let our > users and even the members of this community to stay 'up-to-date' with each > and everything that is going on. > > If truth to be told, the idea that I am going to propose has come as a > hint from a friend who has nothing to do with Ubuntu GNOME but we were > chatting the other day and he told me this: > > *"In Germany the people prefer official flavors like Lubuntu. The only > unofficial flavor of Ubuntu that is "popular" is Bodhi Linux, I think > mainly because Jeff Hoogland is communicative and tells the world what's > going on. He has a blog, where he shares his experiences with Bodhi Linux > development."* > > The above statement/paragraph made me think a lot. > I was about to propose that our development team starts to share some news > about what exactly they're doing. Not everyone has a technical background > and most if not all the whole world would like to know what is going on > with Ubuntu GNOME. > > I think this is a *key success *not just to improve the internal > communications between team members and/or improve things but to *gain > more and more popularity*. When you tell people about what we do, that is > an easy way to attract people to join. If other developers will understand > what exactly is happening, they might join. Other Non-Technical people > might also be interested to join. IMHO, this is MUCH BETTER than keep > nagging on our Social Media Channels and beg for more help. Tell you the > truth, it just not working anymore. I am not interested to post any call of > help because simply people don't like that anymore. I can tell that because > only very few who click "Like" or "+1" and this will do the opposite - > losing interested people. That is *NOT* what we need. > > That said, my final proposal is: > > Each Leader/Driver of each Sub-Team of Ubuntu GNOME needs to provide a > Weekly Report of what is going on with his/her team. > > Yes, that is indeed what the Blueprints are for but NOT everyone is > familiar with that. Above all and this is what I personally care for, the > users can't really understand anything from a blueprint. > > These Weekly Reports should be in form of 'Email' not a Wiki Page, not a > blueprint, nothing complicated. Just a simple and plain email. > > These Weekly Reports will be posted on our website and social media > channels every week. > > Each Monday (for example), we will share our reports with the whole world > so submission should be before that. > > News, Updates, Plans, stuff like that. That is all about. No Technical > stuff or things that hard to understand. Just interesting things that the > world needs to know about us. > > Ea > > -- Satyajit Sahoo Profile - Facebook <http://facebook.com/satya164>, Google+<http://plus.google.com/u/0/114564489020097923600> Artwork - DeviantArt <http://satya164.deviantart.com>
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