On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Ali/amjjawad <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > Each Sub-Team has a mailing list. It is time to use these :) > > I am excited and willing to start right now but as always, I do need your > opinion. > > I trust this idea will make Ubuntu GNOME more popular. Bring more > interested people to contribute. This is much better than posting a Wiki > Page link and ask people to join. Much more effective that sharing a > blueprint link and ask people to read/follow. > > We do have a website and social media channels. Let's get the best of > these otherwise, IMHO, these channels are totally useless if we won't use > them the best way. > > This is a proposal. Feel free to agree/disagree and I care for your > feedback either way: > > +1 = Agreed. > 0 = I don't know. > -1 = Disagree. > > Thanks! > > -- > Best Regards, > amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> > *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us." > > Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage> > Join Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GettingInvolved> > Test Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing> > Contact Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ContactUs> > Download Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME> > Hi, 6 votes out of 6 replies with (+1) in 23 hours - not bad :) Thanks for voting. I'm waiting for others to vote to announce it on our channels. Once the majority agree, we shall start next week to provide reports. Each Sub-Team to provide a report of the activities or anything interested that Sub-Team wish to share with the whole world. Thank you! -- Best Regards, amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us." Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage> Join Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GettingInvolved> Test Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing> Contact Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ContactUs> Download Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME>
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