On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not real keen on weekly reports >
I know that :P You don't have to do this, by the way :) You're doing a great job on the Technical Side of this project so keep up the good work and leave the rest to us ;) > however there are perhaps other on the packaging team that could do it. > Steve, Parin? .... > Indeed. I was about to suggest the same but thought to give them some space to step in :D > > Tim > > Thank you for everything you're doing. We need to gain more popularity to have more contributors - I know this will happen sooner or later because I will never give up. Ubuntu GNOME will be different, it is a matter of time, trust me. > On 11/02/14 21:27, Ali/amjjawad wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 1:01 PM, João Santana <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 2 cents: why not use Ubuntu Planet / Gnome Planet to publish these >> reports? >> >> > Hi, > > Thank you for your reply :) > > It seems you didn't read this ;) > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2014-February/001570.html > > I am not yet an official member of Ubuntu so I can't 'directly' post to > the Planet but as you see, two stories about Ubuntu GNOME on the last week > issue of Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter (UWN) ;) > > As for GNOME, now that I got the membership, I will do that shortly but > first we do need to 'agree' on this proposal. > > Once done, each sub-team will submit a 'TEXT' report on 'Email' format. > > After that, these reports will be published on our official website and > elsewhere :) > > UWN is published every Monday so the website of Ubuntu GNOME must be > updated on Saturday so that we make sure our news will show up on the > weekly issue ;) > > > > >> João Santana >> > > Thank you! > > > >> >> Enviado pelo meu Windows Phone >> ------------------------------ >> De: Ali/amjjawad <[email protected]> >> Enviada em: 09/02/2014 13:00 >> Para: ubuntu-gnome <[email protected]> >> Assunto: [Proposal] Weekly Report >> >> 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> >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome >> >> > > > -- > 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> > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome > > -- Best Regards, amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us." 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