This sounds like a good idea to me. If there's any way we can simplify the process (copy and paste template, online submission form, etc) I feel like that would improve the quality and quantity of submissions.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016, 5:24 PM Pasi Lallinaho <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello team, > > especially during the #LoveXubuntu campaign we've got quite a bunch of > "thanks" from our users. These include stories about how Xubuntu has > made the users' computing experience better, good arguments for why > Xubuntu is the best OS for them (and potentially others) etc. > > Currently, we are officially only gathering submissions for the > #LoveXubuntu contest, but some of these mails has left me thinking we > could gather some of these "testimonials" for potential marketing > purposes in the future. Use cases that I can imagine from the top of my > head include the Xubuntu flyer, our website and more. > > My proposal (in a very early idea stage) is that in addition to specific > contest and campaigns, we could use the Xubuntu-contacts mailing list > for gathering these "testimonials" and thanks. This would need some kind > of organization: > > 1) Create a page that describes what we are looking, with instructions > (see further points) > > 2) Require the submissions to have a certain tag at the beginning of the > subject > This helps us when we seek for any content in the mailing list archive. > > 3) Require the submitter to agree that we can use their content however > we want (either by licensing, or a generic permission) > We likely need the users to send this approval with their submission on > the mailing list. To do this, we can instruct them to specify which > license they want to use, or use any kind of general permission text. At > this point, I would say we shouldn't approve content which license or > terms isn't specified (clearly enough) on the mail. > > What do you think? > > > At the same time, I want to remind that anybody in the team who wishes > to read the mailing list archive can simply ask to get subscribed. The > list has been very light in traffic so far, so no extra hands are > required for moderation at this point. > > Cheers, > Pasi > > -- > Pasi Lallinaho (knome) › http://open.knome.fi/ > Leader of Shimmer Project › http://shimmerproject.org/ > Xubuntu Website Lead › http://xubuntu.org/ > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >
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