focus and choice
by Karsten Wade
Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that the focus of Fedora has been
influenced by the community?
The "cutting-edge, testing ground for Linux enthusiasts" approach is
being overrun with new users, that is, the Linux curious.
This mirrors my experienced at LWCE this week. Many of the Linux
curious we talked to were just trying to get a good desktop. They are
turned to Fedora by their Linux experienced friends.
The influx into our community of these new-to-Linux and Linux curious
has been making changes since very early on. The success and value of
the various fedora*.tld websites is an example of this.
We did all this while not focusing on those users. We've been focusing
on the developers, which is arguably pretty important. :)
Our discussions here show that we have recognized these changes as a
given fact.
How far has that recognition gone? Is it at the tipping point for
developers? Is there room to grow our formal scope?
We can't deny and embrace at the same time.
- Karsten
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18 years, 10 months
Update: Fedora logos
by Greg DeKoenigsberg
Minutes from today's RH logo meeting:
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In today's meeting Greg gave us the lowdown on why a Fedora logo is
needed. We discussed the logo suggestions made by the community. The
Fedora as an element idea is by far the most interesting one suggested so
far. Also the lowercase F seems like a good idea as it suggests an
informal, less enterprise and business like brand. Everyone agreed that we
should keep the dark blue color scheme but possibly add a secondary color.
And finally we agreed that creating a new mascot (like a puppy) probably
isn't a great idea.
Matt and Caroline are going to attempt a few logos over the next two
weeks and present drafts at our next meeting. In addition, they will
give examples of what some of the sub-brands would look like, such as
Fedora Extras, Fedora Foundation, and Fedora Users & Developers
Conference.
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So when we've got the drafts, we'll present for further review and
discussion.
Thanks for everyone's help and input so far.
--g
18 years, 10 months
No meeting this week
by Colin Charles
Its worthy to say some of our team members are at LWCE LinuxWorld in San
Francisco, doing magical things for Fedora at the booth and
evangelising. We therefore should postpone our bi-weekly meeting till
next week
Regards
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18 years, 10 months
FUDCon London 2005
by Alex
Hello guys,
I wanted to ask you for support in publicizing the upcoming FUDcon
London 2005, and in possibly volunteering to speak there too :)
If you are on any relevant lists or have a blog, consider mentioning
FUDCon London 2005 there, or adding a link to the FUDCon page to your
signature, like I did: http://fedoraproject.org/fudcon/
You can use this text in your messages to lists:
FUDCon Invitation
FUDCon London 2005, the third gathering of Fedora Users and
Developers, will be held at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo UK, on the
6th of October in London, UK.
FUDCon will feature presentations from prominent members of the Fedora
Project, both from Red Hat and from the Fedora community.
Attendance is free to anyone attending LinuxWorld UK.
The FUDCon staff requests that those who plan to attend FUDCon London
2005 register by sending a short email with your name to
fudcon-register(a)fedoraproject.org
Call for Presentations
Working on an interesting project that uses Fedora? Looking to find
contributors to help with your work, or just looking to share your
project with the world? The Fedora Project is looking for presenters
at FUDCon London 2005. Any topic that relates significantly to the
Fedora Project will be considered.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words to [MAILTO]
fudcon-cfp(a)fedoraporject.org.
Submission deadline: Friday, August 26th, 2005 Notification of
decision: Friday, September 2nd, 2005 Final version deadline: Friday,
September 16, 2005
Call for Volunteers
If you want to help out organizing a FUDCon, visit this page:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/Organization
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FUDCon London 2005
http://fedoraproject.org/fudcon
18 years, 10 months
Quick question for wiki section.
by Patrick W. Barnes
For those who haven't noticed, I've been jumping around on the wiki
trying to spruce the place up a bit. I have noticed that the Marketing
section is one of few that doesn't have a group (eg. MarketingGroup). I
also think a PressContacts page might be appropriate. Also, with
meetings starting to take form, a section with meeting information and a
spot for meeting notes might also be good. I would like to bring the
Marketing section up to spec with some of the other projects. I just
wanted to ask before I went about making such an addition as a group
page. Any objections/opinions/suggestions?
--
Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes
nman64(a)n-man.com
www.n-man.com
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18 years, 10 months
REMINDER: Marketing Meeting
by Colin Charles
We really should have had one last week, but I spent a wonderful time in
various airports, and told Greg I won't make the meeting. Apparently, no
one else did either ;-)
THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 15:00 UTC
THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 11:00 Eastern US
THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 08:00 Western US
FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 01:00 Melbourne (UTC+10)
Bi-Weekly catchup, talk about fedora rewards, and more. Agenda items:
* Promoting/marketing FUDCon III/London 2005
* Creating local teams (like Ubuntu's LoCo or marketing.openoffice.org)
* Further talk on LWE SF booth (?)
* Promoting Triage
* Logo deferred till after Red Hat decides on Aug 9
* Fedora Mentors
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Colin Charles, http://www.bytebot.net/
18 years, 10 months
