Self-Introduction: Justin W. Flory

Wed Oct 14 21:15:17 UTC 2015

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gabriele Trombini" <g.trombini at gmail.com>
> To: marketing at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 4:38:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Self-Introduction: Justin W. Flory
> 
> Il giorno mer, 14/10/2015 alle 15.48 -0400, Justin W. Flory ha scritto:
> > Hello all,
> 
> 
> Hello Justin!

Welcome Welcome jflory7 :)

> 
> > 
> > I was going through the wiki for joining the marketing group, and
> > realized that I never formally introduced myself to the list,
> > although
> > I've been posting intermittently for Fedora Magazine / other misc.
> > things. So I figured better late than never.
> 
> No problem, each one can contribute also without any introduction. It's
> required only in the joining process.
> 
> I saw you posts in the magazine; good job! Thank you very much
> 
> [cut]
> 
> 

Agreed! Your coverage on FLOCK was great too (thanks for including my word cloud :) )

> 
> 
> > This is my first marketing project that I've wanted to participate
> > with,
> > and I do not have a formal background in marketing, but it is an area
> > that interests me greatly as I think it's one of the most important
> > aspects of any project, especially in open-source.
> 
> There's no need to have background or specific skills, no worries.
> 
> > 
> > The skills that I hope to be able to utilize in the Fedora Marketing
> > group are:
> > - Content Creation (Fedora Magazine, Fedora Planet, etc.)
> > - University Outreach Initiative (and assisting with any projects /
> > planning for that initiative if possible)

We are actually formalizing the Logic Model for the University Initiative right now with the help of the Fedora Design Team. You can find that ticket and the requisite files associated with it here: https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/405

Right now, the "resources" section does not match directly to the "outcomes" section, so we're reworking the content within the .ods spreadsheet attached to the ticket.

We're hoping to have not just the content, but the layout for the EDU Initiative's Logic Model Completed by November. We're working to create something re-usable, like a template, so that moving forward, objectives have a common planning/budgeting process, as well as a common framework for displaying and explaining/conveying an Objective's inputs and outputs.

> > - I'm also very open to learning new things and acquiring new skills,
> > particularly in terms of marketing in an open-source project
> 
> Cool, I think you don't need any explanation about the content
> creation, so if you wanna know more about the world around the
> magazine, please refer to these pages [1][2]
> 
> I see you already joined our IRC channel, so nothing else to say except
> that we have a ticketing system for assign tasks [3], feel free to file
> a ticket for requests.
> 
> At the moment we're working on the tasks in order to be ready for the
> next fedora release [4].

Yes, this is def the place where we can use the most help. You've been following the commops/mktg thread about the release announcement, but that is somewhere you can def help. We've forked the Beta Release Announcement, and it still needs much polish and input: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F23_release_announcement
> 
> I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting something important, but if you have any
> question, you can ask in the IRC channel.
> 
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> 
> >  I'm very interested in working with someone to
> > organize events not only at RIT, but possibly at other schools in the
> > area.
> > 
> > On that note, I haven't been able to find any official planning area
> > for
> > work being done on this Initiative, so I was also curious to where
> > planning or discussion is mostly happening for this initiative.

See above ticket with design team and Logic Model :) There is also the EDU objective page on the wiki, if you'd like to add to that: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Objectives/University_Involvement_Initiative

> > 
> > I am very happy to be a part of this awesome project and the
> > community
> > that surrounds it. I'm tired of sitting around in the sidelines and I
> > want to have an active role with helping Fedora to the best of my
> > abilities. I'm looking forward to working with this group in the near
> > and long-term future!
> 
> One of the marketing tasks is to work with ambassadors; being
> ambassador allows you to organize events, in accordance with your
> region.

Agreed. You should see about joining the NA ambassadors, and in the meantime, ask Prof. Jacobs about the upcoming Election Night hackathon at RIT ;)

> 
> Welcome on board Justin!
> 
> See you soon.
> 
> Gabri

Welcome jflory7, and I look forward to your continued involvement :)

The Pool is on the Roof,
--RemyD.

> 
> [1]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
> [2]https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Tasks_and_roles (to be updated)
> [3]https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/report
> [4]https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-23/f-23-marketing-tasks.html
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