On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Justin O'Brien
<three@threethirty.us> wrote:
Howdy all:
I had this crazy idea of taking the idea of a 'zine and making it a
useful tool for Ambassadors [and anyone else for that matter but I'm an
Ambassador and short sighted :)]. These could be implemented at no cost
to RHT/Fedora and could be done for fairly cheap (I think).
Ok Idea #1 is a booklet that I have hacked up a [terrible] alpha quality
version of http://dl.dropbox.com/u/194299/Fedora%20Booklet.tar.bz2 The
idea is we make a quick intro guide to Free Software and the fedora
project. I was thinking 8-12 pages printed on US Legal sized paper
[8.5x14 (to allow for a nice full page to read from)] that was basically
a subset of the wikipedia article on Free Software (so that it was
neutral sounding) and most of the Overview wiki page.
Yes I know its on-line so why print it, well because people are lazy.
Wiki's are great because they have a lot of information. Wiki's are
also a PITA because they have a lot of information :)
I agree this would be a good way.
Another thing that could be done with this is as you are stapling it you
could take a paper cd/dvd sleeve and add it to the mix, that way there
was one thing to hand people.
We would want to differentiate from users and contributers here. Especially ambassadors :-)
Idea #2 is an "Ambassadors Field Guide" basically the same idea but
would have a list of FAQ's and answers, a near total list of contacts
for every sub project (I know this isn't totally feasible but I can
dream can't I), the talking points for $currentRealease and
$nextRealease, and anything else we can come up with that would be
helpful to have in hand when we are talking to people.
This is great since the wiki is not optimal for quick referencing and finding information for new ambassadors. It is starting to shape up, but lot's of things need to be more easily accessible.
I think Idea #2 is absolutely suited to the DIY 'zine format because if
you destroy it carting it around in your back pocket you can just print
another one.
I know that anyone person could make both of these happen but I was
hoping to pool the knowledge of others and hopefully get the art team
involved so these could be a nice looking as possible.
One person you might want to contact regarding this is Joerg Simon, our ambassador lead. I remember him mentioning something about training materials for ambassadors a little while back. I am sure he would be happy to help and put you in contact with those who could help you in marketing and the design team.
I will take a look at it a bit further in depth and come back to comment.
Nonethess, I feel this is a necessary thing and a great idea!!
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