Event Flyer

[Jeffrey Tadlock]

We were needing a flyer for an event next weekend.  I took the one
that the Fedora Malaysian Ambassadors did for Fedora Core 6 and
updated it a bit for Fedora 8.  I removed references to Core 6, added
some of the new features in Fedora 8, modified a few of the links in
the Getting Fedora section and added a how to contribute section.

However, I am not very artistic and probably not the greatest at
designing marketing materials.  I have posted the modified version
here:

http://jeffreyt.fedorapeople.org/drafts/fedora-flyer-mod.odt

Could some of the more artistically inclined, marketing oriented
people take a look at it and make modifications as you see fit?  We
need the flyer by next weekend, so we are in a bit of a time crunch at
this point.

Thanks!
Jeffrey

[Matthias Kranz]

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 22:30 -0400, Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:
>  We were needing a flyer for an event next weekend.  I took the one
>  that the Fedora Malaysian Ambassadors did for Fedora Core 6 and
>  updated it a bit for Fedora 8.  I removed references to Core 6, added
>  some of the new features in Fedora 8, modified a few of the links in
>  the Getting Fedora section and added a how to contribute section.
>  
>  However, I am not very artistic and probably not the greatest at
>  designing marketing materials.  I have posted the modified version
>  here:
>  
>  http://jeffreyt.fedorapeople.org/drafts/fedora-flyer-mod.odt
>  
>  Could some of the more artistically inclined, marketing oriented
>  people take a look at it and make modifications as you see fit?  We
>  need the flyer by next weekend, so we are in a bit of a time crunch at
>  this point. 
Jeffrey,

<fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com&gt;

might be a better place to ask.

Cheers,
Matthias

[Valent Turkovic]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Matthias Kranz <matthiaskranz(a)gmx.de&gt; wrote:
>  On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 22:30 -0400, Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:
>   > We were needing a flyer for an event next weekend.  I took the one
>   > that the Fedora Malaysian Ambassadors did for Fedora Core 6 and
>   > updated it a bit for Fedora 8.  I removed references to Core 6, added
>   > some of the new features in Fedora 8, modified a few of the links in
>   > the Getting Fedora section and added a how to contribute section.
>   >
>   > However, I am not very artistic and probably not the greatest at
>   > designing marketing materials.  I have posted the modified version
>   > here:
>   >
>   > http://jeffreyt.fedorapeople.org/drafts/fedora-flyer-mod.odt
>   >
>   > Could some of the more artistically inclined, marketing oriented
>   > people take a look at it and make modifications as you see fit?  We
>   > need the flyer by next weekend, so we are in a bit of a time crunch at
>   > this point.
>
>   Jeffrey,
>
>   <fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
>
>   might be a better place to ask.
>
>   Cheers,
>   Matthias 
You mean fedora-artwork list?

Cheers,
Valent.

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[Jeffrey Tadlock]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Valent Turkovic
<valent.turkovic(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Matthias Kranz
> <matthiaskranz(a)gmx.de&gt; wrote:
>   >  <fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
>   >
>   >  might be a better place to ask.
>
>   You mean fedora-artwork list? 
The Marketing list as Matthias suggested would most likely have been a
better place.  I went with the Ambassadors list as this would be a
flyer that Ambassadors could use at their events and wanted their
input on it specifically.  But, Ambassadors are also supposed to track
the Marketing list so I could have hit the broader Marketing list
types and Ambassadors by posting there.  I guess that's what I get for
pushing that out just before bed!   :)

I don't think the artwork list is right quite yet, as I am still
trying to get verbage and what should be highlighted sorted out first.

Thanks!
Jeffrey

[Valent Turkovic]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Jeffrey Tadlock <linux(a)elfshadow.net&gt; wrote:
>  On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Valent Turkovic
>   <valent.turkovic(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>   > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Matthias Kranz <matthiaskranz(a)gmx.de&gt;
> wrote:
>
>  >  >  <fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com&gt;
>   >  >
>   >  >  might be a better place to ask.
>   >
>
>  >  You mean fedora-artwork list?
>
>   The Marketing list as Matthias suggested would most likely have been a
>   better place.  I went with the Ambassadors list as this would be a
>   flyer that Ambassadors could use at their events and wanted their
>   input on it specifically.  But, Ambassadors are also supposed to track
>   the Marketing list so I could have hit the broader Marketing list
>   types and Ambassadors by posting there.  I guess that's what I get for
>   pushing that out just before bed!   :)
>
>   I don't think the artwork list is right quite yet, as I am still
>   trying to get verbage and what should be highlighted sorted out first.
>
>   Thanks!
>   Jeffrey 
Sorry, I miss understood that the flyer content is decided on and that
you wanted graphical touch up...

Valent.

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[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 22:30 -0400, Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:
>  We were needing a flyer for an event next weekend.  I took the one
>  that the Fedora Malaysian Ambassadors did for Fedora Core 6 and
>  updated it a bit for Fedora 8.  I removed references to Core 6, added
>  some of the new features in Fedora 8, modified a few of the links in
>  the Getting Fedora section and added a how to contribute section.
>  
>  However, I am not very artistic and probably not the greatest at
>  designing marketing materials.  I have posted the modified version
>  here:
>  
>  http://jeffreyt.fedorapeople.org/drafts/fedora-flyer-mod.odt
>  
>  Could some of the more artistically inclined, marketing oriented
>  people take a look at it and make modifications as you see fit?  We
>  need the flyer by next weekend, so we are in a bit of a time crunch at
>  this point. 
Is this for people who already know things about Linux?  The reason I
ask is that there's a lot of jargon in here -- "GNOME 2.20," "KDE
3.5.8," "XFCE 4.4.1," "hot-switching audio outputs," etc.

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[Jeffrey Tadlock]

2008/3/27 Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>   Is this for people who already know things about Linux?  The reason
> I
>   ask is that there's a lot of jargon in here -- "GNOME 2.20," "KDE
>   3.5.8," "XFCE 4.4.1," "hot-switching audio outputs," etc.
The specific event it is for is Notacon, which will draw a more
technically inclined crowd.  I will likely continue to modify it a bit
and use it at Ohio Linux Fest as well when it rolls around.  The OLF
crowd is more of an already Linux aware crowd as well.

I did wonder when I added the version numbers for GNOME, KDE and XFCE
if that made it read more like a spec sheet though.  I can drop those
from the flyer again to help take that edge off of it.

Since there is only a small amount of space, do you think their is
something I should showcase more than - "we have this, we have that"
type of thing?

Thanks for the feedback!

Jeffrey

[Mike Chambers]

On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 08:44 -0400, Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:

>  I did wonder when I added the version numbers for GNOME, KDE and
> XFCE
>  if that made it read more like a spec sheet though.  I can drop those
>  from the flyer again to help take that edge off of it.
>  
>  Since there is only a small amount of space, do you think their is
>  something I should showcase more than - "we have this, we have that"
>  type of thing? 
Instead of showing the specs of it (or at least mostly), why not show
"What it can do or is capable of" instead?  What can you do with it?
How easy is it to update? How secure is it?  How easy is it to
administer and/or setup?  

I think those type things would get over more, more like to "Wow" them,
where as doing a lot of specs would just bore them.

Hope that helps, good luck.

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