commops December 2015

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Re: [Marketing] Getting in gear for 2016
by Justin W. Flory 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

On 12/17/2015 04:42 PM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: > On 12/17/2015 02:53 PM, Justin W. Flory wrote: >> >> I see. How often were meetings happening in the past? From my >> perspective, I think maybe the frequency as well as the organizational >> pre-meeting plans could be adjusted. I know for the CommOps group, we >> have a very rough outline of "things to cover" in the meetings in a wiki >> outline. Additionally, having ticket-oriented meetings also seems to >> have had decent success with the Design Team. Perhaps we could try to >> incorporate tickets as a central part of our meetings? > > Tickets wouldn't hurt. It's been a while so I don't recall how much we > were using Trac at the time, but it couldn't hurt. > > It seems to me it was weekly for a while, then bi-weekly. Again, it's > been a long while (2013, early 2014 maybe?) and a new flock of Fedorans > to help kickstart. With what you and Ruth said, it seems like it might be a good idea to space meetings on a monthly basis, and maybe increase frequency in the month / two months before the release? I think the next step might be to put a potential meeting date and timeslot on the map for 2016. -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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End of Year Marketing Retrospective
by Remy DeCausemaker 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

mktgs, Across the Project, one of the tools we use to get better at what wedo is a Retrospective. This is a report compiled by contributors that more or less lists the things that went well/not-so-well, and ideas for improvement. You can find examples on the wiki (QA has some recent pages like https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_QA_Retrospective and https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Retrospective) Marketing Retrospectives were once based upon SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for doing marketing tasks like creating the alpha/beta/final announcements, briefing ambassadors, and other interesting and crucial work. Some are a bit dated, but you can find them here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Marketing_SOPs Since we didn't totally stick to an SOP for releases this year, we're just going to gather extra 'after the fact' feedback and data to make improvements to our process, going back to Fedora 22 when possible. Here are a few questions we'd like to take a stab at answering on our wiki page: - What did we do right? - What can we do better? - Where did we have gaps? - How did we bridge them? After we've gotten this retrospective fleshed out, we'd like to reinstate regular mktg meetings on IRC in early 2016. Keep an eye on the lists for updates. If folks have any questions about this email, or additional questions they think would provide value to the retrospective, please update the wiki before Friday 12/18 (or even just respond here, and commops will update the wiki from this thread.) https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/2015_marketing_retrospective Looking Forward, --RemyD. P.S. -- Too often FOSS Communities must take care not to settle into negative feedback loops. Below is an excellent quote from some further reading on the subject of pointing fingers and blamery, recommended to me by mattdm: "...it's like peeing in your pants. You feel relieved and perhaps even nice and warm for a little while, but then it gets cold and uncomfortable..." ~Sydney Decker, "A Look at Looking in the Mirror" by J. Paul Reed.'' http://www.slideshare.net/jhand2/its-not-your-fault-blameless-post-mortems https://codeascraft.com/2012/05/22/blameless-postmortems/ Retrospectives are all about identifying direction and moving forward in a positive manner :) -- Remy DeCausemaker Fedora Community Lead & Council <decause(a)redhat.com> https://whatcanidoforfedora.org

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Re: [Fedora-join] Sharing blog posts
by Justin W. Flory 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

On 12/22/2015 02:23 PM, Anisha Narang wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Since I was volunteering at FUDCon APAC 2015 held at Pune and got a > chance to interact with a lot of folks from Fedora community, just > thought of sharing my recent blog[1] about GHC with everyone. This might > not have anything to do with fedora but surely might bring some light to > the thought of increasing women participation/contribution in the > community. > Moreover to make it relevant to the fedora lists, I shared my experience > at FUDCon APAC 2015 here[2] and thus sharing that one as well. > > These were the mailing lists where I have done very few interactions in > the past, so just thought of addressing it to them. > Any feedback/comments appreciated. > > Thanks :) > > [1] https://goo.gl/Kcbreq > [2] https://goo.gl/nnP5YB Hi Anisha, Thanks for sharing these articles, they were both really good reads. :) I'm CC'ing the CommOps list too as I think the perspective about women in computing might be of interest to some of the objectives and tasks being worked on by the CommOps team. For the second article, about the Pune FUDCon, this would be fantastic to share on the Fedora Community Blog! The Community Blog is a relatively new site in Fedora that focuses on sharing news specific to the Fedora contributor community. I definitely think either a repost or a "pointer" article referencing your full article would be a great article to put up on there. I have the relevant links below! Thanks for sharing. :) https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/writing-community-blog-article/ -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: [Ambassadors] Re: Fedora 23 Release Party Algeria REPORT
by Justin W. Flory 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Just wanting to keep this in the loop in case something pops up in the near future. :) -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Ambassadors] Re: Fedora 23 Release Party Algeria REPORT Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:10:21 +0100 From: Oussama Kheireedine Nehar <nehardido(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To: ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org that would be my pleasure On 29 December 2015 at 16:15, Justin W. Flory <jflory7(a)gmail.com <mailto:jflory7@gmail.com>> wrote: On 12/24/2015 05:08 PM, Oussama Kheireedine Nehar wrote: Hello this is a report for the Gnu/Linux install party and it featured fedora 23 release party which took place in Djelfa Algeria OpenSuse People were there also and they had loads of swag and Tshirts i was "What The..." they gave 11 Tshirts in the event + DVDs + loads of stickers Anyway some people wanted to have fedora so i can say that Fedora is wining take a look https://oknr.wordpress.com/ thank you Hi Oussama! Nice work on the report, this looks like it was a successful event! It would be great for you to also share your event report on the Fedora Community Blog - this is a newer site focused on news specific for Fedora contributors. It's also WordPress, so you could copy and paste the blog post from your blog to the Community Blog. Â Â https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/ If you need help getting started on the Community Blog, you can visit #fedora-commops on IRC or check out the CommOps mailing list. Â Â https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/commops -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com <mailto:jflory7@gmail.com> -- ambassadors mailing list ambassadors(a)lists.fedoraproject.org <mailto:ambassadors@lists.fedoraproject.org> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/ambassadors@lists.fedoraproject.… -- /Mr. Nehar Oussama Kheireddine/ - Fedora Project Ambassador - Algeria - <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Nehardido> - LibrePlanet Algeria TEAM LEADER <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Algeria> - VP of the "Free Software & Gnu/Linux Association" <http://fsalgeria.org/>

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[Social Media] Six articles to share
by Justin W. Flory 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Hey all, A few articles to hit the social media feeds with. ===== Fedora OpenID login: New and improved https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-openid-login-new-improved/ Message: Fedora's OpenID login pages are getting a revamp on January 15th. Learn more about the change on the Fedora Magazine. ===== 2015 Elections Retrospective by Fedora CommOps https://fedoramagazine.org/2015-elections-retrospective-commops/ Message: The December 2015 Fedora Elections recently came to an end. The Fedora Community Operations team put together a summary of how things went. ===== Installing the Fedora Cinnamon Spin https://fedoramagazine.org/installing-fedora-cinnamon-spin/ Message: The Fedora Cinnamon Spin can now be downloaded directly as of Fedora 23. Learn how to get started on Cinnamon with this article! ===== Varnish: Your site faster and more stable https://fedoramagazine.org/varnish-site-faster-stable/ Message: Looking for ways to speed up your sites? Introducing Varnish, a web application accelerator available for use in Fedora. ===== NOT YET PUBLISHED: Publishes Dec. 29 Kevin Fenzi: How do you Fedora? https://fedoramagazine.org/kevin-fenzi-fedora/ Message: Kevin Fenzi is a long time contributor to Fedora. How does he use Fedora in his daily life? We interviewed him about how he uses Fedora at home and at work. ===== NOT YET PUBLISHED: Publishes Dec. 30 Fedora Security Lab - hack yourself! https://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-security-lab-hack/ Message: The Fedora Security Lab is one of the many labs available of Fedora. It is full of useful utilities for penetration testers and security experts. Learn more about this special Fedora Lab! ===== -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : CommOps IRC Meeting
by Justin W. Flory 28 Dec '15

28 Dec '15

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: CommOps IRC Meeting on 2015-12-29 from 12:00:00 to 13:00:00 US/Eastern At fedora-meeting-2(a)irc.freenode.net The meeting will be about: This meeting is for team members of the Community Operations (CommOps) team. The weekly agenda is mostly comprised of the different tasks detailed on the CommOps wiki page, although it is subject to change depending on time and context of what is going around the Fedora Project. More information can be found on the [wiki page](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommOps). Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/3243/

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : CommOps IRC Meeting
by Justin W. Flory 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: CommOps IRC Meeting on 2015-12-22 from 12:00:00 to 13:00:00 US/Eastern At fedora-meeting-2(a)irc.freenode.net The meeting will be about: This meeting is for team members of the Community Operations (CommOps) team. The weekly agenda is mostly comprised of the different tasks detailed on the CommOps wiki page, although it is subject to change depending on time and context of what is going around the Fedora Project. More information can be found on the [wiki page](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommOps). Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/3150/

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Re: [Fedora-join] Re: Newbie
by Remy DeCausemaker 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Gabriele Trombini <g.trombini(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > nice to hear you want to be an Ambassador for the Fedora Project. > > Please let me know which Mentor you chose and if you followed the steps > described in the joining steps [1]. > > See you. > > Gabri (FAS mailga) > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors_Join_start > > Il giorno gio, 10/12/2015 alle 10.18 +0200, Tshepo Tamajobe ha scritto: >> Hello, >> >> I'm Tshepo Tamajobe, a 23 year old geek from Botswana, Africa. I have >> joined the Fedora Ambassadors Project a while back, sent emails to >> mentors in my region and I still haven't got replied yet. What should >> I do? I want to get started as soon as possible. Tshepo, It's going to be somewhat quiet over the Holidays, but IRC is really the place where our contributors all hang out and work together. You can meet mentors, listen in on developing projects, and ask and answer questions from other folks looking to get involved just like you. Here are a few channel recommendations (all on Freenode): #fedora-join - IRC for folks involved in onboarding an helping new contributors. Also the folks who run this list #fedora-commops - Fedora Community Operations. We help fill in the gaps, and bring more heat and light to all corners of the Fedora Project. #fedora-devel - Our main development channel, this has the most people in it, and is a good place to listen in. #fedora-mktg - This is the channel where we work together to help with messaging and outward facing communications. This includes our major publications and press releases. You can find a complete listing of IRC channels and instructions on how to use them here on the Fedora Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help#IRC_for_inter… Another new and interesting tool that we have for new contributors is our new "Sorting Hat" style website: http://whatcanidoforfedora.org. This website provides a Q&A decision tree to help you find which parts of the project you might be interested in. Hope these help, and we look forward to seeing you in channel :) --RemyD. -- Remy DeCausemaker Fedora Community Lead & Council <decause(a)redhat.com> https://whatcanidoforfedora.org

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Re: [Marketing] Getting in gear for 2016
by Justin W. Flory 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

On 12/17/2015 02:48 PM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: > I do think we need to put meetings back on the map, yes. > > We stopped doing regular meetings because they'd sort of turned into a > "let's discuss what we should be doing" thing where the only thing that > was happening was meeting attendance. > > But... 1) the last cycle we had a hard time even scraping up a good > release announcement, and 2) perhaps with a few new folks looking around > to contribute and with some renewed energy thanks to the Magazine, we > can regroup and improve. I see. How often were meetings happening in the past? From my perspective, I think maybe the frequency as well as the organizational pre-meeting plans could be adjusted. I know for the CommOps group, we have a very rough outline of "things to cover" in the meetings in a wiki outline. Additionally, having ticket-oriented meetings also seems to have had decent success with the Design Team. Perhaps we could try to incorporate tickets as a central part of our meetings? -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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[Marketing] Getting in gear for 2016
by Justin W. Flory 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Hey all, It was discussed in channel that it might be a good idea to reboot regular Marketing meetings in 2016 to help get on track and ready for 2016. Gabri is helping bring back the retrospective to let us reflect back on what we've done and where we can improve - this might make a good discussion topic for jumping back in with a meeting. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/2015_marketing_retrospective It was also mentioned that it might be good to include CommOps on the discussion to help connect Marketing to the other parts of the Project. What are all of your timetables looking like for the New Year and do we want to look at putting meetings back on the map? I've only been here for a few months and I've mostly been in the Magazine, so I know there are others who have been around for many more cycles than me that might have some experienced thoughts to offer. Thanks all! -- Cheers, Justin W. Flory jflory7(a)gmail.com

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