marketing August 2010

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Want to help pick the F14 Release Slogan?
by Robyn Bergeron 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

We need a slogan for the F14 release. A release slogan is a short call-to-action that fits the artwork theme from Design, found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_release_slogan#Themes. (F13's slogan was "Rock it.") If you are interested in suggesting ideas for the release slogan, please take a look at the Release Slogan SOP, and the criteria for selection, at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_slogan_SOP. The slogan must be: * short (1-3 words) * a call to action * positive It should reinforce that Fedora helps the user achieve something great. It should also reflect some of ideas and themes found in the release artwork, and, if possible, also touch upon the Four Foundations (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Foundations) Please put your slogan ideas here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_release_slogan#New_slogan_ideas The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, August 17, at 21:00 UTC, which is our next Marketing meeting (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_meetings) We'll be discussing submissions there, and then the FPL, Mo Duffy, and the Marketing team lead (that's me!) will take that input and select the final slogan on Wednesday, August 18. Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns -- and let the wiki table know if you have any ideas! Cheers, -Robyn

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FISL11 video: Red Hat & Fedora: A Strategy for Open Source Success
by Igor Pires Soares 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hello! This week we are publishing the talk delivered by our leader, Jared Smith, at FISL 11 [1]. Jared talks about the results of the Open Source approach adopted by Red Hat and how the Fedora Project drives innovation. [1] http://www.projetofedora.org/fisl11_parceria Regards, -- Igor Pires Soares Fedora I18N/L10N QA Fedora Ambassador (Brazil) https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Igor

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release slogan call to action and final selection - question?
by Robyn Bergeron 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Looking at the SOP for the release slogan today - the call to action / email template says that after next week's marketing meeting, which is when we will go through and prune the list, there will be another meeting / discussion with FPL, Máirín, and the marketing team lead to "take the input and select the final slogan on _______." (See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_slogan_SOP for more info.) Mo, Jared - do you have a date / time that seems reasonable to get together to discuss this? I think we could probably do this within a day or less of the slogan selection / pruning meeting, which is next Tuesday. Would next Wednesday work for a final announcement? We can poke through the final selections Wednesday morning, if we're all available. -Robyn

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MMM - Marketing Meeting Minutes. Delicious! 2010/08/10
by Robyn Bergeron 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

We now more or less have wrapped up the F14 talking points - they should be completed within the next few days. (Just need a blurb from Sugar in the Spins section.) Also, we'll be kicking off the F14 release slogan process this week, with a slogan to be chosen at next week's meeting. Meeting Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-08-10/fedora_marketi… Full Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-08-10/fedora_marketi… =================================== #fedora-meeting-1: fedora marketing =================================== Meeting started by rbergeron at 20:00:26 UTC. The full logs are available at http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2010-08-10/fedora_marketi… Meeting summary --------------- * Agenda (rbergeron, 20:02:08) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_meetings#Agenda (rbergeron, 20:02:14) * F14 Release Slogan (rbergeron, 20:02:58) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_release_slogan (rbergeron, 20:03:06) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_slogan_SOP (rbergeron, 20:03:24) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_slogan_SOP#Announce_a_call_for_releas… (rbergeron, 20:05:39) * ACTION: rbergeron to send out call for release slogan ideas (rbergeron, 20:09:06) * everyone, please blog about it - more eyeballs = more slogan ideas :) (rbergeron, 20:09:27) * ACTION: rbergeron to poke stickster when her blog post is up (rbergeron, 20:10:47) * F14 Talking Points (rbergeron, 20:11:27) * LINK: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Talking_Points (rbergeron, 20:11:45) * LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPMI (stickster, 20:48:22) * ACTION: ke4qqq to put ipmiutil into english with more information about what IPMI actually is, etc (rbergeron, 20:56:23) * ACTION: rbergeron to wrap up grammar tonight (rbergeron, 21:02:52) * ACTION: rbergeron ping pbrobinson / mchua for sugar spin TP notes (rbergeron, 21:03:17) * I'll email the list tonight when I'm done - and hopefully we can get some info in on Sugar - and we can have this wrapped in a few days, or as soon as we have the Sugar notes in. (rbergeron, 21:04:14) Meeting ended at 21:14:04 UTC. Action Items ------------ * rbergeron to send out call for release slogan ideas * rbergeron to poke stickster when her blog post is up * ke4qqq to put ipmiutil into english with more information about what IPMI actually is, etc * rbergeron to wrap up grammar tonight * rbergeron ping pbrobinson / mchua for sugar spin TP notes Action Items, by person ----------------------- * ke4qqq * ke4qqq to put ipmiutil into english with more information about what IPMI actually is, etc * rbergeron * rbergeron to send out call for release slogan ideas * rbergeron to poke stickster when her blog post is up * rbergeron to wrap up grammar tonight * rbergeron ping pbrobinson / mchua for sugar spin TP notes * stickster * rbergeron to poke stickster when her blog post is up * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * rbergeron (115) * stickster (85) * rrix (35) * jsmith (22) * ke4qqq (11) * zodbot (3) * MrTom (1)

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Reminder: Fedora marketing weekly meeting 08/10/2010, 20:00UTC, in #fedora-meeting-1
by Robyn Bergeron 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Details and agenda at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_meetings#Agenda. We'll be wrapping up talking points today, and kicking off the F14 release slogan process. See you there! -Robyn

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Talking points/spotlight features
by Paul W. Frields 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

It's that time again -- time for us to figure out the features that we want to spend a little extra effort calling out in the next Fedora release because they're particularly innovative or interesting. The full explanation of talking points is found here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talking_points_SOP Note that talking points are *not* a comprehensive list. The list is meant to be short and effective at sparking the interest of many different groups. This helps show that there is something for lots of people in Fedora. The main source for the talking points is in the feature list: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FeatureList Off the top of my head, I see some very compelling stuff to which we might call people's attention: * systemd * EC2 * MeeGo * Roll-up of programming tools (D, Eclipse Helios, GNUstep, debugging tools) Things not on that list which might merit inclusion include the new website design, underway and hopefully rolling out for F14. I've been working on a PR schedule to assist Jared in his FPL duties, and next week he is supposed to meet with Red Hat's Creative team. In the near future, the team will shoot videos to help show off spotlight features in Fedora 14. So the sooner we have talking points included, the easier we will make their job too. Can we start this process slightly early? -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Where open source multiplies: http://opensource.com

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Upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks
by John Poelstra 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Start End Name Tue 03-Aug Tue 10-Aug Meet w/Creative to schedule videos Tue 03-Aug Tue 26-Oct Creative team videos Tue 03-Aug Wed 27-Oct Public Relations Tue 03-Aug Tue 10-Aug Create Talking Points Tue 10-Aug Tue 17-Aug Create Release Slogan Thu 12-Aug Thu 12-Aug Fedora 14 Alpha Release Readiness Meeting Thu 12-Aug Mon 16-Aug Create Alpha Announcement (Marketing & Docs) Tue 17-Aug Tue 17-Aug Alpha Public Availability Tue 17-Aug Tue 24-Aug Review Firefox Bookmarks For Update Tue 17-Aug Tue 14-Sep Feature Profiles Have you found something that is working really well in your schedule? Or maybe you've found something you believe would work better in the future? Update the schedule retrospective page now to capture all of the important details as they happen: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Schedule_Retrospective

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FAD at OLF
by Beth Lynn Eicher 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Dear Marketing List, I did not hear from a sole regarding holding a Fedora Activity Day at the Ohio LinuxFest on 9/10. The deadline has come and gone. I suspect is is out of disinterest but hope that isn't so. You do not have to have a full agenda - just one solid point person. We do not have unlimited space - nor is it cheap. It will be free to Fedora or what ever Free Software project jumps on it first. I will be on Freenode after 18:00 eastern today as bethlynn. Also any interested parties may send me an email at bethlynn(a)ohiolinux.org. Thanks, Beth Lynn Eicher

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Upcoming Fedora 14 Tasks
by John Poelstra 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Start End Name Tue 03-Aug Tue 10-Aug Meet w/Creative to schedule videos Tue 03-Aug Tue 26-Oct Creative team videos Tue 03-Aug Wed 27-Oct Public Relations Tue 03-Aug Tue 10-Aug Create Talking Points Tue 10-Aug Tue 17-Aug Create Release Slogan Thu 12-Aug Thu 12-Aug Fedora 14 Alpha Release Readiness Meeting Thu 12-Aug Mon 16-Aug Create Alpha Announcement (Marketing & Docs) Tue 17-Aug Tue 17-Aug Alpha Public Availability Tue 17-Aug Tue 24-Aug Review Firefox Bookmarks For Update Tue 17-Aug Tue 14-Sep Feature Profiles Tue 24-Aug Tue 07-Sep Start drafting Beta blog Tue 24-Aug Tue 21-Sep Beta press blog entry Tue 24-Aug Thu 26-Aug Update and Package Firefox Bookmarks

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[in the news]: India's Digit Magazine's Fedora 13 Review
by Jonathan Nalley 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

"Fedora is, and is meant to a bleeding edge distro, yet manages to be very stable. While it may have a simple and easy install process and interface, it doesn’t offer too much to the Linux newbie. It feels less like an integrated distribution and more like a generic Linux installation, which it might well be; there are few customizations which are unique to Fedora, although this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. For those who have worked on Linux for a while, Fedora is a nice way to come back to the basics, but those who are still new to the world of Linux might find themselves fighting with basic operations such as adding repositories – which come easily to other distributions. On the other hand its performs remarkably well. If you do opt for Fedora be prepared to spend some time on the CLI." http://www.thinkdigit.com/Features/Fedora-13-Review_5176.html

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