Re: Fedora Weekly News: needing invigoration

[Richard Vijay]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Beats/Ambassadors Ambassadors Beat is
Published and Edited to include messages till 24th October 2011.
Thanks for Reminder Pascal.
Good Work *Buddhike *


Thanks and regards
Richard Vijay
Ambassador & Beats Editor
IRC: fedora_richie
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On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Pascal Calarco <pvcalarco(a)uwaterloo.ca&gt;wrote:

>  Hi folks -
>
>  We are more than a month since we have had enough content for another issue
>  of FWN, and so I thought I would post openly to the News, Ambassadors, and
>  Marketing lists, asking for some dialogue around this, and seeking some new
>  contributors, perhaps.
>
>  Fedora Weekly News is a very important vehicle for letting both the Fedora
>  community and the external Linux community, know what the happenings are
>  with the Fedora Project.  FWN has been around for many years and is a
>  trusted brand that the community looks forward to each week.
>
>  Writing for FWN is definitely a time commitment, on a weekly basis, and so
>  its understandable that FWN's volunteer beat writers sometimes have a hard
>  time contributing on that regular a basis.
>
>  But, if we don't have writers for FWN, we don't have content to produce an
>  issue, and the community loses the vibrant voice that they have relied on in
>  the past.
>
>  Do you have suggestions for making FWN an easier time commitment?  Should
>  we consider moving FWN to a biweekly frequency for some beats that don't
>  have enough content for a weekly beat?
>
>  So, I would like to hear from both current beat writers to FWN, and
>  community members that perhaps would like to get involved as a writer for
>  FWN.  The bar is not high for participation.  You basically need to have:
>
>  1) Continuing interest and passion in the Fedora Project, perhaps on some
>  particular aspect or subproject that you'd like to write on
>  2) A bit of familiarity with Mediawiki tagging and conventions, and the
>  Fedora Project wiki Style Guide
>  3) A Commitment to produce a beat on more or less weekly basis
>
>  Thanks for your time and consideration! I look forward to hearing from some
>  of you and your ideas to make FWN a viable and vibrant media vehicle for the
>  Fedora Project again.
>
>  - Pascal
>
>  ------
>  Pascal Calarco
>  Co-Editor, Fedora Weekly News
>  Fedora Ambassador, Ontario, Canada
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