With the holidays over and the new year started I wanted to bring this back up. For those not in the loop, I am referring to the Store SIG [1]. I know Max has been busy with FUDcon, so let's see what we can get done on this. A lot of this we should be able to piece together to the point of proposing a solution that we can run by Max and/or the Board.
It looks like we have six open action items currently.
* "Create mockup/requirements page on the wiki that starts laying out ideas for what a store.fedoraproject.org could look like."
I don't think we have a mockup page out there yet. From the IRC meetings late last year I think we have a set of general requirements (still open for discussion at this point), which are:
- A simple portal, we want to start simple with a page that helps get people to the right place.
- The portal would include links off to a section for Fedora users who just want to order a T-shirt, key ring, stickers, etc. This link will most likely be to someone like Spreadshirt or REVELinux. There would also be link(s) off to a main distributor page listing who can provide Fedora Ambassadors with items in bulk. A distributor list has been already been started [2].
- The main portal page should highlight products from the store site we use for Fedora users
- In summary, Max's vision for the portal was: "And I envision store.fp.o as being a fedora-branded page that kind of collects all this stuff up and presents it nicely"
* "More in-depth chat with REVElinux as a potential distributor."
I am not aware of this chat having happened yet. Does anyone know any different? Does anyone know what specifically we wanted to cover in this chat and work out?
* "Publicize and populate the companies that Ambassadors have used to mass-produce Fedora items."
- The initial page has been created and an email sent to the Ambassadors list asking for further additions. I will send another email out regarding this page so we can catch people back from the holidays now. The page is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/AmbassadorVendors
* "Log in to http://fedora-fr.spreadshirt.net/ and see how it operates."
I have looked around the site. If we can get a few others to do so and provide feedback that would be good.
* "Make a list, based on geography, of potential online distributors."
The current list is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Store/PotentialDistributors
Hearing additional feedback on the places listed would be helpful.
* "Add to the list of proposed items."
We have quite the list going here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Store/ProposedItems
And this brings us to where we left off before the holidays. From where I type I see the following as the things we need to work on in order to continue forward.
- We need a mockup of the portal page. Some basic requirements of the page are listed in this email. We have two names associated with the task now, one of which is Max who I am sure is swamped. My mockup skills are near non-existent, but I can work on getting the general requirements up on the Wiki for reference. If anyone wants to jump in and help with a basic mockup, that would be much appreciated.
- We need to determine which online vendor to set our store front up with. From our last chats I think the main front runners were Spreadshirt and REVELinux depending on the results of that conversation with them. This is still open for discussion, so please voice your input.
Once those two items are figured out we should be well on our way to having a store portal page to help Fedora users and Fedora Ambassadors have a one-stop spot for getting Fedora merchandise.
Thanks! Jeffrey
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Store
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/AmbassadorVendors
On Sat, 5 Jan 2008, Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:
With the holidays over and the new year started I wanted to bring this back up. For those not in the loop, I am referring to the Store SIG [1]. I know Max has been busy with FUDcon, so let's see what we can get done on this. A lot of this we should be able to piece together to the point of proposing a solution that we can run by Max and/or the Board.
Jeff,
Thank you for taking the lead on this -- FUDCon is taking up all my time right now. I encourage everyone to follow Jeff's lead! ;)
--Max
On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 16:37 -0500, Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:
And this brings us to where we left off before the holidays. From where I type I see the following as the things we need to work on in order to continue forward.
- We need a mockup of the portal page. Some basic requirements of the
page are listed in this email. We have two names associated with the task now, one of which is Max who I am sure is swamped. My mockup skills are near non-existent, but I can work on getting the general requirements up on the Wiki for reference. If anyone wants to jump in and help with a basic mockup, that would be much appreciated.
You could try contacting the Artwork team, which has a design service for just this need:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService
I'm cc'ing their list with followups here to f-marketing-l.
On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 16:05 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 16:37 -0500, Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:
And this brings us to where we left off before the holidays. From where I type I see the following as the things we need to work on in order to continue forward.
- We need a mockup of the portal page. Some basic requirements of the
page are listed in this email. We have two names associated with the task now, one of which is Max who I am sure is swamped. My mockup skills are near non-existent, but I can work on getting the general requirements up on the Wiki for reference. If anyone wants to jump in and help with a basic mockup, that would be much appreciated.
You could try contacting the Artwork team, which has a design service for just this need:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService
I'm cc'ing their list with followups here to f-marketing-l.
I thought Mizmo was a part of this SIG anyways?
Cheers,
Marc
P.S. Sorry Mairin but I don't know how to set the accent
On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 06:19 +0900, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 16:05 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 16:37 -0500, Jeffrey Tadlock wrote:
And this brings us to where we left off before the holidays. From where I type I see the following as the things we need to work on in order to continue forward.
- We need a mockup of the portal page. Some basic requirements of the
page are listed in this email. We have two names associated with the task now, one of which is Max who I am sure is swamped. My mockup skills are near non-existent, but I can work on getting the general requirements up on the Wiki for reference. If anyone wants to jump in and help with a basic mockup, that would be much appreciated.
You could try contacting the Artwork team, which has a design service for just this need:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService
I'm cc'ing their list with followups here to f-marketing-l.
I thought Mizmo was a part of this SIG anyways?
Might be, I didn't have time to check the membership. There are others who might want to contribute design time, though. :-)
On Jan 6, 2008 4:05 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
You could try contacting the Artwork team, which has a design service for just this need:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService
I'm cc'ing their list with followups here to f-marketing-l.
Thanks Paul!
I have also created a general requirements page on the wiki to help give people an idea of what we are looking for. That page is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Store/GeneralRequirements
Anyone interested, feel free to post to the list with questions or contact me on IRC with questions, I can be found in #fedora-mktg as iWolf.
Thanks! Jeffrey
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