[Ambassadors] F10 Release Events Flyers

[Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)]

> 2008/11/20 Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>:
>
>>
>> Actually guys, this is one piece of graphics that was *not* approved by
>> the Artwork team.  The font used isn't complementary with our logo or
>> design principles, and the text that's there isn't right either.
>>
>> I would rather people not use this design for a release poster.  If
>> anyone wants to ask the Artwork team to review and fix it, though, that
>> would be fine! :-)
>>
>> --
>> Paul W. Frields
>
> A Release party without an invitation flyer, what's this?
>
> I'm sure Artwork team has done a great job and it is really,
> continuously, helping Ambassadors with their artworks, see the past
> flyers, the ambassadors wall posters etc.
>
> Ok, I agree that there are legal aspects that must be guaranteed (this
> is what I'm studying everyday) both in the brand side and in the
> overall community quality side too, but F10 release is near to the
> door, we are 90% ready, and now we can't promote the events. It's like
> to give a car without the keys.
>
> It's possible to solve the problem before the release? or let's start
> them without the flyer?

IMHO, that's just too late. Printing flyers takes some time, so if you
want to be able to print / display them, you need to be ready much
earlier.

That's the same thing for the CD / DVD faces. We don't have them yet, it's
starting to be too late for printing them when we press the CDs / DVDs.

I'm not ranting about the Art team, they do a wonderful job that I could
personally not do with my poor graphical skills. But we have to admit that
for this release, the materials that need to be done are not ready.

I'm sure the Art team is doing the best they can, but given the small
period of time they have (6 monthes for a release, substract the time
needed for choosing the Fedora theme, etc...) and the number they are,
that seems plainly not feasible.

Maybe it is time to start thinking about some more release-neutral designs
for the release advertising. I'm thinking about:
- liveUSB station (the current Solar design by Samuele is absolutely
wonderful, but it took him some time to do it. Are we willing to spend so
much time each release ? Are we willing to spend the same amount of money
in order to print it for each release ?)
- release posters / flyers
- CD / DVD face (not the sleeves, only the art that is printed *on* the
media)

Those are my thoughts based on the organization of our next release party
in Paris.

Regards,


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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)
French Fedora Ambassador

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