I still want a Fedora coffee table book, and you are going to help me make one.
Jack Aboutboul
jaa at redhat.com
Tue Dec 16 13:32:34 UTC 2008
Hello Lisa,
Welcome to the team and thanks for all the awesome input and feedback.
I propose that we go ahead with the idea, moving swiftly. I will be at
FUDCon as will Colby (RH A/V Guru) and we can begin taking pictures and
video/audio there as well.
Right now, I have set up a blank wiki page so we can start aggregating
everything around this effort. It can be found here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Fedora_Picture_Book
Lisa, can you please post up what you have in this email on that page.
Also, are you available to attend the marketing meeting this Thursday at
3 Eastern, 12 Pacific?
I think the first step is to get pricing from somewhere, and according
to that figure out how many pages the book should be. Ideally, I would
think we should aim for 200 pages. What do y'all think?
Thanks,
Jack
Lisa Brewster wrote:
> My apologies for hijacking this thread with multiple posts, but I
> started brainstorming on my way home from work and wasn't able to stop
> until I wrote all my thoughts down. Questions / discussion points are
> in brackets. Provided this idea generates some halfway creative
> submissions, I see it turning into a great grassroots marketing campaign.
>
> Fedora: The Book
>
> Objectives
> Driven by the Fedora Ambassadors, the goal of this photo project is to
> communicate what Fedora means to us and our communities. Images
> should show a Fedora user holding an object that symbolizes how the
> software empowers him or her in the Fedora principles of infinity,
> freedom, or voice [is principles the right word to use here?].
> Submissions should include a short description (250-500 words) of how
> the subject uses the software and how this photo demonstrates one of
> the principles.
>
> Photographers are open to interpret this theme as concretely or
> abstractly as they like. For example, you could choose to photograph
> something as straightforward as a teacher you encouraged to use Fedora
> in the classroom holding an apple with a Fedora sticker on it, or you
> could have someone photograph you holding a personal item that
> symbolizes what inspired you to join the project. Feel free to
> brainstorm for whimsical ideas as well, such as a developer covered in
> peanuts (because you have to be "nuts" to work for free, right?).
> Group photos are also acceptable, such as a group of ambassadors
> holding stacks of livecds to be distributed or XO's in the wild.
>
> One photo per week will be posted on $website. Once enough
> submissions are collected [one year's worth = 52?], selected photos
> will be published in a collectable book available for purchase. All
> proceeds will be donated to $cause.
>
> Requirements
> Images should be of high quality and at least $x-resolution by
> $y-resolution. You don't have to be a professional photographer, but
> composition, focus, and lighting are vital to communicating a strong
> message. If in doubt of your photography skills, feel free to ask a
> friend or post your idea to $mailinglist to see if we can find someone
> in your area who's willing to help [maintain a wiki page for volunteer
> photographers?].
>
> Images must contain at least one person holding an object. The
> criteria defining both person and holding is flexible and
> could incorporate using hands, feet, or items resting on the body of
> people, robots, statues, animals, or other creative interpretations as
> long as it applies to Fedora and you can explain how it demonstrates
> infinity, freedom, or voice. The subject's face does not have to be
> visible. [Legal: do we need model release forms?]
>
> Images must be licensed in a manner that allows derivative works [and
> commercial? Not sure what's required for "proceeds go to charity"
> use]. The Fedora logo and editorial text based on your description
> will be superimposed on the image, and it may be adjusted for color,
> brightness, contrast, etc. [Legal: what else is needed here?]
>
> Inspiration
> Want to contribute to The Book but aren't sure where to begin? Read
> over the following list of power words to see if any experiences of
> how you've enriched someone's life because of Fedora come to mind:
>
> * success stories
> * empowerment
> * pride
> * culture
> * diversity
> * strength
> * knowledge
> * community
> * extraordinary people
> * solutions
> * freedom
> * sharing
> * adoption
> * innovation
> * contribution
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Lisa Brewster
> <sophistechate at gmail.com <mailto:sophistechate at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> D'oh, this is the marketing list. There are so many projects and
> ideas and excited people that I'm having trouble keeping up with
> everything that's going on! But yeah...new ambassador, noob
> mistake, nice to meet you, etc etc etc. =]
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Lisa Brewster
> <sophistechate at gmail.com <mailto:sophistechate at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I love this idea! But instead of using a specific item across
> all photos, I think it would be great to embrace the vast
> number of cultures involved in Fedora and let each person pick
> something unique that symbolizes their contribution or what
> Fedora means to their community. This is a great project that
> can evolve over time through a photoblog, and once enough
> submissions are gathered we could look at different publishing
> options.
>
> I suggest establishing some kind of guidelines to establish
> visual unity (or at least an unobtrusive watermark for photos
> used on the web). Anyone else wanna pick up the brainstorming
> stick here?
>
> As a photographer willing to travel in the Southern California
> area, I'm in!
>
> PS: This is also my first contribution to the ambassadors'
> mailing list. Hi!
>
> 2008/12/15 Ian Weller <ianweller at gmail.com
> <mailto:ianweller at gmail.com>>
>
> <braindump>
>
> An entire release ago (6 months) Jeff Spaleta made the
> proposal to this
> list[1] for Fedora to produce a (virtual?) coffee table
> book containing
> candid pictures of Fedora contributors all holding a
> specific trinket
> that could represent what the community stands for
> (perhaps something as
> simple as a Fedora logo) -- or with speech bubbles
> containing a single
> word that the contributor thinks encompasses the
> purpose/meaning/whatever of Fedora in their native language.
>
> Seeing how we're coming up upon a major NA FUDCon, with an
> EMEA FUDCon
> around the corner (... right?) should we make an attempt
> to start this
> concept back up again?
>
> It'd be nice to be able to sell a physical book and donate
> the proceeds
> to OLPC or something. (Not sure if this is even viable
> because of the
> high number of Fedora contributors[2].)
>
> The key things that need to be done to get this rolling
> again are
> 1) decide on a trinket (or something else to tie the whole
> production
> together, i.e., speech bubbles)
> 2) start taking photos at FUDConF11[3]
>
> Other brain dumps or thoughts to follow?
>
> </braindump>
>
> [1]:
> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-May/msg00315.html
> [2]: Not that I'm saying this isn't good!
> [3]: We can't limit this to attendees of FUDConF11, of course.
>
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