Marketing Team/Events/FUDCon Brno 2008/Notes

Comments
Hope to post readable notes from our discussions at FUDCon here by the evening of Sept. 10. Please poke me if I dont!

ChristophD 19:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

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ChristophD 00:27, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Telling stories
telling awesome stories to demonstrate the possibilities enabled by Sugar


 * Pentagram's help in designing the interface
 * feedback process (once it's actually done)
 * Sugar as a playground for innovation and experimentation (an inspiring comment Tomeu made during Q&A)
 * two committees we should consider adding:
 * propaganda (ChristophD has been suggested for that role)
 * outreach
 * university/students liason
 * educators

TO-DOs

 * find logo
 * finding out who owns the rights to "Sugar" and "Sugar Labs" => we have to own the Sugar Labs brand and related entities
 * have an organizational roadmap, not just a software roadmap
 * set up feedback process
 * make sure to follow-up on projects
 * clean up wiki
 * next release in 6-months should have the biggest holes fixed
 * get an extra or two developers working on Sugar for 4 to 6 months
 * testing: outsource it to organizations (ChristophD will talk to people at universities in Graz, Austria on September 21/22 so let's see what happens); requires strong leadership (!); Gnome bug-days as an example; push for automated testing
 * emphasis on the importance of responding to bug-reports, even though we don't necessarily have to fix them
 * understanding how community works -> make it better at Sugar Labs (find quick wins, proof-points)
 * GdK: "simplify and amplify"
 * responsibilities
 * Sugar Labs Ambassadors (?)
 * weekly updates to walter, but also try to spread to more publications (e.g. Sugar ported to Beagle board @ linuxdevices.com)
 * focus on work planned for next week
 * @IAEP: media liason to spread the story
 * engage community via IAEP and Sugar to harness people
 * IRC: weekly Sugar Labs meeting, infrequent Board meetings for high-level and sensitive issues such as business, hiring, etc., board meetings open to everyone - patches welcome, candidates have to keep motivated; not only board members can run committees but board holds people accountable
 * set up Ministry of Propaganda / Outreach / Truth
 * IRL meetings: e.g. FUDCon Boston