<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:48 PM, John Poelstra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:poelstra@redhat.com">poelstra@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Gregory Zysk said the following on 10/12/2009 06:55 AM Pacific Time:<div class="im"><br> > Dear F-a-b,<br> ><br> > Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Gregory Zysk and I am a new<br> > member to the Fedora community who is interested in the strategic<br> > management/leadership of Fedora. Please take the time to view my wiki here:<br> ><br> > <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gmzysk" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gmzysk</a><br> <br></div> Welcome to Fedora!</blockquote><div><br>>> Thanks John :) <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im"><br> <br> > As I am quite new, I am not sure about the prior work that has been done<br> > to define the question of "What is the Fedora Project?" but from my<br> > personal experiences so far every user and contributor view this<br> > question in their own way (i.e People person vs. packager/developer, etc)<br> ><br> > I believe in order to truly form a strategy for growth and target a<br> > specific user segment, we need apply some research internally and<br> > externally. If not applied already, as a form of Organizational<br> > Development, one can start with measuring the needs and values of a<br> > contributor through sampling. We can reciprocate this process for all<br> > positions within Fedora and then move to the outside of the organization<br> > to sample a group of "external" users. For instance, those who use other<br> > open source distros, proprietary OS's and the like (This can be<br> > accomplished through surveys or focus groups on-line or off-line at for<br> > example Fedora events). Once we gain this data, we can begin to measure<br> > these needs and values to that of Fedora's needs and values (at a<br> > management/leadership level) to see if they are in alignment. One can<br> > also view this as aligned resources for strategic fit.<br> <br></div> Long term I think these could be useful things to do, many of which could be done in parallel with our ongoing releases. Short term we find ourselves a month away from releasing the 12th release of Fedora with work on the 13th release already starting. There isn't really time to freeze everything to research these things nor a lot of people with background or experience doing what you have suggested. Some work has been done by the marketing team so that could be a good place to work on these things.<div class="im"> <br></div></blockquote><div>>>> Agreed. It would definitely be a long term process. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im"> <br> > I believe once we get some solid data, then we can start to forecast and<br> > plan for strategic development which in turn can be used to steer the<br> > marketing team and the ambassadors in the way we would like to position<br> > ourselves at events, as well as the open source market.<br> ><br> > Once again, since I am new, I am not sure if this has been brought up<br> > before, but nonetheless, I believe I can help a great deal in regards to<br> > this topic and overall organizational management, development and<br> > planning. I look forward to hearing your comments and suggestions.<br> ><br> <br></div> You might want to subscribe to "logistics"[1] list and watch the "F12 Beta Release Readiness" meeting tomorrow at 19:00 UTC in #fedora-meeting. The overall organizational management and planning is fairly informal and works better than most people think at first glance :)<br> </blockquote><div><br>>>> I have subscribed to this group and will try to be present at the meeting this evening.<br><br>>>> Thanks again for your help and suggestions!!! :) <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> John<br> <br> [1] <a href="https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/logistics" target="_blank">https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/logistics</a><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> fedora-advisory-board mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:fedora-advisory-board@redhat.com" target="_blank">fedora-advisory-board@redhat.com</a><br> <a href="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board" target="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Gregory Zysk<br><br><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gmzysk">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gmzysk</a><br><br>Fingerprint: 4643 E1AE 1AAD 85D4 6276 <br> 7C42 3591 A189 B8BF 04D6<br>