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 20:26:35 UTC 2008
Awesome great, we will work from there. It's gonna be a fun project for
us...
Jack
Lisa Brewster wrote:
> Man, now I wish I could go to FUDCon!! There's a slight chance I'll
> be able to get work to send me, but the economy's got budgets really
> tight. And I've got a meeting on Thursday that will take up half the
> day, so I won't be able to make it to the marketing meeting.
>
> Added original proposal text to the wiki page.
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Jack Aboutboul <jaa at redhat.com
> <mailto:jaa at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
> 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>
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto: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>
> <mailto: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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> <mailto:ianweller at gmail.com>
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