Making contribution to the Fedora project less abstract

David Nalley david at gnsa.us
Tue Jan 13 22:32:21 UTC 2009


On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Magnus Glantz <mg at hacka.net> wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I have an idea and some thoughts about getting more contributors into
> the Fedora project (sub-projects and SIGs).
>
> I have 5 years experience working in a larger (30,000 employees) Telco
> company trying to get a lot of those people involved in Open Source.
> What I've learned is the following:
>
> Most people..
> 1) ..does not know what Open Source is or/and..
> 2) ..have a wrong idea of what Open Source is or/and..
> 3) ..is afraid of Open Source.
>
> So I was thinking, what can convince most people like this, that joining
> up and contributing to Fedora is a good idea?
>
> First off.
> Joining an Open Source project is something pretty abstract, if you
> don't know much or anything at all about what Open Source or an Open
> Source project is.
>
> So, I thought you bright guys and girls at Marketing could think
> something up :-)
>
> My initial thought was to somehow give people an easy-to-take-in insight
> into the Fedora Project - making it possible for people to understand
> how to contribute.
>
> For example:
> * Feature some fun key and non-key people - What they do, the story how
> they became a contributor.
> * Fun and inspiring pictures from conferances and etc.
>
> Making contribution to the Fedora project less abstract. Showing people
> who is behind the logo.. and what it could be to be a part of the Fedora
> project.
>
> This may be information that is easy to access from fedoraproject.org
> main page and information that ambassadors may distribute or refer to.
>
>
> -
> Best regards,
> Magnus 'magnusg' Glantz
> E-mail: mg -at- hacka -dot- net
> GPG Key: 0DB53317
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Magnusg
>

You mean like the picture book?
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Fedora_Picture_Book




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