#fedora-meeting-1: Fedora Marketing Meeting

Meeting summary

1. Who's here, yo? (rbergeron, 20:00:04)
   
2. Welcome back (rbergeron, 20:02:53)
   1. I'm hoping we can all get back in the swing of things by getting back to having regular marketing meetings. (rbergeron, 20:03:33)
   
   
3. What the heck does marketing do? (rbergeron, 20:05:54)
   1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing (rbergeron, 20:06:21)
   2. The wiki page contains links to the things we work on, which I'll discuss shortly. (rbergeron, 20:07:19)
   3. http://rbergero.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-16/f-16-marketing-tasks.html (rbergeron, 20:09:50)
   4. Beyond schedule-related stuff like release announcements & etc., we also do other things. (rbergeron, 20:10:43)
   5. We also deal with Fedora's social media "stuff." (rbergeron, 20:10:55)
   6. We also do our best to track news items. (rbergeron, 20:11:50)
   7. We also work closely with other teams in Fedora. (rbergeron, 20:14:11)
   
   
4. Other teams we work closely with. (rbergeron, 20:14:22)
   1. Design team. (rbergeron, 20:14:39)
   2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Design (rbergeron, 20:14:43)
   3. Ambassadors team. (rbergeron, 20:15:35)
   4. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors (rbergeron, 20:15:41)
   5. Websites team. (rbergeron, 20:16:33)
   6. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Websites (rbergeron, 20:16:37)
   
   
5. How are we doing RIGHT NOW? (rbergeron, 20:19:19)
   1. We have the release announcement coming up soon. (rbergeron, 20:19:52)
   2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_announcement (rbergeron, 20:20:39)
   3. IDEA: have a marketing intro page with info, graphics, linking to the marketing wiki page. (rbergeron, 20:21:15)
   4. One Page Release Notes haven't been started. (rbergeron, 20:21:43)
   5. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F15_one_page_release_notes (rbergeron, 20:21:47)
   6. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_one_page_release_notes (rbergeron, 20:22:12)
   7. One Page Release Notes are usually formatted for printing / possibly handing out at booths, etc. (rbergeron, 20:22:56)
   8. http://jsmith.fedorapeople.org/Drafts/ (jsmith, 20:23:45)
   9. We also have a one-page press kit, that is given out to media folks at release time with a USB key. (rbergeron, 20:24:01)
   10. We haven't done any of the talking points for this release. (rbergeron, 20:24:53)
   11. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_16_talking_points (rbergeron, 20:24:56)
   12. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_talking_points (rbergeron, 20:25:01)
   
   
6. Anything sound interesting to anyone? (rbergeron, 20:27:24)
   1. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FeatureList (rbergeron, 20:33:11)
   2. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Foundations (rbergeron, 20:39:55)
   3. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F16_one_page_release_notes depends on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_16_talking_points (bckurera, 20:41:51)
   4. ACTION: bckurera to take the lead on the Talking Points (rbergeron, 20:44:31)
   5. ACTION: johnmark to pitch in with the Cloud bits on the talking points (rbergeron, 20:46:01)
   6. AGREED: Something like "We are please to announce the release of ... dedicated to the memory of Dennis Ritchie. <one more sentence> (rbergeron, 20:51:53)
   7. IDEA: "While few of us knew him personally, he had a tremendous impact on the work we do in Fedora." (rbergeron, 20:52:13)
   8. ACTION: rbergeron send out a mail to the mailing list about release announcement needs, as well as to the board saying "we acknowledge your request" (rbergeron, 20:53:35)
   
   
7. NEW IDEAS (rbergeron, 20:54:01)
   1. IDEA: Slide presentation covering F16 that is useful for ambassadors, people giving presentations. (rbergeron, 20:59:54)
   2. IDEA: Inspiring meetups to happen (rbergeron, 21:01:07)
   3. IDEA: Let's make sure we get feedback on whether or not slides were even used, if they were useful, etc. (rbergeron, 21:04:47)
   4. IDEA: We need more internal marketing in general - getting more participation in elections, getting more participation in projects in general. (rbergeron, 21:08:33)

Action items

1. bckurera to take the lead on the Talking Points
2. johnmark to pitch in with the Cloud bits on the talking points
3. rbergeron send out a mail to the mailing list about release announcement needs, as well as to the board saying "we acknowledge your request"

Action items, by person

1. bckurera
   1. bckurera to take the lead on the Talking Points
2. johnmark
   1. johnmark to pitch in with the Cloud bits on the talking points
3. rbergeron
   1. rbergeron send out a mail to the mailing list about release announcement needs, as well as to the board saying "we acknowledge your request"

People present (lines said)

1. rbergeron (232)
2. johnmark (50)
3. bckurera (39)
4. inode0 (23)
5. threethirty (23)
6. jsmith (17)
7. Sparks (10)
8. suehle (7)
9. zodbot (5)
10. ke4zvu3 (4)
11. rrix (3)
12. nirik (3)
13. vouzico (3)