Meeting:Board meeting 2009-08-13

Roll Call

Present: Josh Boyer, John Poelstra, Paul Frields, Matt Domsch, Tom 'spot' Callaway, Dennis Gilmore, Christopher Aillon

Regrets: Dimitris Glezos, Bill Nottingham, Mike McGrath

Last meeting

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Board_meeting_2009-08-06

Russian Fedora Initiative

https://fedorahosted.org/board/ticket/11

• LAST STATUS:
  • Paul to first resolve questions with RH Legal about non-software goods licensing
• UPDATE:
  • Non-software goods license approved by Legal
  • Awaiting contact back from Alexey to create agreements; email on 2009-08-12

Thai community domain

https://fedorahosted.org/board/ticket/23

• STATUS:
  • Dimitris to ask Thai community rep to choose an option of the two possible
• UPDATE:
  • Request sent: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2009-August/msg00027.html
• Regardless of response, th.fc.o pointer is a good idea... ticket to FI

Spins and Download site redesign

https://fedorahosted.org/board/ticket/24

• STATUS:
  • Threads on FAB found here:
    • https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2009-July/msg00088.html
    • https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2009-August/msg00020.html
  • Mockups found here:
    • http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/temp/woot/
• UPDATE:
  • Wiki page created here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Website_redesign_2009
  • Have the requirements been developed successfully?
    • Target audiences proposed
    • Some comments on driving community participation, task oriented
    • Some requirements also found in Board notes here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Board_meeting_2009-07-30
  • Do mockups show progress toward the desired goal?
    • Board should provide feedback now to minimize drag
      • Descriptions about download methods (torrents, direct FTP/HTTP, metalinks) and provide all those methods somehow.
      • Sometimes too much information on a page?
      • The pages are trying to grow the total appeal of Fedora, with the goal of increasing contributor stickiness
      • possibility of packaged behaviors to affect spins
  • poelstra: thought: to more objectively review the mock-ups shouldn't we be able to take the "requirements" and compare them to the pages... almost in a checklist type way? I think the wiki page is a good way to sum up the requirements to aid in this

big improvements

1. logo and branding is very clear
2. much more simplified definition of what people can expect
3. clear call to action for download
4. makes a personal connection

<paul's pontification begins> ;-)

1. shows that Fedora is "fun" or "cool"
   • cool and fun can encourage more people to become involved
2. publicly proclaim what we do well

<paul's pontification ends>

Next Meeting

• PROPOSED: 2009-08-20 UTC 1600
  • caillon cannot make it