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Active (Assigned) Tasks
Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
Four Foundations Music Video | GregDeKoenigsberg | 1 | update on 7/24 | Talk to RH creative about a music video starring Fedora's Four Foundations. |
Blog about Four Foundations | DavidNalley | 1 | first due by 7/24 | Blog post per-week til each of the Four Foundations are covered. |
Poster revisions revolving around Four Foundations | PaulFrields | 1 | update on 7/24 | Discuss revising posters with MairinDuffy |
Work out a reusability plan between the overview and the release summary | JonathanRoberts | 1 | update on 7/24 | Discuss with RahulSundaram how to reuse Overview section of Release Notes for inclusion in the Release Summary |
Talk bubble stickers | MairinDuffy | 1 | update on 7/3 | New easier artwork for easier diecutting is done here, and Mo has received one set of quotes. More are on the way. |
Workflow for getting video into FedoraTV | JonathanRoberts | 1 | update on 7/24 | We need a simple tool that allows users to upload video info for the Miro channel. JonRob will work on building out this flow; contributors will be encouraged to use blip.tv for hosting, and we will work to improve the submission process, which is currently trac-based. |
Simple istanbul videos for F9 features | MichaelBeckwith | 2 | ongoing | We now have many ideas at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/ScreencastIdeas. Now we need to continue to drive people to create them, which will be an ongoing process. |
Collateral library on wiki | MairinDuffy | 2 | update as needed | Great start; see Artwork/MarketingCollateral for latest. |
MarketingPlan : 1.1.3 -- Key Marketing Messages | MaxSpevack | 2 | update as needed | Max will update the plan document, mostly settled down for F9 |
MarketingPlan : 1.1.4 -- Strategies and Tactics | JonathanRoberts and JeroenVanMeeuwen | 2 | update as needed | Mostly settled down for F9 timeframe |
MarketingPlan : 1.1.1.2 -- Target Audience | RahulSundaram | 2 | update as needed | Settled for F9 |
MarketingPlan : 1.1.2 -- Brand Positioning | GregDeKoenigsberg | 2 | update as needed | Settled for F9 |
Completed Tasks
Task Name | Mentor | Priority | Date Completed | Details |
Event box | JeffreyTadlock | 1 | 5/22 | Good ideas here, but this is now in the province of the ambassador groups to make it happen. |
Local Release Announcements | KarstenWade | 1 | 13 May | KarstenWade got some info out, but maybe not in time -- unclear how much success we've had here, and no good way to follow up. |
F9 Ambassador Word of Mouth campaign / release parties! | FrancescoUgolini | 1 | 15 May | Lots of great events all over the world. Yaaay ambassadors! |
Press release ( SSS ) | PaulFrields, KaraSchiltz | 1 | 13 May | All done! |
Gathering as many Fedora Stories as possible | GregDeKoenigsberg | 1 | 5/1 | We have all the stories we're going to have for F9. |
F9 talking points ( SSS ) | PaulFrields | 1 | 22 April | Refer to the previous process as well as the instructions on the source page . |
Press kit ( SSS ) | PaulFrields, MaxSpevack, KaraSchiltz | 1 | 22 April | DONE -- Live USB press kit and Fedora 9 one-sheet is going out to all media who will be interviewing PaulFrields |
Compiling a list of Linux publications | RussellHarrison | 1 | 4/24 | We now have a great list of press contacts here . |
Examples of success of "4 Fs" in F9 | PaulFrields | 1 | 4/3 | All done. |
Wiki Tutorial for Raleigh folks | MaxSpevack | 2 | 3/27/2008 | Good for now |
Gathering metrics for mktg purposes | MaxSpevack | 1 | 4/3 | The Statistics page will be updated with all of the most interesting numbers we have, and will be linked from the SingleSourceSummary . |
Beta Release Overview | KarstenWade | 2 | ongoing check-in |