This page is based on the Marketing schedule template which should be copied over at every new release. This schedule depends on Fedora General release schedule. We are now in the Fedora 11 cycle.
General task list which are not related to a release cycle
A list of general tasks which are not particularly related to a Fedora release cycle can be found on Marketing tasks
6 weeks prior to Alpha - From 2008-11-25 to 2008-12-24
| Task Name |
Owner |
Priority |
Target Date |
Status/Notes
|
| Renew the news distribution network people list to always have motivated people |
Steven Moix |
1 |
2009-03-03 |
|
| Cleanup the wiki from the obsolete marketing cycles |
Steven Moix |
1 |
2009-02-28 |
|
| Cycle the wiki pages to the new release |
Steven Moix |
1 |
2009-02-28 |
|
Alpha Release - From 2008-12-24 to 2009-02-05
| Task Name |
Owner |
Priority |
Target Date |
Status/Notes
|
| Assign marketing people to Fedora features/developers for the rest of the cycle |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
| Assign marketing people to SIGs for the rest of the cycle |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
Feature Freeze - From 2009-02-05 to 2009-03-03
| Task Name |
Owner |
Priority |
Target Date |
Status/Notes
|
| Update the features page |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
| Update the talking points |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
Beta Release - From 2009-03-03 to 2009-03-24
| Task Name |
Owner |
Priority |
Target Date |
Status/Notes
|
| Developer interviews on the coming release? |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
| Brief FAMSCo on talking points and propagate link to Ambassadors |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
| Collect these stuff and forward it to fedora press - Henrik Heigl |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
| Update the press kits on the Fedora press material page |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
Preview Release - From 2009-03-24 to 2009-04-28
Artwork is generally done at this point.
| Task Name |
Owner |
Priority |
Target Date |
Status/Notes
|
| Update the screenshots page |
Steven Moix |
1 |
2009-03-24 |
|
| Update the Fedora tour page |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
Final Release - From 2009-04-28 to 2009-05-26
| Task Name |
Owner |
Priority |
Target Date |
Status/Notes
|
| Spam the world |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
| Monitor community news sites and provide corrections and additional information as needed |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
| Additional outreach to independent journos and podcasters |
John Doe |
1 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
|
| Update the Marketing statistics poster 4 weeks after the release |
Steven Moix |
1 |
2009-06-06 |
|
