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This page is based on the Marketing schedule template which should be copied over at every new release. We are now in the Fedora 11 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 MM-DD-YYYY to MM-DD-YYY
Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
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Renew the news distribution network people list to always have motivated people | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Cleanup the wiki from the obsolete marketing cycles | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Cycle the wiki pages to the new release | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY |
Alpha Release - From MM-DD-YYYY to MM-DD-YYY
Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
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Assign marketing people to Fedora features/developers for the rest of the cycle | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Assign marketing people to SIGs for the rest of the cycle | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY |
Feature Freeze - From MM-DD-YYYY to MM-DD-YYY
Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
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Update the features page | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Update the talking points | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY |
Beta Release - From MM-DD-YYYY to MM-DD-YYY
Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
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Developer interviews on the coming release? | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Brief FAMSCo on talking points and propagate link to Ambassadors | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Collect these stuff and forward it to fedora press - Henrik Heigl | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Update the press kits on the Fedora press material page | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY |
Preview Release - From MM-DD-YYYY to MM-DD-YYY
Artwork is generally done at this point.
Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
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Update the screenshots page | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Update the Fedora tour page | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY |
Final Release - From MM-DD-YYYY to MM-DD-YYY
Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
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Spam the world | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Monitor community news sites and provide corrections and additional information as needed | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Additional outreach to independent journos and podcasters | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Have a beer | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY | |
Update the Marketing statistics poster 4 weeks after the release | John Doe | 1 | MM-DD-YYYY |