May 2009 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] Extended Deadline: openSUSE Conference 2009 Call for Papers
by Jan Blunck 25 May '09

25 May '09

This is to inform you that the deadline for participation in the openSUSE Conference 2009 has been extended until the June 5, 2009. Please find the updated Call for Papers attached or online at http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Conf_2009/Call_for_Papers. Regards, Jan (on behalf of the Programm Committee) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] [OWN] On the use of Tinyurl in Weekly News
by Satoru Matsumoto 22 May '09

22 May '09

Hi OWN Team - and also Marketing Team - guys, I've had something on my mind lately. I'm wondering if I should consult with Jan-Simon and Sascha directly, and -marketing list is the right place to post this topic or not, but I considered we have to share this topic. As you can see, 2 shortened URLs are used in Weekly News ATM. - Statistics - Bugzilla - "Detailed Bugzilla Report" -> http://tinyurl.com/392jnb - Feedback / Communicate / Get Involved - "RSS feed" -> http://tinyurl.com/7o9x6q Tinyurls are useful if the length of the article is limited. But, this is not the case. You know, Wiki pages are easily edited by everyone. If a malicious person replace the URLs with another 'malicious' URLs, how can we find that ? Of cource we can check the histry of the page and confirm who has edited the page, but I think most people don't care about it. [*1] IMHO, we shouldn't use tinyurl in Wiki pages. I know it's impossible to restrict use of tinyurl community-wide, but, at least, we shouldn't use them in Weekly News - or I'd rather say, in 'official' pages if they can be easily edited by everyone. [*1] I'd like to recommend you to install 'bit.ly Preview' add-on, if you use Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10297 Best, -- _/_/ Satoru Matsumoto - openSUSE Member - Japan _/_/ _/_/ Marketing/Weekly News/openFATE Screening Team _/_/ _/_/ mail: helios_reds_at_gmx.net / irc: HeliosReds _/_/ _/_/ http://blog.geeko.jp/author/heliosreds _/_/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] [Weekly News] Issue #72 is ready for translation
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 19 May '09

19 May '09

Hi @all! Issue #72 of the openSUSE Weekly News is ready for translation [0]. You can see/update the status of your language at the "whats ready page" [1]. We collected some FAQ here [2]. After translating, please move your Language in [3] up. [0]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/72 [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Translations/Ready [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/FAQ [3] http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/72/Translations Have Phun! -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service openSUSE Features Screening Team Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Project-Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill Private-Blog: http://saschasbacktrace.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] SocNet Discussion during Community Week
by Bryen 19 May '09

19 May '09

Today, we had a very lively discussion about the use of Social Networking in promoting openSUSE. We came to several conclusions as well as identifying some areas we'd like to explore in more depth. We also agreed that we would like to continue the discussion this Friday in a second Community Week session and ensure it is at a time that is accessible for the EMEA and APAC regions. In fact, we most definitely would like to ensure APAC representation at this session. We're in agreement that folks like Sartoru and Vavai would be great for offering insight into the APAC regions. So, we're putting the question to you all... What time would be most effective for everyone to join in a discussion in #opensuse-marketing? I'm willing to get up earlier in my daytime to make sure this happens for you all. Would 10:00 UTC be good for you all? Or earlier? Please let us know ASAP so we can announce a time. So, what did we talk about? 1) Facebook It is clear that we need to address the growing presence of openSUSE supporters on Facebook. There are approximately 4,500 supporters spread out across two groups. And in our opinion, they're neglected and a valuable pool of supporters that we need to bridge. What's also interesting about the Facebook group members is that there seems to be a strong presence of U.S. people. Something we lack presence in most other areas of openSUSE Community. 2) Digg We would like to set up a monthly Digg party where we gather up good and useful articles and everyone diggs those articles. If we can find a method to spread the word to digg a list of articles (not just any openSUSE articles, but good and relevant ones) then we can boost our presence on the web and in google searches. 3) Wiki I will be creating a wiki page that will gather all this information in the next day before our next meeting. 4) Blogging tips We will create a new page that provides advice to our community for how to increase traffic to their sites. Effective plugins that help, tips and tricks, information about SEO, etc. This one could be a bit of a challenge and anyone who has ideas about SEO, please step up and offer your advice. 5) Other areas to look into: Twitter, Laconica/identi.ca, dzone.com, LinkedIn. Any others to suggest? What about social networking services in non-English speaking regions? What can we tap into there? And should we appoint a "guru" for each of the different services? Someone who can study and understand and provide guidance to the rest of the marketing team about a particular service? It is very difficult for any one of us to become experts on all services, but if we divide and conquer :-), we could cover a lot more ground. Looking forward to hearing back from you all and getting to a meeting on Friday! -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member openSUSE-GNOME Team Member GNOME-A11y Team Member www.bryen.com (Personal Blog) www.planet-a11y.net (Feed aggregator of the Accessibility Community) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] LinuxTag Booth Posters
by Henne Vogelsang 19 May '09

19 May '09

Hey peepz, for the upcomming linuxtag we need a couple of booth posters to show people whats up on the counters and stuff like that. We need din A3 posters that explain that on this counter you can see this topic. Topics would be susestudio buildservice opensuse 11.1 And some A5 ones that describe the content of the promo dvd and that you can take it away for free. I would love some retro typographic ones [1] for the counters and some simple ones for the promo dvd's. Anyone willing to design them? Be creative :) Henne [1] Something like... http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs18/i/2007/216/3/1/Retro_Artist_Poster_by_mrgra… http://media2.smashingmagazine.com/images/typo-posters/swed.jpg http://www.letman.com/project_items/letman_2_342_pingpongbeeld.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizo/1052243642/in/pool-63692150@N00 -- Henne Vogelsang, openSUSE. Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Self Introduction
by André Mezzari 19 May '09

19 May '09

Hey Guys! I'm from Brazil, and i just finished my application to become a opensuse ambassador. Hope to be helpful, spread and suport opensuse. Sucess! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Self Presentation
by Ulissis Gomes Corrêa 18 May '09

18 May '09

Hello everyone, I'm from Brazil and I just do my application to join the Marketing of the openSUSE project, hope to be useful in helping to spread and support the distribution in my region. Hugs! -- Ulissis Gomes Correa Support Analist -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Community Week Summary
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 16 May '09

16 May '09

Hello Mates, now the Community Week goes to its end. I would like to remind, that it would be great, if every team gives an Summary from the whole Week: * Bug Days (How many Bugs was fixed), * Packaging Day (How many interests), * Marketing (what different Topics was, SocNet,...) * Weekly News (How many contributors, what is reached), * Features Team (how many interests,...) * Translation (how many contributors, what is reached) * Wiki -Team (What is reached) * Board (how many interests,. what was discussed) That would be great, if we can an big Summary. This are related for the Press, and i would like to make an Podcasts with the Summary. Have a nice weekend.... -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service openSUSE Features Screening Team Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Project-Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill Private-Blog: http://saschasbacktrace.blogspot.com

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[opensuse-marketing] [Weekly News] Reminder: Team Meeting (TODAY)
by Sascha 'saigkill' Manns 16 May '09

16 May '09

Hello, we are pleased to invite you (Editors/Translators) to the Weekly-News Team Meeting. The Topics from our Meeting are placed in: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_Weekly_News/Meetings/Topics_current New Topics can included until Sat, 10h UTC ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Today {16.05.09} Time: 14:30h UTC Channel: #opensuse-newsletter @ irc.freenode.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- Sincereley yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://lizards.opensuse.org/author/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] [OWN] Todays meeting
by Jan-Simon Möller 16 May '09

16 May '09

Hi mates ! Unfortunately I won't be able to join todays meeting and am a bit in a hurry. From my side: * Kudos to saigkill, heliosreds, buschmann23 for doing the community week sessions ! * No new infos from me atm. * Feel free to discuss and bring up new ideas. Will comment on the minutes/log. Have a nice weekend! Best, jan-simon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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