Satoru Matsumoto wrote:

Well, Piotrek has sent the e-mail below directly to me as usual. ;-)

I think the message is addressed not only to me, but also to the list.

Piotrek Juzwiak wrote:

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Satoru Matsumoto wrote:

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So, I want offer my draft.

- Every year-end, we make a contest for the next year's openSUSE community catch-phrase.

- Phase 1: Subscription - first half of December

Community members can nominate their candidate for the next year's catch-phrase.

- Phase 2: Election - second half of December

Community members can vote for their most favorite catch-phrase from among candidates.

- Phase 3: Result presentation and award - End of the year

Election winner will be announced and the auther will be given an award.

- The yearly catch-phrase can be used by any community members for community activities, for example, posters, banners, T-shirts, stickers, etc.

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I propose to open a new thread with proposals for a catch-phrase. Then take out 10 best (some group should decide favourites) and then start a poll and encourage everyone to vote for the favourite catch-phrase.

Best Regards

Thank you for your comment, Piotrek.

Since it's very easy for everyone to participate the contest and there might be a lot of candidates, voting after the first qualifying round may be a good idea. But in that case, who should be the jury at the first qualifying round ? Board ? Or should we organize the jury for that ?

Best,

I propose to make You the main Judge (you have two points for every vote :) ) and the rest is made of the weekly news team :) That should be bloody fair i think :) This time i sent message to proper address:) I'm sorry Satoru, i forget sometimes myself to reply not only to You but to the opensuse-marketing team. I'll be good from now on. Best Regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org

Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:

On 02/02/2009 10:55 PM, Satoru Matsumoto wrote:

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We have a very good motto "Have a lot of fun !" for the project& community and of course I like it very much. However, I came up with an idea: "Why don't we have another*yearly* slogan or catch-phrase for openSUSE community ?"

One of the things we've had historically is a "theme" for each release.

What we've been talking about with this release is a "theme" around collaboration, so perhaps the "slogan" should fit with that?

Instead of yearly, "for each release" may be alternative. But what's in my mind now is that process of deciding "theme" or "slogan" should be as open as possible so that any member[1] who would like to participate can participate. [1] Not only *registered* "Members" http://en.opensuse.org/Members but also "person, who think (s)he is a member, want to be a member, ask if (s)he is a member" as described in http://en.opensuse.org/Community IMHO, the most important thing is that *everyone* has right and chance to make openSUSE better if they wish and contribute, and letting members know about that continuously is one of our - I mean, marketing team's - tasks. That's why I made this proposal. Best, -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/ Satoru Matsumoto - openSUSE Member - Japan _/_/ _/_/ Marketing & Weekly News Team _/_/ _/_/ mail: helios_reds@gmx.net / irc: HeliosReds _/_/ _/_/ http://blog.geeko.jp/author/heliosreds _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:

On 02/03/2009 08:35 PM, Satoru Matsumoto wrote:

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Instead of yearly, "for each release" may be alternative. But what's in my mind now is that process of deciding "theme" or "slogan" should be as open as possible so that any member[1] who would like to participate can participate.

No argument. However, this might be something to announce / work on right after we finally get the roadmap in place for 11.2?

Best,

Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager http://zonker.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org

Hi all, I think deciding on weather doing a yearly or "for each release" slogan depends on how the roadmap's goals and features are set. At this time I tend to believe the "for each release" option is a better alternative. But also a slogan for the "whole release" (the series as one, for example 11, 11.1, 11.2= "11") would be good if it fits. Best regards -- Ricardo Varas Santana http://ricardovs.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org