[ubuntu-art] Artwork vote results

[Michiel Sikma]

Op 24-mei-2006, om 10:44 heeft Mark Shuttleworth het volgende  
geschreven:

> I would like to propose that we START the edgy cycle with two things:
>
>  (1) A core of Art Team Leaders. Thing of it as an Art Council.  
> It's too big a job for one volunteer. We need a small group (3-ish)  
> of well trusted people who know how to package, know how to use  
> revision control, know about icon formats and can talk to the  
> people behind the technology (Scott et al) to resolve any technical  
> issues. Because the art has to *function* too.
>
>  (2) One of those folks as Edgy Artist-in-Chief. In other words,  
> one of them as the final arbiter of the style and look of the  
> community-contributed theme(s) in Edgy. *Perhaps* even of the  
> default theme in Edgy. This position of Artist-in-Chief would be  
> for a single release, going to someone else for hte subsequent  
> release. And the next time we do a Dapper-style long-term-support  
> release we should have a big pool of leadership talent to choose from.
>
> Mark

I like the sound of that. We definitely need to discuss this during a  
meeting. What I also think, however, is that we should probably first  
work on setting a sort of course for Edgy artwork, by first  
discussing what we feel should improve for Edgy and how exactly we're  
going to do it (and if we can even bring forth the changes we want  
to) before appointing such a staff. I do believe that it would  
benefit the art team as a whole (especially a chief artist).

Maybe we should just brainstorm about what to discuss on the next  
meeting. Personally, I'm thinking about these things:
  * Dapper is released. How do we feel about its art?
  * What will be our aim and course for Edgy?
  * What are the art team's current shortcomings, people-wise and  
influence-wise?
  * How are we going to maneuver Ubuntu's art for Edgy to suit what  
we feel is best?
  * When are we going to vote for any kind of leadership, and what  
are its prerequisites?

Of course, we probably have an agenda for this somewhere, but... where?

Michiel