[ubuntu-art] Art council/open team

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Sunday 12 April 2009 11:06:29 Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 19:48 -0700, Smartboy wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Cory K. <coryisatm at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > We are a listless bunch. Very little direction and nothing to hold us
> > > together. (sorry to be critical. I think we need more of it)
> > >
> > > I was rolling around the idea of an art council to set rules and
> > > guidelines. Define what we are and what we hope to achieve. A 4 member
> > > group or so.
> > >
> > > But besides that, what would it do?
> > >
> > > Hell, I even question if this "team" of ours should be open and is a
> > > moderated team of old-timers and knowledgeable folks something we
> > > should have? All very tricky. Should anyone be on the art team? Might
> > > hurt somebody's feelings but I often wonder "How are you and why is
> > > your opinion important?" Now this is not something I think of when
> > > someone takes the time to detail out *why* they have their opinion.
> > > It's the crazy 1-liners like "That's ugly." or "I don't like brown."
> > > So!? Ok. Bit of a rant that one. :P
> > >
> > > So who are we? What's our future?
> > >
> > > I'm just kinda throwing this out there. Maybe I'm nuts.
> > >
> > >
> > > -Cory K.
> > >
> > > --
> > > ubuntu-art mailing list
> > > ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
> >
> > Well, a page to define what we are not might be nice. IE, a page that
> > explains that we do not develop for the default Ubuntu artwork (that
> > is Canonical's art team's job), but for the community package.
> >
> >From https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork:
>
> == About the Artwork Team ==
> The goal of the "Artwork Team" is to produce artwork for the community
> side of Ubuntu.
>
> The Artwork Team aims to enrich Ubuntu by designing high quality,
> original and beautiful themes to be available in the repo as an
> *alternative* to the default look.
>
> > I think
> > that giving the impression that the 'team' (if you would call it that)
> > was open is actually in line with Ubuntu's philosophy, rather than it
> > giving the impression that you have to be some Picasso in order to
> > join the team. Yes, we do get the bad, but what is the good without
> > the bad?
>
> I think we could have avoided a lot of hot air if we had a single
> moderated or outright closed list from the start. Where people are only
> granted membership after showing that they know what they will talk
> about by submitting artwork that is deemed to be of reasonable quality.
> Judged by the current members.
>
> It would be great if we could have a way of helping people to improve
> their skills, even starting from an outright beginner level. Another
> kind of being open to everyone.

I think that having a seperate moderated list with a few selected community 
members who have proven their dedication by their helpful contributions and 
support over a longer time not only has the benefit of strengthening the 
community it also allows for a channel of discussion with the canonical design 
team. The infrastructure is available, perhaps it is time to look into having 
monthly meetings again to have a forum for voting for this stuff.

--
Ken

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