[ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

[Kyle Family]

I am totally enthusiastic about a plan like this, if this is what it  
takes to get Ubuntu looking more "sophisticated." Because in my  
personal opinion, there are some very "amateur" things about Ubuntu  
(although I love the distro) mainly that being the graphical end. What  
I would love to see is a lot higher standard on the "overall look,"  
and "feel."

Just my 2 cents...

Jent Kyle
--
Freelancer Graphic Artist


On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Cory K. wrote:

> Apart from the title this email aims to take a no-holds-barred look at
> who we are and how we are put together.
>
> I have been looking at ways to give this team more structure and  
> noticed
> something we lack in concrete leadership or anyone with any  
> authority to
> enact change. Nobody with definitive word. We generally throw around
> loose ideas, someone edits the wiki and it looks official. 'Till, the
> next guy comes along. God. The wiki must have gon through some major
> shuffle every release.
>
> So I propose:
>
> 1. Clearing out the current LP art team and starting from zero.  
> Closing
> it and making it a moderated team.
>
>    The Launchpad team means and does nothing. I really don't see the
>    need for a open team. Karma? No. I want to give it meaning. Being  
> on
>    this team will mean your a trusted member and you have demonstrated
>    some ability/aptitude worthy of meaningful contribution to the  
> team.
>    Which is how a good many of the Ubuntu teams work. Weather it be
>    actual art, packaging, documentation or credited art/design
>    knowledge (you know what you're talking about basically).  
> Acceptance
>    on to the team will be voted upon by the Art council.
>
>    This would also be the bug contact for any packaged efforts in the
>    repos.
>
> 2. The current mailing list will be a discussion list and the new list
> (already waiting in the wings) be for LP team members only.
>
>    This would mostly be a name change. Everyone on the "ubuntu-art"
>    list would stay as-is the list would just rename to
>    "ubuntu-art-discuss". The new list would be "ubuntu-art-devel".
>    /Maybe/ the need to have "community" put in there somewhere. Up for
>    debate. And the latter list like I said would be for approved
>    members of the LP team.
>
> 3. Formation of a 5-person (or so) art council to be made up of
> currently trusted members.
>
>    Pretty much self-explanatory. I would propose: (and this is just  
> off
>    the top of my head. don't feel slighted if I don't list you)
>
>        * Kenneth Wimer - Our Canonical contact and generally smart  
> dude.
>        * Thorsten Wilms - Great command of design theory and good
>          documentation skills.
>        * Jonathan Austin - Great artist. (if he's up to it)
>
>        (just a quick list. I'm sure there's more)
>
>
> So this is what I feel is needed for us to really take control of the
> team and give it focus. Right now, we're just too loose a bunch to
> really be effective.
>
> Discuss.
>
>
> -Cory K.
>
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