DISCUSSION about the Magazine

Tue Oct 5 15:20:47 UTC 2010

OK, can we now go to Round 2;
Can we BrainStorm more specific, like:

1. Gifts: Types, Quantities, given to whom.

2. Interviewee: Please choose electe for One OR Two of the following Candidates:
    A. Seif Lotfy             (Mark)
    B. Daniel Holbach    (Mark)
    C. Martin Pitt           (Mark)
    D. David Planela      (Mark)
NOTE: How to elect? Remove the word "Mark" from above and add "+1" OR
"-1" OR "0".

3. The Mag's Name:
   Please, Suggest, Localize or give examples for the Mag's name till
we collect enough opinions.

Regards,

On 05/10/2010, Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for my late reply. You'll fiind my replies inline in red.
>
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Ahmed Khattab Shams <
> ahmedkhattabshams at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 02/10/2010, Islam Wazery <al.wazery at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Ubuntunero's
>> >
>> > I have some ideas about the magazine and i want to discuss them here
>> > with
>> > all of you, please first take a look at the Idea
>> > Pool<
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EgyptTeam/IdeaPool/Ubuntu%20Egypt%20Magazine>
>> > .
>> >
>> > 1- What is your suggestions about the following UNAPPROVED ideas and
>> > what
>> do
>> > you think we can approve for now.
>> >
>> >    - Give free Apparels or CD's as a Monthly Contest Gifts. (i think we
>> can
>> >    do that at a Small-scale)
>> I agree at a small-scale, in fact we have no power to make it
>> available for more then the small-scale.
>>
>
> I think if we are going to give gifts it should be  something that we don't
> usually give away for free. T-Shirts and mugs are good for these kinds of
> gifts...
> And yes it should start in a small scale
>
>>
>> >    - Interview articles with developers in Ubuntu. (is there any one can
>> >    handle this if it is useful)
>> I Agree, and I can Handle this one but this needs some negotiation
>> with the rest of the team members to Agree upon:
>> 1. The Interviewee:
>>  I suppose one of those; Daniel Holbach(packager), Martin Pitt(Global
>> Programmer), David Planela(the most famous Translator)>for more inf
>> about them you can use the:
>> Search.ubuntuwire.com
>> Search engine.
>>
> We can also add Seif Lotfy <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeifLotfy> to that list,
> he is Egyptian.
>
>
>> 2.The Questions and idea that would be presented to the Interviewee, for
>> now:
>> Type of Interview, Vocal or Textual; and I prefer the textual.
>> If textual; How Long (# of lines)?, estimate the average number of
>> Questions?(how many Qs about him, how many about his job, how many
>> opinion Qs, etc...).
>> /I prefer Daniel Holbach, he's an Canonical-Employee, sweet guy, will
>> known, and a professional packager, you can see him here:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyEl3w7SFK4
>> and with a good pic for him like the following one, it would be nice:
>>
>> http://www.linux-community.de/var/ezwebin_site/storage/images/internal/artikel/online-artikel/ubuntu-user/2010/03/von-bug-days-und-hug-days/img_2034/1021704-1-ger-DE/IMG_2034_medium.jpg
>>
>
> Personally I prefer textual because it will be much easier for us and the
> interviewee.
> We can search online for these types of interviews, I think we will find a
> lot, then we can build upon it from there.
>
>
>>
>> >    - Interactive Contents like videos (because it will be an
>> > e-magazine).
>> >    Note: this won't affect it's size because any content will be placed
>> as a
>> >    reference.
>>
>> Referring with a link can be done with one condition, if listed for
>> copyrighting or extended Giant source like an encyclopedia of the
>> subject or some.
>
> Are we talking about citation here?
>
> But for videos, my personal opinion, It'll be such a
>> poor filling, because I'd have no patience to read an e-mag and
>> whenever I meet a link, I click, watch, then get back to the e-mag
>> content(Again, a personal opinion).
>>
>  I think we can handle this on case by case basis.
>
>
>>
>> >    - Write (some of) it in Egyptian Slang.(i think it isn't a good idea
>> :D)
>> NO WAY :-|, please keep in mind that this e-mag is going to be read by
>> many people, and to use the STANDARD Language is all ways preferred
>> and all ways Acceptable(Believe me, it's my job I'm somehow a
>> linguist).
>>
> Lets go with standard Arabic.
>
>
>>
>> >    - Translate articles from English magazines.
>> Pick some Important& Special News and Headlines is very good, but a
>> translation process of some content will result in a content that
>> misses the "Glitter" of Our LoCo's flavor, and I'm afraid that it's
>> expatriation can be easily noticed.
>>
> The e-mag won't be about the LoCo it will be for the Egyptian and hopefully
> the Arab community too. We should expect them to want to know about what's
> going on in the Ubuntu community in general too. So translation, if done the
> right way, will be a bonus.
>
>
>> >
>> >
>> > 2- What about making this magazine a general open source related
>> magazine,
>> > with the name of Ubuntu which isn't a problem and addressed to Arabs in
>> > general.
>> NICE Idea :), but still we are only an Ubuntu LoCo, not open source
>> Activists on wide, we can deal with that some how but this needs a
>> very long negotiation process to collect all ideas, as this is a very
>> big step and even will be historical to this e-mag.
>>
> Anything open source that can run under Ubuntu can be considered Ubuntu
> related stuff, and I think we have different skills in our community.
>
>
>>
>> > 3- What are your suggestions about the name is Ubuntu alone enough, as
>> you
>> > know, there were Ubuntu plus magazine and i heard about it's successor
>> > Ubuntu Arabic but i am not sure with it.
>> I, myself, love the 'Ubuntu Plus' because the word "Plus" gives some
>> "Excitement" to the mag, which works side-by-side with new logos and
>> graphics on the Front Page, more then the row"Ubuntu" Name.
>>
> We can't use already used names even if the project is discontinued, I
> guess...
> We need to brain storm for the name.
>
>
>>
>> > 4- Please if you are interested in writing in the magazine send me a
>> reply
>> > about what you will going to write. But first tell me what kind of
>> articles
>> > you will write (see the contents bellow).
>>
>>  - Interviews ____If we negotiate the ideas as required above I think
>> I can do it (God Willing).
>
> Cool :D
>
> Best regards,
> Ahmed Toulan.
>

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Regards,
Ahmed Shams
https://launchpad.net/~ashams