[Proposal] Weekly Report

[Jean-Marc Gailis]

+1
At this time, there isn't any work done in my team, and I'm currently
planning to do everything during my holydays that start the 15th.


Jean-Marc Gailis
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2014-02-09 17:00 GMT+01:00 Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad at gnome.org>:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> First of all, I know I've been away from real action lately due to some
> problems I'm having. Some of these that I can share with you here is my
> inbox is receiving more than 100 emails daily and I'm totally lost.
> However, that should be fixed now. I have created new email for everything
> that is not Ubuntu GNOME related and updated all my subscriptions. It is
> really hard to handle many projects at the very same time :)
>
> Second of all, I've been thinking a lot of how to get the best of the
> Sub-Teams, how to improve the internal communications, how to overcome the
> endless issue of having a monthly meeting and above all, how to let our
> users and even the members of this community to stay 'up-to-date' with each
> and everything that is going on.
>
> If truth to be told, the idea that I am going to propose has come as a
> hint from a friend who has nothing to do with Ubuntu GNOME but we were
> chatting the other day and he told me this:
>
> *"In Germany the people prefer official flavors like Lubuntu. The only
> unofficial flavor of Ubuntu that is "popular" is Bodhi Linux, I think
> mainly because Jeff Hoogland is communicative and tells the world what's
> going on. He has a blog, where he shares his experiences with Bodhi Linux
> development."*
>
> The above statement/paragraph made me think a lot.
> I was about to propose that our development team starts to share some news
> about what exactly they're doing. Not everyone has a technical background
> and most if not all the whole world would like to know what is going on
> with Ubuntu GNOME.
>
> I think this is a *key success *not just to improve the internal
> communications between team members and/or improve things but to *gain
> more and more popularity*. When you tell people about what we do, that is
> an easy way to attract people to join. If other developers will understand
> what exactly is happening, they might join. Other Non-Technical people
> might also be interested to join. IMHO, this is MUCH BETTER than keep
> nagging on our Social Media Channels and beg for more help. Tell you the
> truth, it just not working anymore. I am not interested to post any call of
> help because simply people don't like that anymore. I can tell that because
> only very few who click "Like" or "+1" and this will do the opposite -
> losing interested people. That is *NOT* what we need.
>
> That said, my final proposal is:
>
> Each Leader/Driver of each Sub-Team of Ubuntu GNOME needs to provide a
> Weekly Report of what is going on with his/her team.
>
> Yes, that is indeed what the Blueprints are for but NOT everyone is
> familiar with that. Above all and this is what I personally care for, the
> users can't really understand anything from a blueprint.
>
> These Weekly Reports should be in form of 'Email' not a Wiki Page, not a
> blueprint, nothing complicated. Just a simple and plain email.
>
> These Weekly Reports will be posted on our website and social media
> channels every week.
>
> Each Monday (for example), we will share our reports with the whole world
> so submission should be before that.
>
> News, Updates, Plans, stuff like that. That is all about. No Technical
> stuff or things that hard to understand. Just interesting things that the
> world needs to know about us.
>
> Each Sub-Team has a mailing list. It is time to use these :)
>
> I am excited and willing to start right now but as always, I do need your
> opinion.
>
> I trust this idea will make Ubuntu GNOME more popular. Bring more
> interested people to contribute. This is much better than posting a Wiki
> Page link and ask people to join. Much more effective that sharing a
> blueprint link and ask people to read/follow.
>
> We do have a website and social media channels. Let's get the best of
> these otherwise, IMHO, these channels are totally useless if we won't use
> them the best way.
>
> This is a proposal. Feel free to agree/disagree and I care for your
> feedback either way:
>
> +1 = Agreed.
> 0 = I don't know.
> -1 = Disagree.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
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