[gentoo-dev] GWN - how to restart ?

[gentoo-dev] GWN - how to restart ?

[Man Shankar]

Hi,

Firstly apologies if this is the wrong -list for such a post. I would
like to see the GWN restart (i m sure i m not the only one) ! Infact i
can contribute my weekends to it. That should be enough time.

As regards, the need for a newsletter, i guess its more to do with 
information dissemination. Clearly a monthly schedule is difficult for
a fast moving distro like Gentoo. Also another major benefit is for the
prospective users who see something coming from within the community and
beleive it to be alive and well. I mean, the Gentoo community knows that
Gentoo is doing very well (cheers to the devs and the community- you
rock) but unfortunately that is not the view outside. This kind of puts 
off the user-to-be (i know because my *nix-aware friends are difficult to
convince and a lot of garbage has been written about Gentoo in the past).
Also there are those who just prefer the newsletter in their inbox as
opposed to going through forums and websites. Ofcourse, there are other
reasons as well.

Now, as regards the content - i have the following on mind:

1) The regular stuff -- stats, new packages, removals, dev joinings,
hottest thread, most discussed topic on ml etc.
2) One article -- ranging from the hip and happening in the Gentoo-world
to howtos;
3) Community member of the week (devs or users) -- About a community
member, the format will be specific (i m working on it)
4) There has to be some tech-humor ;-) LOL!!

5) Other suggestions and criticisms are welcome!

So, how do i go about it? Whom to contact, the hurdles i should be
prepared for etc.?

-- 

Thanks & Regards,
Man Shankar <man.ee.gen(at)gmail.com>

Re: [gentoo-dev] GWN - how to restart ?

[Nathan Zachary]

Man Shankar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Firstly apologies if this is the wrong -list for such a post. I would
> like to see the GWN restart (i m sure i m not the only one) ! Infact i
> can contribute my weekends to it. That should be enough time.
>
> As regards, the need for a newsletter, i guess its more to do with 
> information dissemination. Clearly a monthly schedule is difficult for
> a fast moving distro like Gentoo. Also another major benefit is for the
> prospective users who see something coming from within the community and
> beleive it to be alive and well. I mean, the Gentoo community knows that
> Gentoo is doing very well (cheers to the devs and the community- you
> rock) but unfortunately that is not the view outside. This kind of puts 
> off the user-to-be (i know because my *nix-aware friends are difficult to
> convince and a lot of garbage has been written about Gentoo in the past).
> Also there are those who just prefer the newsletter in their inbox as
> opposed to going through forums and websites. Ofcourse, there are other
> reasons as well.
>
> Now, as regards the content - i have the following on mind:
>
> 1) The regular stuff -- stats, new packages, removals, dev joinings,
> hottest thread, most discussed topic on ml etc.
> 2) One article -- ranging from the hip and happening in the Gentoo-world
> to howtos;
> 3) Community member of the week (devs or users) -- About a community
> member, the format will be specific (i m working on it)
> 4) There has to be some tech-humor ;-) LOL!!
>
> 5) Other suggestions and criticisms are welcome!
>
> So, how do i go about it? Whom to contact, the hurdles i should be
> prepared for etc.?
>
>   
I would be happy to help out with the newsletter, especially with the
"one article." I don't know if a weekly newsletter is appropriate
though. Maybe bi-weekly or monthly like it is now.

--Zach

Re: [gentoo-dev] GWN - how to restart ?

[Jan Kundrát]

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Man Shankar wrote:
> Firstly apologies if this is the wrong -list for such a post.

"We solicit your feedback on the GMN, drop in an email to 
gmn-feedback@gentoo.org. If you're interested in writing for the GMN, 
please email gmn-writers@gentoo.org." -- is that really so hard to find 
nowadays?

[1] http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gmn/

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Re: [gentoo-dev] GWN - how to restart ?

[Man Shankar]

On 17:26 Thu 22 Jan     , Nathan Zachary wrote:
> Man Shankar wrote:
> > --[snip]--
> > Now, as regards the content - i have the following on mind:
> >
> > 1) The regular stuff -- stats, new packages, removals, dev joinings,
> > hottest thread, most discussed topic on ml etc.
> > 2) One article -- ranging from the hip and happening in the Gentoo-world
> > to howtos;
> > 3) Community member of the week (devs or users) -- About a community
> > member, the format will be specific (i m working on it)
> > 4) There has to be some tech-humor ;-) LOL!!
> >
> > 5) Other suggestions and criticisms are welcome!
> >
> > So, how do i go about it? Whom to contact, the hurdles i should be
> > prepared for etc.?
> >
> >   
> I would be happy to help out with the newsletter, especially with the
> "one article." I don't know if a weekly newsletter is appropriate
> though. Maybe bi-weekly or monthly like it is now.
> 
> --Zach

Thanks for responding. Every contribution and criticism will be welcome.
As regards the schedule, i believe a weekly timeline is more appropriate
due to the statistics part of the newsletter. However, the important part
is to get it done regardless of the timeline. I guess once in two weeks
may be acceptable but monthly is a bit off for a distro newsletter. Also
should I cc -project and -gmn about the issue? Where to look for the
guidelines on how to proceed and even if its possible to revert the 
GMN --> GWN?

-- 

Thanks & Regards,
Man Shankar <man.ee.gen(at)gmail.com>

Re: [gentoo-dev] GWN - how to restart ?

[Man Shankar]

On 01:06 Fri 23 Jan     , Jan Kundrát wrote:
> Man Shankar wrote:
>> Firstly apologies if this is the wrong -list for such a post.
>
> "We solicit your feedback on the GMN, drop in an email to 
> gmn-feedback@gentoo.org. If you're interested in writing for the GMN, 
> please email gmn-writers@gentoo.org." -- is that really so hard to find 
> nowadays?
>
> [1] http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gmn/
>
> -- 
> cd /local/pub && more beer > /dev/mouth
>
No, it is not that hard. I have sent the mail to gmn-feedback@gentoo.org.
Thanks.


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Thanks & Regards,
Man Shankar <man.ee.gen(at)gmail.com>