From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LQ8wD-0002ni-KI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:26:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E710E07E7; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:26:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from themis.wsgurus.com (themis.wsgurus.com [65.98.70.26]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB80CE07E7 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:26:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adsl-70-253-166-2.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net ([70.253.166.2] helo=[192.168.1.51]) by themis.wsgurus.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LQ8vx-0008Kt-JY for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:25:37 -0500 Message-ID: <4979009E.9010400@gentoo.org> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:26:22 -0600 From: Nathan Zachary User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GWN - how to restart ? References: <20090122184127.GA7528@gentoo.mychoice> In-Reply-To: <20090122184127.GA7528@gentoo.mychoice> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - themis.wsgurus.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gentoo.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Archives-Salt: f2166421-6e30-4d40-9a74-1fd8e93e8cf5 X-Archives-Hash: 61194d18e554843e32e901a2e93c065b 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