https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Board_strategic_working_group_2010-03-15 == Role Call == * Attendees: John Poelstra, Mike McGrath, Colin Walters, Paul Frields, Chris Tyler * Regrets: Matt Domsch * Last meeting: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2010-February/008135.html == User Base == * Discussion of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Poelstra/What_is_a_target_audience + diagram sent in separate email ** http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/paste-bin/user-base-v3.pdf ** John: Remove call-outs on the left and marketing language at the bottom ** Paul: Make lower part of triangle bigger to represent that ''User Base'' is much larger ** Paul: Maybe make another version of the triangle showing what proportions might look like in the future. ** Colin, Paul, Chris: Use gradient instead of solid line between groups ** Colin: add some gradients and remove the hard line between the top triangle and bottom *** Colin: Make it easy for people to be contributors without joining devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * Idea of a "Minimum bar" ** This is the most basic profile of a person that we want to be interested in our distribution ** The distribution is the primary gateway to participation + contribution * Does it make more sense in the context of upward progression to cast this as a "user base" instead? ** Pyramid model matches the model of user -> contributor that is used in communities of practice (such as in CommArch) ** Colin: could enhance by thinking of axis: frequency of contribution vs. experience level *** Maybe split into two triangle, one as involvement and one as skill *** draw parallel to community of contribution diagrams * '''NEXT STEPS:''' *# John to modify diagram *# Upload diagram to a wiki page *# Request that board review the diagram for consistency with user base wiki pages https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_base *# Agree that this topic is closed https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Poelstra/What_is_a_target_audience == Spins == * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Walters/SpinsSigsRemixes_TargetAudience * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mdomsch/SWG_Spins ** Provides the answers to the originally proposed pages ** For ''pain points'' make sure we have links to where we are addressing them * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Walters/SpinsSigsRemixes_ChangeDistribution * '''NEXT STEPS''': ** Colin to add redirects, add links and tidy up as applicable to show how we have addressed the questions originally raised == Distribution Pages == * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pfrields/Current_default_offering * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pfrields/Different_default_offering * Both pages will go before the board on Thursday * '''NEXT STEPS''': ** Paul to put before board at next meeting == Next Meeting == * Paul will do a proposal to answer the question, "If the ''Desktop Spin'' is the default offering, does this mean the Desktop team defines the user experience for all of Fedora?" ** Chris: we should consider and address why this discussion keeps coming up * Monday March 29 @ 3 PM EST ** skipping next week because Paul and John have conflicts _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
