On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 10:35:18AM -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > > working on a new bugzilla-based package submission process, which should > > help, but someone needs to make sure that valuable contributions aren't > > just ignored without any comment. > This isn't a marketing issue; it's an execution issue for the Fedora > Extras team. It may not be a *promotional* issue, like the letter jackets and the pins and the hats and the balloons, but it *is* a marketing issue. As someone said earlier, Fedora marketing should be based in honesty. If we want to market the Fedora project to potential contributors, we *can't* just be ignoring people after they jump through all sorts of hoops to actually try to help. Working to make the project match what the intended audience really needs is essential. If you're trying to market to "a few thousand knowledgeable advocates", the *best* thing do to is make their contributions feel valuable and wanted. This is *far* more powerful than "swag" and other gimmicks. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 77 degrees Fahrenheit. -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
