Hi, my name is Thomas Denham and I live in the United Kingdom. My Fedora Account System (FAS) username is tmfdenham, I am new to IRC and would like help getting started! I learned about the Fedora Marketing team through online research, and am interested in joining because I am a desktop user of Fedora (17) and feel passionately about the benefits of Linux (Fedora) as an OS and predominantly FOSS. This is the first FOSS project I have worked on! I have had some limited experience of marketing in my day job and chair a forum for 30 or so people in relation to my full time job which is all about bringing people together. I have produced posters/flyers and had to promote various projects. My skills, which I hope to utilize in Fedora Marketing, include: (Marketing Skills) – I feel I am apt at utilizing marketing strategies and I am used to building rapport with people from all walks of life. I understand the importance of PR and a multi-tiered approach to marketing. (Other Skills) – Every project I take on, I commit myself 100% and really give it my all – I am an enthusiastic and driven person who would love to put that energy into promoting Fedora to the general public and highlighting the benefits of choosing this branch of Linux. I am a relative new comer to Linux and Fedora so would like to learn much more about the core of the business and how I can help to market it. When I'm not working on Fedora, I am working full time and fit in hobbies around that! A couple of goals I have for the Fedora Project are a marked increase in uptake by the general computing population, and a clearer, wider understanding of the importance of FOSS etc. In my area it is relatively unheard of and I would like some support in marketing to as many people as possible in a clear non-to-technical way. I am wondering about what marketing resources you have collectively in terms of posters, leaflets, online banners and introductory articles that I could use to assist in marketing in my area. I would also like some more information on how this marketing community works as I have little idea! I hope that I can begin to get actively involved in this community! Please help me get started! Kind Regards, Thomas Denham -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
