<> ||<>|| = Meetings, activities and status = Our meetings happen in the #ubuntu-marketing channel on the FreeNode IRC network. = 2009 = '''Our project is now in beta'''. == Meeting Q2 == We are holding a meeting on Thursday 18th of June. See the header for your time zone :-) === Agenda === * SpreadUbuntu: a little intro * Defining SpreadUbuntu: * Do-It-Yourself Marketing repository site? * Campaign epicenter for Ubuntu Marketing? * Advocacy site? * A combination? * Drupal6 move before the 9.10 release * Our site runs on Drupal5 right now. We must fix that! * Most modules we use (besides copyright/licenses) are already available * Using the Ubuntu-Drupal code as the base should ease our work * LP-Drupal integration will help us deliver the best possible user experience * We need hands-on cooperation for development of the site! * A roadmap to get the spreadubuntu.com and spreadubuntu.org domains * Canonical Hosting with community code review in advance? * Include the Global Ubuntu community: * Create a Global marketing materials recollection system * Something that ALL LoCos want to and can use == Meeting Q1 == Assistants: AliTabuger7, huayra, michelleribeiro, popey, shahriar86, trmanco [[http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/01/31/%23ubuntu-marketing.html|Minutes from meeting 2009-01-31]] and [[http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/02/01/%23ubuntu-marketing.html|a continuation 2009-02-01]]. We talked about: === General about the site === * Localization of the site and material. We have decided to go for the Rosetta based approach since it gives the advantage of using the Ubuntu translation community. * Moving to Drupal6, it's pros and cons. Is there a point on doing SU a Drupal module? === Introducing the project and overview of our plans === * Introducing ourselves and the SpreadUbuntu Project: As a site with 2 parts * A Do-It-Yourself marketing material repository for the guerrilla marketeer * And a Community site playing a strengthening role into becoming a UbuntuSpreader while you are still excited about Ubuntu * SpreadUbuntu needs to go back to the spring of its inspiration: * Use the SpreadFirefox site (the one that is [[http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/3575|in the works]]) as our inspiration. Go something like '''Welcome to Spread Ubuntu - Home of the Ubuntu Marketing Community''' * Use this as a opportunity to move to Drupal6 and finally integrate our site to Launchpad. See [[http://ubuntu.ec/|this link]] for an example of that integration. * We have a [[http://ubuntu.ec/su/drupal6/|testing site for this]]. If you want to contribute and need access (to the server and the drupal instance) contact [[mailto:huayra@ubuntu.com|me directly]] * Our aim should be to make the DIY site the official www.ubuntu.com before the release of the Karmic Koala === Welcoming new contributors === * We need to be better at welcoming new contributors by making it clear that there are several way to contribute: * As a marketing person * Marketing side works on development of the marketing platform, campaigns and marketing content quality * As a technical person * Technical part of SU concentrate on DIY, Launchpad integration and concentrate on automatizing the platform as much as possible * General non-tech, non-marketing-fancy, advocating person * Our community is infite if we let it be so. Let's just empower our UbuntuSpreaders with a platform and they will bring Ubuntu to every single corner of the world where our community exists. * And then we all must aim towards this: '''cooperate, exchange ideas, implement them together creating thus a real marketing community based on a technical platform'''. * Make proper use of our wiki and make it simple to access: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpreadUbuntu * Make changes that our wiki shows people the project needs and make it obvious for people where they can help our project out on the spot! * Restructure our project in order to ease the time used from hearing about it and getting excited to actually contributing === Marketing === * Work on campaigns to promote Ubuntu and the site. Campaigns should concentrate on festivities and also be as much as possible connected with the Ubuntu release cycle * Implement an event section (or use one that exists already like the one from the Fridge) * Upload [[http://ubuntu.ec/ruben/su/|this compilated material]] to the site * SpreadUbuntu spreading in [[http://identi.ca/group/spreadubuntu|identi.ca]] and other social sites === Technical Changes === * Adapt the site for campaign use (maybe adding tags or a campaign filed to the material pages and then sorting them somehow out?) * Contact the Canonical SysAdmins for a Rfc regarding the www.spreadubuntu.com and www.spreadubuntu.org domains and hosting = 2008 = For details on the project and its releases this far see [[https://launchpad.net/spreadubuntu|our Launchpad Page]] == September 2008 == * [[http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/09/14/%23ubuntu-marketing.html|Minutes from meeting 2008-09-14]]: Defined some goals: * [[http://imagebin.ca/view/WyEp6x.html|How will the SU architecture be like?]] <- Flannel gave us a nice image to visualize it :-) * SU should have a working prototype by the time Intrepid comes around (October 30th). (I will announce the availability of the site in Planet Ubuntu by that time - [[huayra]]) * AliTabuger7 has joined our team and is going to work in the Drupal 5 Theme * [[huayra]] and [[ShahriarTariq]] will work with the DB population and document compilation * Flannel is working with the structure and design of the DB and the python "farther backend" == July 2008 == Some conversations we have had until this point: * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/Meetings/IRCLogs/2008-06-07|Marketing Team meeting]] discussing the team and defining the idea of SU as one of the main goals for the whole team * [[http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20582/|Elaborating on admin policy, viral marketing and a SU logo (mainly English, but some Spanish too)]] - pep, meisok and hubuntu * [[http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20565/|Elaborating on the DIY website and how it relates to the DIY part of SU]] - Flannel and owh * [[http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20586/|Discussion at #ubuntu-marketing on the team setup and elaborating some more in the DIY idea for SU]] * [[http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20590/|Clarifying the issue for the Spanish Speaking colaboration project and making plans for the SU DIY site and how it will work. '''mainly Spanish''']] - Asked Beuno,part of the DIY website team, what it was and why it failed to materialize.