OBJECTIVE: Grow the Xubuntu community.

Brainstorm

• Improving the content on the "Get Involved" pages.
  • Ensure that there is contact information.
  • Minimize the amount of information presented to the user at once.
  • Point users at low hanging fruit.
  • We want users to feel like they're apart of the team; link to 5-a-day.
  • Improve more comprehensive documentation on the wiki.

• Get more contributors blogging & talking about Xubuntu

  • Get current contributors to apply for Ubuntu membership so that their blog posts are syndicated to planet.ubuntu.com
  • Post/blog about the monthly team report.

  • Get people contributing to the team reports; see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/TeamReports

  • Encourage current contributors to help out more on the #xubuntu support channel.
  • Start an official Xubuntu blog?
  • Micro-blogging
  • Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter
• Create teamwork opportunities
  • 5-a-day
  • User-created content on the CD (ala Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase)
  • "Community Help Contact"??? (could tie in with channel opping)

  • Bug & Package Jams

• Improve the wiki
  • Encourage teams to fix up their team pages

• Regular IRC & Skype Meetings

• Social networking groups & communities (Facebook, last.fm, linkedIn, etc.)

• Participating in Ubuntu-wide events like OpenWeek.

• Create resources for loco teams (flyers, artwork, etc.)

• Encourage users to get involved in LoCo Teams.

• Default settings for IRC and Pidgin could point to #xubuntu
• Brainstorm?? How can we better take advantage of it?