What's the status of press kits for Fedora 11?
Are they designed?
Has the content been reviewed/approved?
When will be sending them out?
etc.
--Max
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 06:12:37PM +0200, Max Spevack wrote:
What's the status of press kits for Fedora 11?
Are they designed?
Has the content been reviewed/approved?
When will be sending them out?
Internally at Red Hat, I've worked with Caroline Kazmierski to send out Fedora <N> Preview releases on Live USB keys to a list of journalists who use them to seed major articles to be published on release day. Those kits and their Scribus source files are found here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_press_material#Press_Kit
I worked on the F10 version last time, and expected to work on the F11 version this time, running it by the Art+Design team to have them do any visual repairs necessary for the best effect. Thankfully the template is kept very generic so it doesn't need to be tweaked a lot for each release. However, I'll be adding a bit to the content to help the journalists make the best possible use of the keys.
In other news, we are moving to 4 GB keys this time instead of 2 GB, which should greatly increase the lifetime of the keys even for complete novices.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 06:12:37PM +0200, Max Spevack wrote:
What's the status of press kits for Fedora 11?
Are they designed?
Has the content been reviewed/approved?
When will be sending them out?
Internally at Red Hat, I've worked with Caroline Kazmierski to send out Fedora <N> Preview releases on Live USB keys to a list of journalists who use them to seed major articles to be published on release day. Those kits and their Scribus source files are found here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_press_material#Press_Kit
I worked on the F10 version last time, and expected to work on the F11 version this time, running it by the Art+Design team to have them do any visual repairs necessary for the best effect. Thankfully the template is kept very generic so it doesn't need to be tweaked a lot for each release. However, I'll be adding a bit to the content to help the journalists make the best possible use of the keys.
In other news, we are moving to 4 GB keys this time instead of 2 GB, which should greatly increase the lifetime of the keys even for complete novices.
Well,
It might be a good idea to talk with Moixs about this as he sent me some press kits as well as some to Jack. As I understood it, they were being translated already.
Cheers,
Clint
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 05:26:22PM -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 06:12:37PM +0200, Max Spevack wrote:
What's the status of press kits for Fedora 11?
Are they designed?
Has the content been reviewed/approved?
When will be sending them out?
Internally at Red Hat, I've worked with Caroline Kazmierski to send out Fedora <N> Preview releases on Live USB keys to a list of journalists who use them to seed major articles to be published on release day. Those kits and their Scribus source files are found here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_press_material#Press_Kit
I worked on the F10 version last time, and expected to work on the F11 version this time, running it by the Art+Design team to have them do any visual repairs necessary for the best effect. Thankfully the template is kept very generic so it doesn't need to be tweaked a lot for each release. However, I'll be adding a bit to the content to help the journalists make the best possible use of the keys.
In other news, we are moving to 4 GB keys this time instead of 2 GB, which should greatly increase the lifetime of the keys even for complete novices.
Well,
It might be a good idea to talk with Moixs about this as he sent me some press kits as well as some to Jack. As I understood it, they were being translated already.
Who's reviewed the text and design at this point?
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 05:26:22PM -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 06:12:37PM +0200, Max Spevack wrote:
What's the status of press kits for Fedora 11?
Are they designed?
Has the content been reviewed/approved?
When will be sending them out?
Internally at Red Hat, I've worked with Caroline Kazmierski to send out Fedora <N> Preview releases on Live USB keys to a list of journalists who use them to seed major articles to be published on release day. Those kits and their Scribus source files are found here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_press_material#Press_Kit
I worked on the F10 version last time, and expected to work on the F11 version this time, running it by the Art+Design team to have them do any visual repairs necessary for the best effect. Thankfully the template is kept very generic so it doesn't need to be tweaked a lot for each release. However, I'll be adding a bit to the content to help the journalists make the best possible use of the keys.
In other news, we are moving to 4 GB keys this time instead of 2 GB, which should greatly increase the lifetime of the keys even for complete novices.
Well,
It might be a good idea to talk with Moixs about this as he sent me some press kits as well as some to Jack. As I understood it, they were being translated already.
Who's reviewed the text and design at this point?
Pretty much me and Jack since it was physical presskits. I think Moixs was going to put them up on our site but I think how he created them wasn't using free tools and he was trying to find a way to do that. I'm not sure though, so don't quote me on that.
Cheers,
Clint
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 05:51:05PM -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 05:26:22PM -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
It might be a good idea to talk with Moixs about this as he sent me some press kits as well as some to Jack. As I understood it, they were being translated already.
Who's reviewed the text and design at this point?
Pretty much me and Jack since it was physical presskits. I think Moixs was going to put them up on our site but I think how he created them wasn't using free tools and he was trying to find a way to do that. I'm not sure though, so don't quote me on that.
Let's see if Moixs pokes his head in on this thread tomorrow; he's likely asleep now. The "press kit" I was talking about has a more limited audience, but any press kit that Fedora is sending out really must use free tools. It sounds like that's already being addressed. If the original was prepared in French, I'm keen to see the English translation when finished. Maybe Moixs can tell us who's working on that, unless you or Jack know.
I don't know if anybody have some use of what I worked on the other week but you might take a look at http://e1luca.fedorapeople.org/PressKit/ and maybe use some of that material. I stop working on that because at some point Ian Wh*eeler* said the logo was not used correctly so I let those who now how the logo should be used to do a better job.
Luca
On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 19:56 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 05:51:05PM -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 05:26:22PM -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
It might be a good idea to talk with Moixs about this as he sent me some press kits as well as some to Jack. As I understood it, they were being translated already.
Who's reviewed the text and design at this point?
Pretty much me and Jack since it was physical presskits. I think Moixs was going to put them up on our site but I think how he created them wasn't using free tools and he was trying to find a way to do that. I'm not sure though, so don't quote me on that.
Let's see if Moixs pokes his head in on this thread tomorrow; he's likely asleep now. The "press kit" I was talking about has a more limited audience, but any press kit that Fedora is sending out really must use free tools. It sounds like that's already being addressed. If the original was prepared in French, I'm keen to see the English translation when finished. Maybe Moixs can tell us who's working on that, unless you or Jack know.
Ok, a résumé of the situation:
* Jack should have translated my physical press kits by now. * I asked the Art team to recreate these press kits in Scribus one week ago, not much going on since then. It's in the design service queue on http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService
We have 2 choices now if nothing moves quickly: * Send me the English texts and I'll create the PDF files from my Adobe InDesign source (my trial version still hasn't expired), we can always recreate the models in Scribus later. * Use Paul's press kit for the F11 release and only use the new ones for F12.
Steven
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Paul W. Frields wrote:
Who's reviewed the text and design at this point?
Jack, you need to work to integrate the existing "press kits" with the stuff that you are meeting with Mairin about in Westford, and ultimately get Paul's buy-in on whatever it is you come up with.
Best to report back to the list on all of this as well, IMHO.
--Max
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 03:07:57PM +0200, Max Spevack wrote:
On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Paul W. Frields wrote:
Who's reviewed the text and design at this point?
Jack, you need to work to integrate the existing "press kits" with the stuff that you are meeting with Mairin about in Westford, and ultimately get Paul's buy-in on whatever it is you come up with.
One thing I see in these kits that needs to be addressed is the need for a brief "how to use this media" blurb. The Live USB press sheets that Caroline and I send to journalists have instructions on what to do with the Live USB key. They also present factoids on the release that are useful for a journalist even if they don't choose to set up an interview for an article.
Best to report back to the list on all of this as well, IMHO.
I cannot emphasize strongly enough that this list remains the best way to make sure that everyone is pulling the same way, and that we all know work is progressing as it should. In other words, big +1.
On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 18:12 +0200, Max Spevack wrote:
What's the status of press kits for Fedora 11?
Are they designed?
3 press kits exist: * "Mine" which are meant to be physically printed * Jack's kits which are an electronic version * Paul's kits which are a mix of both :p
Has the content been reviewed/approved?
Jack, Herlo and you have some of the kits (or they should arrive in the next days at your office in NL) :p
When will be sending them out?
Depends on which kit we select for this release.
etc.
--Max
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