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[Paul Beel <beelboing AT yahoo.com>]

I think it is a very good idea.
I say go for it.
Just adding my thoughts on it.




--- Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us> wrote:

> Quoting Alex Smith <alex AT alexsmith.org>:
> >   Hi everyone,
> >
> >  I'm Alex Smith, better known as HauntedUnix. I've
> been using Source Mage
> >  GNU/Linux for around four months. After a happy
> period as a user, I
> >  hope to give something back to the community :)
> >
> >  Following recent posts to the ML, I thought I had
> better get this out
> > quickly. ;)
> >
> >  I've found, after repeated attempts at learning
> to program, it'll never be
> >  my forte. I've instead decided, to try and devote
> myself in some way to
> >  promoting (and of course evangelising) Sourcemage
> GNU/Linux.
> >
> >  Thus I propose the creation of a PR Team for
> SMGL.
> >  I have a number of initiatives which I hope to
> integrate into the
> >  immediate future of Sourcemage. Freematrix
> Streaming Media (#Freematrix,
> >  http://freematrix.us) have expressed an interest
> in the profiling of our
> >  project. After conferring with Kye Lewis, the
> Project Leader of
> >  Freematrix, I have established, what I hope,
> could be an important
> >  relationship for the distribution. I believe this
> could be a key event to
> >  gain a possible influx of new developers, which I
> feel will be important
> >  in the time leading up to the release of 1.0 due
> to Freematrix's target
> >  audience, the geek populus of Freenode :)
> >
> >
> >  Despite Kinetix doing a fantastic job maintaining
> the current
> >  homepage(s) for SMGL, I believe that the content
> could do with a fairly
> >  overdue cleanup. One of my highest priorities is
> making the website more
> >  accessible, (although, I could never dream of the
> 404 page being
> >  replaced -- http://sourcemage.org/404.html ).
> I've seen the recent
> >  modifications which one of the users in
> #sourcemage has been attempting,
> >  but steps still can be made to improve the site,
> and I encourage you all
> >  to comment upon the site at
> http://www.sourcemage.juanzo.org/ .
> >
> >  I hope to work with the other Team Leads to
> coordinate press release
> >  information. I will be setting up relationships
> with LXF and other
> >  Linux-targeted magazines, and technology based
> new sites for further
> >  promotion, regarding both our release schedule,
> and and other SMGL-key
> >  issues (Sorcery, etc). I believe that by
> publicizing SMGL's releases we
> >  can garner more users and developers to further
> our work, however I must
> >  stress that action must be taken sooner rather
> than later.
> >
> >  I'd like to spend the time leading up to our 1.0
> release increasing the
> >  developer base, I believe this could be done by
> incorporating things which
> >  would, in the opinion of our audience, be of
> great importance. The
> >  finalising of SELinux has already attracted some,
> whereas the improvement
> >  of the wonderful Prometheus project, has tagged
> interest from far and
> >  wide.
> >
> >
> >  I have a preliminary list of places which I'd
> like to target (Such as the
> >  SELinux community, DistroWatch (cough),
> LinuxWeeklyNews, etc), which I
> >  will be posting developer focused information,
> such as the recruitment of
> >  new developers, possible opportunities for
> learning to program, etc.).
> >
> >  During the release and build up of the 1.0, I
> hope to, working together
> >  with US, European, and other Linux based magazine
> and other large audience
> >  news sources, create a great amount of press
> regarding the distribution.
> >  This will hopefully create a swell of new users
> for the 1.0 release, and
> >  put us in a stead for a future as a prosperous,
> well known distribution,
> >  rather than a hobbyist distro.
> >  I'd also like to have weekly updates of SMGL news
> (Packages,
> >  Sorcery fixes, upcoming notes for spells,
> Sorcery, ISOs). Again, an
> >  influx of users or developers would hopefully
> follow :)
> >
> >  Following the 1.0 release, the only way to
> progress is 'up', I hope to
> >  continue with increasing the popularity of Souce
> Mage GNU/Linux, and
> >  ensure that it will be the number one
> consideration for source based
> >  distributions.
> 
> Any more questions/comments/ideas for the proposed
> PR Team? Is anyone against us
> having a team for spreading the word?
> 
> -sandalle
> 
> --
> Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage
> GNU/Linux Developer
> eric AT sandall.us PGP: 0xA8EFDD61  | 
> http://www.sourcemage.org/
> http://eric.sandall.us/          |  SysAdmin @ Inst.
> Shock Physics @ WSU
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> http://www.shock.wsu.edu/
> 
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Paul Beel
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