[osol-mktg] Re: [website-discuss] top-right jumble and other concerns

[Jim Grisanzio]

Dan Price wrote:
> On Sat 17 Dec 2005 at 11:53PM, Glynn Foster wrote:

>>Ahh, yes...but there's potentially 1000's of graphic artists out there
>>to be able to do a similar job [1] - another avenue for community
>>contributions that don't necessarily involve code.
> 
> I fully agree, but we'd really need a site editor to drive a process
> of continuous evolution.  As best I know, we don't have one at this
> time.


I totally agree, Dan. And I'd go further, too.

Eventually, we'll need an editorial team to generate and manage the flow 
of content on the site, especially since our stated goal is to have a 
dynamic site that engages multiple audiences as the community grows and 
diversifies. That simply will not happen without an independent 
editorial team (perhaps one made up of an external vendor specializing 
in technical website editorial production in collaboration with non-Sun 
community members, Sun engineers, and marketing community members. This 
was proposed several times. I'm happy to revive it again if people are 
interested.

One thing, though: It's not marketing. It's not engineering. It's not 
docs. It's general editorial content -- feature articles, profiles, blog 
highlights, technical articles, Q&As, podcast interviews, commentaries, 
newsletters, special guest pieces, debates, etc -- that cuts across all 
functions and highlights what is going on in the community. It could be 
pretty cool. In the meantime, I vote for some collaboration around the 
p-team newsletter. :)

Jim
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Jim Grisanzio, Community Manager, OpenSolaris
http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/