[osol-mktg] Re: [ug-discuss] Community Consolidation -- Marketing & UGs

[Jim Grisanzio]

Laura Ramsey wrote On 04/03/07 20:29,:
> Bruno F. Souza wrote:
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>>On the UG community, we could include the Mkt content as a clearly
>>separated, on the top, and merge it with any general content for
>>supporting the creation and run of UGs.
>>
>>The question then becomes: if someone comes looking for OS User
>>Groups, they will know how to find. Now, if someone comes looking for
>>material to promote OS? Will they find it at the UGs Community? Will
>>this be obvious? 
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> Agreed. Maybe an icon at the top of the homepage is the best approach.



I'd support the argument for a UG link on the front page or a link to
this new community (since it's really for general people, not for kernel
developers). I don't want to confuse the home page, per say, but I think
we'll eventually need something to direct users and non developers
within the site.

Jim





>>Bruno.
>>
>>On 03/04/2007, at 00:41, Xin-Feng Liu wrote:
>>
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>>>I agree on the idea.
>>>The only comment is to make sure not to lower the visibility of
>>>marketing community/contents. In the current user_group home page (on
>>>the
>>>left side of the screen), the user group list is too long and not very
>>>easy to look up. It might be better to reorganize the content in that
>>>screen section.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Xinfeng Liu
>>>Shanghai User Group
>>>
>>>
>>>Jim Grisanzio wrote On 2007年04月03日 11:25,:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello ...
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to propose that we merge the Marketing Community and the User
>>>>Group Community:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/marketing/
>>>>http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/
>>>>
>>>>It seems to me that both communities could benefit from a merger --
>>>>especially under the new OpenSolaris Constitution. Both communities
>>>>have
>>>>many things in common -- they engage new people around the world via
>>>>various programs and direct meetings and conferences, their list
>>>>memberships are pretty similar, and they share some content as well. It
>>>>would seem to make sense that they merge to focus their resources on
>>>>some common goals and under a new name.
>>>>
>>>>I'm starting this conversation here so we can flush out the issues and
>>>>agree (or not agree) before we go to the website team and the OGB, both
>>>>of which will have to be involved in any merger.
>>>>
>>>>So, any thoughts pro or con?
>>>>
>>>>Jim
>>>
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>>Bruno.
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