[dot] Formation of KDE Marketing Working Group

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From: Wade Olson <wade at corefunction.com>
Dept: people-with-megaphones
Date: Tuesday 08/Nov/2005, @10:34

Formation of KDE Marketing Working Group
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   The KDE Marketing Working Group has formed, after being proposed by
the KDE community at aKademy 2005 [http://conference2005.kde.org/], with
the aim of improving KDE's marketing and promotion efforts. Martijn
Klingens, Sebastian Kügler and Wade Olson will be taking the lead in
coordinating and implementing new practices, such as promoting releases
more widely and running more exciting events booths. An initial charter
has been created and approved by KDE e.V [http://ev.kde.org/] with the
long-term goal of "coherent and strategic messaging around KDE".   The
group is currently focused on establishing infrastructure and
prioritizing tasks.

     The Marketing Working Group plans to be an extension of the various
existing community processes in place, such as the Dot Editors, the
kde-promo mailing list and media outlets. The Working Group is not a
replacement for any of the existing systems, but rather fills the
missing gap of coordination by providing a single entry point for anyone
who has marketing and promotion questions and ideas.  A participative
approach is planned for this Working Group; the goal is to support KDE
developers and contributors who request assistance or advice on
marketing needs.  Promoting, planning, branding and researching
competitive products are just some of the services to be offered by the
Marketing Working Group.
     Those that are interested in participating in KDE's maturing
marketing process, have general questions, or would like help with their
project are encouraged to contact the Marketing Working group through
the kde-promo [https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo] mailing
list.