Re: 15th KDE birthday

Hi,

sorry for not being sync with the promo team. It is my fault since I pushed to 
publish the news in KDE Spain website to ensure we have enough time for 
marketing it and having a full audience in our conferences (4 cities so far).

Link to KDE Spain news about the anniversary: 
http://es.kde.org/news.php#itemKDEcumple15aoshabrquecelebrarlo


On Wednesday 05 October 2011 16:51:30 Carl Symons wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Lydia Pintscher <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 23:15, Carl Symons <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Lydia Pintscher <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 21:39, Carl Symons <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> 15th birthday Dot article done. text version attached.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Please send suggestions or corrections.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Still need awesome logo...any news? What should it look like?
> >>>> 
> >>>> Carl
> >>> 
> >>> Hey :)
> >>> 
> >>> Looks good. One thing though: I believe it's not enough time to
> >>> organize good parties so I'd also offer other things that were
> >>> suggested in the etherpad:
> >>> * donate 15 Euros or more to KDE e.V.
> >>> * test 15 bugs and see if they're still relevant
> >>> * tell 15 people about why you love KDE
> >>> * spend at least 15 minutes on testing a program and filing bugs
> >>> * spend at least 15 minutes updating a few pages on userbase
> >>> * spend at least 15 minutes answering questions on the forum
> >>> * spend at least 15 minutes helping someone in #kde on freenode
> >>> * ...
> >>> 
> >>> Those are things people can do without much coordination. If they do
> >>> parties that's of course awesome too.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Lydia
> >> 
> >> I intended to make those suggestions with the 14 October article in
> >> accord with Stu's mail from 19 September. It would work to do that now
> >> too, or at least open people's eyes to possibilities.
> >> 
> >> Considering this just now, I think that it would work best to offer
> >> this kind of suggestion closer in to the 14th. 1- Set the stage now
> >> and get people thinking. 2 - Do a Dot story in a week or so offering
> >> such suggestions and inviting comments from people about what they
> >> plan. 3 - Do the 14 Oct Dot story as Stu suggested.
> > 
> > *nod* makes sense. I'd hate to see it as some sort of back-paddeling
> > though in the end. (ie we see that not enough parties are happening
> > and then decide to do something "easier" last minute.) So I think
> > hinting at this at least is a good idea. What do you think?
> > 
> >> I went through the donations process starting at kde.org. It seems
> >> clunky...multiple links on the targeted page that go to the same
> >> place. A direct link to PayPal in one spot with no setup for the jump.
> >> In another is this..."The preferred way to donate to KDE is by using
> >> our [PayPal-link] account.", and the link goes directly to PayPal
> >> again. It could be a lot easier for people to donate.
> > 
> > I've not looked at it but making the path shorter makes sense,
> > definitely. What would need to happen?
> > 
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Lydia
> 
> http://dot.kde.org/2011/10/05/freedom-15-years-party
> 
> We should get this out soon. KDE Espana is already planning a
> more-or-less national event. Latinoware has got a 15 year graphic.
> 
> I added some suggestions for what people can do, along with a link to
> KDE Espana's website.
> 
> If there are no more changes or suggestions, would someone please review.
> 
> It is not necessary to change the donation webpage right now. We
> should take a look at it and coordinate with whoever is admin for that
> page.
> 
> Carl
> 
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