Re: faith, love and what we believe in

On Friday, July 20, 2012 22:24:28 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> Heya all,
> 
> At Akademy I had a chat with Boudewijn who felt we're loosing the "we do KDE
> for the excitement of finally figuring something out" spirit a bit. Others
> echoed that thought.
> 
> This is a marketing thing - we can help. First of all, we need to create
> some messaging which focuses on our passions, why we do what we do. There's
> a number of things we can/should do, starting by simply keeping this in mind
> when creating things like website(texts) and artwork, esp around the GSOC
> for next year. But one specific thing we can do: create a poster which
> conveys what KDE is all about! I've done something like that for openSUSE:
> 
> https://github.com/openSUSE/artwork/raw/master/posters/we%20believe%20120dpi
> .png
> 
> And I thought we can do the same for KDE. It would have entirely different
> art, but the same idea behind it. After thinking, I came up with the
> following two possibilities, on which I'd like feedback. Note that it has to
> be kept SHORT and SIMPLE!
> 
> Last but not least. After writing this, I saw a discussion about a 'KDE
> Manifesto' on another list. This is (the relevant part of) the content of
> that:
> 
> We are a community of technologists, designers, writers and advocates who
> work to ensure freedom for all people through our software.
> 
> Because of this work we have come to value:
> * Open Governance to ensure engagement in our leadership and decision
> processes;
> * Free Software to ensure the result of our work is available to all people;
> Inclusivity to ensure that people of all origins are welcome to join us and
> participate;
> * Innovation to ensure that new ideas constantly emerge to better serve
> people;
> * Common Ownership to ensure that we stay united;
> * End-User Focus to ensure our work is useful to all people.
> 
> I tried to integrate those concepts.
> 
> Now /shoot/ :D
> 
> 
> WE BELIEVE
> ==in new things==
> We love the excitement of a newly discovered trick, a new way to solve a
> problem, a stimulating discussion. We enjoy finding the perfect solution
> together and teaching others what we know.
> 
> ==in sharing==
> We believe in Open and Together. Shared ownership within, sharing our code
> under a free license with others and sharing decision power means better
> results benefiting everyone.
> 
> ==in people==
> KDE is more than technology. We share our love for karaoke, hugs, beer and
> good food. We enjoy life besides our intellectual endeavors and we love to
> share that with each other in KDE!
> 
> 
> A slightly different concept, just substitute the "We believe" and the
> headers above the text with the following:
> WE LOVE
> ❤ sharing knowledge
> 
> ❤ sharing code
> 
> ❤ sharing friends
> 
> The KDE articles of Love


Otherwise, thoughts on this? Is this something we can ask our artists to 
create something with/for? How should we improve the texts? There's a KDE 
manifesto coming and it'd be nice to have this marketing stuff prepared for 
that...

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