KDE Promo Activities Report - What's Going On?

Hello, everyone!

You might have noticed the activity on this mailing list has decreased
recently. This is mostly because KDE Promo is now using Phabricator to
track and manage its ongoing activities - as we announced a while ago:
https://marc.info/?l=kde-promo&m=149246050109966&w=2

However, if you're not a fan of Phabricator, or if you simply prefer the
mailing list, don't worry. There is a way to send automated notifications
about Phabricator tasks to the mailing list.

Until that's set up, please enjoy this human-made report. :)

So, what's currently going on in KDE Promo - and how can you contribute?

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1) Randa Meetings / Randa2017 Fundraiser
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Phabricator task: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6722

As you've probably heard, we're trying to promote Randa Meetings and
successfully complete the fundraiser. As things stand now, sadly, the
latter is probably not going to be achieved, unless a generous corporation
or a rich YouTuber decides to support #Randa2017.

But let's not give up yet! Here's what you can do:

+ post about Randa Meetings and the fundraiser on your social media
accounts - use the #Randa2017 hashtag

+ post about the Randa fundraiser in online communities - forums,
subreddits, Facebook groups... - that are dedicated to accessibility or
improving UX in general

+ write a story for the Dot - about accessibility in general (what it
means, why it benefits everyone and not just people with disabilities); or
about Randa Meetings in general (history, how it began, what's been
accomplished in previous years); or about your own personal experience with
accessibility on computers

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2) KDE at Qt World Summit
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Phabricator task: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6840

This is a big upcoming event that KDE will attend. It takes place in
Berlin, Germany from 10th to 12th of October 2017.

Planning for the setup and decoration of KDE booth/space at the event is
already in progress (see comments on Phabricator), but you can chime in
with your ideas.

If you'll be in Berlin on those dates, you can also sign up for booth duty,
or offer some other ways to help with representing KDE at the venue.

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3) KDE.org Website Redesign
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Phabricator task: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6842

A major overhaul of the official KDE website is in progress. The website
will not only be visually redesigned, but will also switch to a new CMS
(namely, Wordpress).

You can leave your comments and suggestions for the design - but also for
the content! - of the new website in the comments on the task linked above.

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4) Finding tools to collect data from social media
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Phabricator task: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6481

This is a very important long-term issue for KDE Promo, because we have to
find a way to track data from KDE's social media profiles. It's unfeasible
for a single person to do this manually, so we need to agree on a tool.

You can suggest tools and methods for this in the comments on Phabricator.

Please read through previous comments to avoid repeating the same
suggestions.

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5) Purism Phone Campaign
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Phabricator task: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6919

A brand new task - so fresh you can almost still smell the paint! If you're
interested in smartphones and want a bright future for Plasma Mobile, this
is the task for you. It's an ambitious plan to help the Librem 5
crowdfunding campaign AND promote Plasma Mobile.

What you can do?

+ join the discussion on Phabricator - read the comments, add your own
suggestions

+ get ready to write some content. This is a task that will require a lot
of written content, so you can start collecting ideas and preparing drafts

+ if you enjoy creating graphics more than writing, take a look at linked
visual materials in the task, and see how you can make them better, or make
new ones

+ if you don't really like writing, but don't mind translating what others
have written, that's cool, too! You can look for websites and communities
in your language that might be a good target for this campaign. Then, once
we have written the articles and blog posts, you can translate and post
them there to spread the word

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6) KDE Community - Setting Big Goals (Not strictly Promo)
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https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/244/

Lydia has invited us all to propose goals for the future of KDE.
https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2017q3/003907.html

If you have some ideas on how to evolve the KDE Community that are not
necessarily tied to KDE Promo, write them down, refine them, and post them
to the task linked above.

Proposals are accepted until the beginning of October.

You can also join an existing proposal that's close to your heart - or
close to the idea you were planning to post.

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Before closing this report, another quick piece of information. These days,
a lot of the conversation around KDE Promo happens on the #kde-promo IRC
channel, which is bridged to the Telegram group -
https://t.me/joinchat/AEyx-0O8HKmfJ50MByM4kg

Feel free to join either if you haven't done so already.

The discussions there are, naturally, somewhat different than here on the
mailing list. They're much more fast-paced, the subject can change quickly,
and offtopic chat is relatively common. Still, we're making an effort to
note down important pieces of information, ideas, and plans, and transfer
them to a more permanent place (such as Phabricator) for everyone to see.

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I hope this report brought you up to speed with the latest activities in
and around KDE Promo.

If you found this useful, please let us know. Likewise, if you don't like
this format, or think it can be improved, don't hesitate to send your
feedback.

Thanks a lot! :)

Cheers,

Ivana Isadora



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