KDE Promo Activities Report 2 - What's Going On?

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of "What's Going On in KDE
Promo"! :)

Since some of you seemed to enjoy this format, we're doing it again. This
is just a quick round-up to keep you in the loop and point you to KDE Promo
activities that you can join.

If you missed the previous report, or just want to refresh your memory, you
can read it here:

https://marc.info/?l=kde-promo&m=150461249529504&w=2

Without further ado, let's see what's up in KDE Promo - and what you can do
to help!

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1) Randa Meetings / Randa2017 Fundraiser
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Randa Meetings 2017 are over, but the fundraiser is not! It has been
extended, and even if we don't reach the goal, every donation matters.

How you can help:

+ share the link to the fundraiser on your social media profiles - please
use the #Randa2017 hashtag

This is the link: https://www.kde.org/fundraisers/randameetings2017/

+ share developers' posts and reports from Randa 2017 on social media and
in online communities - forums, subreddits, Facebook groups... - dedicated
to accessibility, improving UX in general, as well as to Free and open
source software

You can find the blog posts here:

https://community.kde.org/Sprints/Randa/2017#Blog_posts_and_other_news_about_the_meeting

For example, if you're interested in the development of digiKam, you can
share posts about it in communities not only dedicated to open source image
processing, but also with communities dedicated to digital photography in
general and introduce digiKam to new users.


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2) Partnering with Purism to get Plasma Mobile on the Librem5 device
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Phabricator task: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6919

KDE officially announced that we will be joining the campaign and helping
promote the Librem5 fundraiser.

https://dot.kde.org/2017/09/14/plasma-mobile-and-purisms-librem-5-free-smartphone

In the meantime, news came out that Gnome would be doing the same.

Interestingly, despite the support from both our communities, some
reactions to the announcement were negative or very skeptical.

How you can help:

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

+ in particular, take a look at the Phabricator task on how to respond to
negative comments:

https://phabricator.kde.org/T7021

Try to come up with some other counter-arguments, and then use them when
discussing and promoting this project on social media.

+ Bruce Byfield has also addressed the issue in an article posted here:

http://www.ocsmag.com/2017/09/27/purism-and-its-critics/

He makes some very compelling arguments.

+ Make a mockup for the Librem5 device running Plasma Mobile!

You can find all the resources you need at

https://puri.sm/posts/make-your-own-librem-5-concept-art/

Tweet us your work (@kdecommunity) and we will share it on KDE's social
media profiles.

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3) Restoring ownership of the PlasmaMobile Twitter account
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Phabricator task: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6920

It turns out there is a Plasma Mobile Twitter account! It's here:

https://twitter.com/PlasmaMobile

But its owner and login credentials are unknown. It would be great to
revive this account and start using it not only to promote the Librem5
campaign, but also Plasma Mobile in general.

How you can help:

+ if you have any information on who created this account and how to
contact that person, please let us know ASAP, either here on the promo
mailing list or in the Phabricator task linked above

+ if you have some advice on what would be the best way to approach Twitter
to ask them for account credentials, feel free to share your knowledge,
especially if you've had a similar experience with your own accounts in the
past

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4) Supporting FSFE in the campaign "Public Money? Public Code!"
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We supported FSFE in their campaign that aims to convince governments and
lawmakers to release software funded by public money as Free software
available for everyone to use, share, study, and improve.

https://dot.kde.org/2017/09/13/public-money-public-code-join-fsfe-campaign

The campaign's open letter has already collected more than 10,000
signatures, but it's still going on.

How you can help:

+ sign the open letter, or, if you've done that already, share it with your
friends, family and colleagues and encourage them to sign it as well

The open letter is here:

https://publiccode.eu/openletter/

+ spread awareness of the campaign - the "hype" might have died down, so it
can be good to remind people that the campaign is still active. You can
share the link to the official campaign website on social media and in
online communities

The campaign website is at:

https://publiccode.eu/

+ translate the website or the materials from it into your language, and
share that translated information with local media and relevant
organizations from your country, with FOSS-related initiatives and
politicians.

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

As you already know, KDE will be at QtWS in Berlin, Germany from 10th to
12th of October 2017.

Here is an overview of how the preparation for the event is coming along:

https://marc.info/?l=kde-community&m=150511916005780&w=4

How you can help:

+ sign up for booth duty - there can never be too many people! :) You can
find more information in the overview linked above, including how to
register for free tickets to the event

+ brainstorm promo materials. We would appreciate help with designing
flyers, posters, and especially written material that will be used to
represent KDE at the event. Please join the discussion in the Phabricator
task linked above

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6) KDE at other upcoming events
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There are several upcoming events where it would be great to set up a booth
or even just distribute some promo materials to represent KDE.

+ LibreOffice conference - Rome, Italy, October 11-13

Since LO had a booth at Akademy, it may be a good idea to correspond and
set up a KDE booth there. There has been some initial interest in this
email thread:

https://marc.info/?l=kde-community&m=150533754306843&w=4

+ freenode #live, Bristol, UK, October 28-29th

Some community members have already started discussing how to pull this
off. You can read the discussion in this email thread:

https://marc.info/?l=kde-community&m=150333165106921&w=4

+ FOSDEM 2018

It's never too early to start preparing for FOSDEM! Pau Garcia i Quiles
sent out a call for people who want to help organize a KDE presence:

https://marc.info/?l=kde-promo&m=150447922228114&w=2

How you can help:

+ check the linked email threads and if you want to join the KDE crew at
any of those events, join the discussion! Send an email to the kde-promo
mailing list, to kde-community, or directly to people who are organizing
the effort. You can find their contact info in the "From" section of their
emails in linked email threads.

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

Time's almost up to submit your proposal for long-term goals for the KDE
Community!

New proposals are accepted until the beginning of October.

If you don't have time to put together a detailed proposal, but one of the
existing ones is similar to your idea, feel free to join it and commit to
working together on making KDE better.


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With that, we've reached the end of this report. We hope this round-up
helped you get a clearer picture of what we're currently working on in KDE
Promo.

Don't hesitate to send us your feedback on this report. If you have any
ideas for improving this format, please let us know.

Thanks a lot!

Until next time,

Paul & Ivana Isadora


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Ivana Isadora Devcic
Promotion & Marketing, KDE.org
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