Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 23:40:58 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Advocacy projects need manpower. Message-ID: <200505312140.j4VLewRi022517@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: Message from "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> of "Tue, 31 May 2005 20:29:09 %2B0200." <429CACF5.9060802@401.cx>
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Background: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" wrote: > *design* of the webpage, and I cant think of a better place to > ask then advocacy, No need to Think ;-) _Read_ http://www.freebsd.org : Register the URLs the web obsessed should already be complying with: www@freebsd.org webmaster@freebsd.org send-pr & set Category: www & Send diffs to commit to cvs/www to the above. Much noise on advocacy@ concerns presentation style of http://www.freebsd.org, so has as much impact as farting in the wind, as http://www.freebsd.org defines content as done by those behind the 3 URLs above, Not done by those on advocacy@ I can't see those running http://www.freebsd.org should give a damn what we on advocacy@ think, when so many here who _claim_ to be web volunteers with plans to change stuff, are so ill disciplined, they don't even comply with URLs provided to co-ordinate web maintenance. Useful Non Back Seat Driver Work Advocacy@ Could Do Instead: Form small teams to create (Not talk about) & maintain a single page printable double sided (letter And A4) 2 fold 3 column leaflet titled: "Why FreeBSD, Not Linux ?" similar to eg BSD leaflet (eg http://berklix.org/bim/leaflet/). Take that Makefile + Tex structure as a start if you want. Multi lingual too later ? Create (not talk about) And maintain a FreeBSD `slide show / presentation (eg ports/misc/magicpoint format, usable on any cheap laptop to hand, (not just high end open office / starwriter capable laptops)' For use with office projectors (beamers). Both for use in short notice, no time to prepare, quick download, print, & convince type scenarios, to management & chambers of commerce & installathons etc. Whenever such opportunities arise, there rarely seems time to prepare for it, so we should have something permanently ready to download. If there are volunteers who want to work on those, I can provide (on http://berklix.org servers) extra mail lists, + web(*) space & logins, a CVS facility too later if needed. (*) I'm Not offering to support web page rehashing of http://www.freebsd.org, just to support leaflet & `slide show' production & maintenance). Encourage noisey back seat web drivers to divert to the 3 URLs above. Lets be quieter & contribute something useful, not make irrelevant web noise. - Julian Stacey Net & Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Mail in Ascii (Html=Spam). Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz.
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