Re: [gentoo-dev] GWN - how to restart ?

[Nathan Zachary]

Man Shankar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Firstly apologies if this is the wrong -list for such a post. I would
> like to see the GWN restart (i m sure i m not the only one) ! Infact i
> can contribute my weekends to it. That should be enough time.
>
> As regards, the need for a newsletter, i guess its more to do with
> information dissemination. Clearly a monthly schedule is difficult for
> a fast moving distro like Gentoo. Also another major benefit is for the
> prospective users who see something coming from within the community and
> beleive it to be alive and well. I mean, the Gentoo community knows that
> Gentoo is doing very well (cheers to the devs and the community- you
> rock) but unfortunately that is not the view outside. This kind of puts
> off the user-to-be (i know because my *nix-aware friends are difficult to
> convince and a lot of garbage has been written about Gentoo in the past).
> Also there are those who just prefer the newsletter in their inbox as
> opposed to going through forums and websites. Ofcourse, there are other
> reasons as well.
>
> Now, as regards the content - i have the following on mind:
>
> 1) The regular stuff -- stats, new packages, removals, dev joinings,
> hottest thread, most discussed topic on ml etc.
> 2) One article -- ranging from the hip and happening in the Gentoo-world
> to howtos;
> 3) Community member of the week (devs or users) -- About a community
> member, the format will be specific (i m working on it)
> 4) There has to be some tech-humor ;-) LOL!!
>
> 5) Other suggestions and criticisms are welcome!
>
> So, how do i go about it? Whom to contact, the hurdles i should be
> prepared for etc.?
>
>
I would be happy to help out with the newsletter, especially with the
"one article." I don't know if a weekly newsletter is appropriate
though. Maybe bi-weekly or monthly like it is now.

--Zach