Gentoo Archives: gentoo-pr

From: "Simon P. Hough" <shough@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-pr@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-pr] Gentoo Presentation
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 23:06:12
Message-Id: 3FF0B04D.4030808@chartermi.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-pr] Gentoo Presentation by Sven Vermeulen
1 Alrighty,
2
3 I`ll get to those designs later this week.. and the main headings will
4 be neglected on
5 purpose if thats ok, i.e where it says "community" :)
6
7 I feel that an online doc explaining how to present the presentation
8 would be a great
9 idea, it will be hard not to be "bossy" but that can be worked out..
10
11 This week is real busy, but I will hope to get some ideas going before
12 the end of the week:)
13
14 cheers
15
16 Si
17 Sven Vermeulen wrote:
18
19 >On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 06:31:04PM -0500, Simon P. Hough wrote:
20 >
21 >
22 >>Excellent presentation, I think leaving the main headings to the author
23 >>of the presentation would still
24 >>be a good thing keeping the font ofcourse (Steelfish font, available at
25 >>www.1001fonts.com)
26 >>
27 >>
28 >
29 >With main heading you mean the word "community"?
30 >
31 >
32 >
33 >>So, you want more backgrounds?:)
34 >>
35 >>
36 >
37 >Yes :) As you can see I use four main subjects:
38 >
39 >- History
40 >- Metadistribution
41 >- Community
42 >- Organisation
43 >
44 >The "Metadistribution" has
45 >-- Portage
46 >-- Init Scripts
47 >-- Installation Choices
48 >-- Rapid Development
49 >-- Learn
50 >
51 >If you would be able to make backgrounds for these themes I believe most
52 >subjects that can rise in a presentation (generally) are discussed.
53 >
54 >
55 >
56 >>BTW How does one get thier own dev space?:) I just have a limited amount
57 >>here with my ISP.
58 >>
59 >>
60 >
61 >To have dev space you need to become a developer. To become a developer you
62 >need to continuously make considerable contributions to the Gentoo project.
63 >If you're interested in becoming a developer, just contact me off-list :)
64 >
65 >If you just need space, I'm sure another solution can be found.
66 >
67 >
68 >
69 >>Whats next on the agenda after the backgrounds?
70 >>
71 >>
72 >
73 >Good question. I was thinking about having a document online on how to make
74 >decent presentations. There are many rules to this so it would be nice if we
75 >can sum those up. This would also include how to act properly during the
76 >presentations.
77 >
78 >Another thing would be to have "official" presentations online (I am
79 >hoping for magicpoint because it is easily added to CVS and very small :). To
80 >be more precise, I hope that some of the aspects of the Gentoo project are
81 >available as presentations (in cooperation with the projects). For instance a
82 >presentation on "The Gentoo Hardened Project". These presentations can then
83 >be used by interested developers to give a presentation on the subject in
84 >their local LUG or at some free software conference.
85 >
86 >Non-presentation related, but still interesting, is to have a design out
87 >which can be printed as hand-outs for distribution on events, or even a press
88 >map in case a presentation is made at a more official conference.
89 >
90 >That's a bit of the things that are on my mind.
91 >
92 >Wkr,
93 > Sven Vermeulen
94 >
95 >
96 >
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