Hi Sam,
In another thread I'd asked when this campaign was likely to be 'going live'; it was suggested that you're the person to ask about this.
Likewise, do you have a breakdown of any key dates/milestones that you'll need certain things done by? From what I can see, this project is quite young, so things might not have gotten that far yet.
Kind regards, Chris
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On 15/07/13 19:36, Chris Hayes wrote:
In another thread I'd asked when this campaign was likely to be 'going live'; it was suggested that you're the person to ask about this.
I am :) Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
Likewise, do you have a breakdown of any key dates/milestones that you'll need certain things done by? From what I can see, this project is quite young, so things might not have gotten that far yet.
You're right, I have loose deadlines in mind at the moment, but these need to be firmed up soon as autumn is approaching, and it'll make it easier for others to contribute.
The campaign should launch to coincide with students returning to university. There are good reasons for launching before and after. Before gives us exposure before the bustle of a new term (and attention spans are limited), after gives us exposure when students are together and networking and more likely to spread the campaign by word of mouth. "Launch" in this context refers to starting the daily microblog messages that we have prepared and translated [1].
There are also the other components to consider though:
- - Sticker packs to universities - - Workshops with students - - Postcards - - DVD cases - - Plastic bags (still under discussion)
Last I checked we had about 1 month worth of restriction messages for social media. We can also repeat the restriction messages, or, say 50% of them, after they've run their first round, as we'll have very few followers at the start of the campaign.
That means we could cover October and half of November. It would make sense to distribute the postcards and sticker packs at the start of the social media campaign too in order to drive create as much buzz and simultaneous public stimulus as possible.
Depending on how long it takes to get the postcard design(s) agreed, it should be possible to have them ready for distribution by the start of October. We already have some other materials ready, but we'll need to reprint some of the medium sized stickers as stock is out.
Another thing standing in the way of launch is the website - I think it needs extending before campaign launch. I don't think it's engaging enough as it is. Perhaps an embedded twitter feed or photo digest (rely on Twitter for this? Embed media goblin? Other solution?) would be sufficient.
What do you (list members) think about October 1st as a proposal? I'm not sure at the moment how the DVD cases (to be crowd-funded), restriction videos, and plastic bags fit into this timeframe.
In the mean time it would be good to get some more people on this list for ideas and sanity checks :) Please share suggestions if you have them.
Best,
Sam.
1. https://public.pad.fsfe.org/p/TheyDontWantYouTo_restrictions
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If the launch is to be early October, when do you suspect that all design elements would need to be completed by?
. Chris
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Sam Tuke samtuke@fsfe.org wrote:
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On 15/07/13 19:36, Chris Hayes wrote:
In another thread I'd asked when this campaign was likely to be 'going live'; it was suggested that you're the person to ask about this.
I am :) Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
Likewise, do you have a breakdown of any key dates/milestones that you'll need certain things done by? From what I can see, this project is quite young, so things might not have gotten that far yet.
You're right, I have loose deadlines in mind at the moment, but these need to be firmed up soon as autumn is approaching, and it'll make it easier for others to contribute.
The campaign should launch to coincide with students returning to university. There are good reasons for launching before and after. Before gives us exposure before the bustle of a new term (and attention spans are limited), after gives us exposure when students are together and networking and more likely to spread the campaign by word of mouth. "Launch" in this context refers to starting the daily microblog messages that we have prepared and translated [1].
There are also the other components to consider though:
- Sticker packs to universities
- Workshops with students
- Postcards
- DVD cases
- Plastic bags (still under discussion)
Last I checked we had about 1 month worth of restriction messages for social media. We can also repeat the restriction messages, or, say 50% of them, after they've run their first round, as we'll have very few followers at the start of the campaign.
That means we could cover October and half of November. It would make sense to distribute the postcards and sticker packs at the start of the social media campaign too in order to drive create as much buzz and simultaneous public stimulus as possible.
Depending on how long it takes to get the postcard design(s) agreed, it should be possible to have them ready for distribution by the start of October. We already have some other materials ready, but we'll need to reprint some of the medium sized stickers as stock is out.
Another thing standing in the way of launch is the website - I think it needs extending before campaign launch. I don't think it's engaging enough as it is. Perhaps an embedded twitter feed or photo digest (rely on Twitter for this? Embed media goblin? Other solution?) would be sufficient.
What do you (list members) think about October 1st as a proposal? I'm not sure at the moment how the DVD cases (to be crowd-funded), restriction videos, and plastic bags fit into this timeframe.
In the mean time it would be good to get some more people on this list for ideas and sanity checks :) Please share suggestions if you have them.
Best,
Sam.
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Hi Chris,
On 06/08/13 01:25, Chris Hayes wrote:
If the launch is to be early October, when do you suspect that all design elements would need to be completed by?
After a meeting today we've moved the launch date to November 4th, and set the deadline for printable graphics (stickers and postcards) as August 30th. That means that they will be printed in time for the FSFE European Coordinators meeting on 27th September, which will allow us to distribute them to coordinators so they can spread them to their respective groups.
That gives us a little over three weeks to finalise our designs, which should hopefully be enough. Does it sound OK to you?
Best,
Sam.
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Hello,
On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 06:15:30PM +0200, Sam Tuke wrote:
On 06/08/13 01:25, Chris Hayes wrote:
If the launch is to be early October, when do you suspect that all design elements would need to be completed by?
After a meeting today we've moved the launch date to November 4th, and set the deadline for printable graphics (stickers and postcards) as August 30th. That means that they will be printed in time for the FSFE European Coordinators meeting on 27th September, which will allow us to distribute them to coordinators so they can spread them to their respective groups.
Just curious: Will the stickers be ready in time?
the Disobey -> On the streets link refers to the merchandise page. Is this intended? It looks as if tdwyt is just a marketing campaign for our T-shirts.
Shouldn't it link to https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html ?
Thanks,
Guido
Hello,
do I see it right that there is no issue tracker for the tdwyt campaign?
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 04:38:55PM +0200, Guido Arnold wrote:
the Disobey -> On the streets link refers to the merchandise page. Is this intended? It looks as if tdwyt is just a marketing campaign for our T-shirts.
Shouldn't it link to https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html ?
I think maybe this would even better: http://fsfe.org/campaigns/theydontwantyouto/ although the fsfe logo is already linking to it.
And I have another issue to report. This time a real defect: If you want to jump to the English version from any of the translations, it won't work as the link only goes to http://theydontwantyou.to/index (The .html is missing).
Issue #3 (minor) the term "Impressum" (Imprint) doesn't seem to be translated.
Greetings,
Guido
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On 20/10/13 13:29, Guido Arnold wrote:
do I see it right that there is no issue tracker for the tdwyt campaign?
No, we're using TaskFreak:
http://campaigns.fsfe.org/taskfreak/index.php?show=future&sProject=4
let me know if you have trouble getting access.
And I have another issue to report. This time a real defect: If you want to jump to the English version from any of the translations, it won't work as the link only goes to http://theydontwantyou.to/index (The .html is missing).
Yes, that might be a problem with the Pelican config (the static site generator that TDWYT uses). Thanks for pointing it out.
Issue #3 (minor) the term "Impressum" (Imprint) doesn't seem to be translated.
Hmm, I think that's OK. It's mainly a German thing - the link exists due to German law, so personally I think it's OK to leave it.
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Hello,
On http://fsfe.org/campaigns/theydontwantyouto/
The headline "Take the message to the streets" links to the main index page. Shouldn't this link to https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html#tdwyt instead?
Greetings,
Guido
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Hi all,
To tidy up files and make artwork easier to find, I've moved it to a dedicated repo:
https://gitorious.org/tdwyt/artwork
Share any questions here :)
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On 20/10/13 13:29, Guido Arnold wrote:
Hello,
do I see it right that there is no issue tracker for the tdwyt campaign?
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 04:38:55PM +0200, Guido Arnold wrote:
the Disobey -> On the streets link refers to the merchandise page. Is this intended? It looks as if tdwyt is just a marketing campaign for our T-shirts.
Shouldn't it link to https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html ?
I think maybe this would even better: http://fsfe.org/campaigns/theydontwantyouto/ although the fsfe logo is already linking to it.
there are two broken links on the site.
"What restrictions won't you stand for?" links to "https://fsfe.org/campaigns/theydontwantyouto/http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Finte..." which gives a 404
and "Take the message to the streets" links to FSFE main page -> should that be correct??
Best, Erik
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On 19/10/13 16:38, Guido Arnold wrote:
Just curious: Will the stickers be ready in time?
Yes they should be delivered this week, maybe today. We then have to dispatch them to partner organisations.
the Disobey -> On the streets link refers to the merchandise page. Is this intended? It looks as if tdwyt is just a marketing campaign for our T-shirts.
Yes that's temporary. The "on the streets" link will direct people to information about where to get hold of stickers, probably via partner organisations. Originally I had in mind a sticker ordering form on the TDWYT website itself (actually there was a draft) but we're very short on time now so I think a page with info and links might be quicker. Would you be interested in helping with this?
Shouldn't it link to https://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html ?
That's one option, but I'd rather it link to a page on the TDWYT website to keep the branding consistent and have FSFE's association as a partner organisation.
Thanks for pointing out these problems!
Sam.
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Hello,
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 01:58:46PM +0200, Sam Tuke wrote:
On 19/10/13 16:38, Guido Arnold wrote:
Just curious: Will the stickers be ready in time?
Yes they should be delivered this week, maybe today. We then have to dispatch them to partner organisations.
Great! I see on the issue tracker that the form to order them is in the works. Can you put me on the list already? :)
Yes that's temporary. The "on the streets" link will direct people to information about where to get hold of stickers, probably via partner organisations. Originally I had in mind a sticker ordering form on the TDWYT website itself (actually there was a draft) but we're very short on time now so I think a page with info and links might be quicker. Would you be interested in helping with this?
Well, I can provide feedback, but apart from that I'm afraid I have already enough to do with getting more people on board. Not to mention that I am not good at working on web pages :) but I can ask around.
Greetings,
Guido
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On 23/10/13 00:21, Guido Arnold wrote:
Great! I see on the issue tracker that the form to order them is in the works. Can you put me on the list already? :)
We shall set some aside for you as soon as they arrive :)
Sam.
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On 21/10/13 13:58, Sam Tuke wrote:
On 19/10/13 16:38, Guido Arnold wrote:
Just curious: Will the stickers be ready in time?
Yes they should be delivered this week, maybe today. We then have to dispatch them to partner organisations.
they will be delivered next week ...
Best, Erik