[Clipart] Less than a week until Spring Package release!

Brad Phillips brad at bradphillips.org
Fri May 21 10:29:26 PDT 2010 

Yes, I agree that there needs to be time for the theme to be useful.   
I think the plan (after this initial release) is to start getting the  
packages out on the 1st of every month, rather than tacking them on  
at the back end.  That makes me wonder about June though..if our  
incentive is to get packages on the 1st, maybe this initial release  
should count as the June release.  We'll then have a more realistic  
time frame of putting together the next package, rather than  
squeezing 2 out in a small space to get on track for releases.

I can move all releases back a month (if many agree), June will equal  
this initial "Spring" theme, July would become a possible combination  
of Summer/Independence, August would be dedicated to Fall, and so on.

I still have questions about the quarterly packaging. Should we  
encourage new submissions for that as we release new packages, or do  
they become a gathering of all of the new work obtained in many of  
these monthly releases?

Thoughts?
+Brad

On May 21, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Greg Bulmash wrote:

> Brad,
>
> Note Jon's previous suggestion to think a month or two out. If you're
> releasing the Halloween package on October 26th, it's only going to be
> of use to last-minute projects and it will get NO press because
> everyone in the media will have either already published or already
> locked down their "Halloween Resources" articles. It needs to drop in
> September, so everyone can recommend it in October.
>
> Move every package back a month, and combine the Christmas & New Year
> packages since they're only a week apart.
>
> - Greg
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Brad Phillips  
> <brad at bradphillips.org> wrote:
>> Yes, packaging Wed & Thurs. release sounds great!
>> Here's a draft of the next year of package releases.  Let me know  
>> what you
>> guys think about this.
>> The only month where nothing immediately came to mind was August.
>> Also, some of these themes we had been thinking could be larger,  
>> quarterly
>> packages (Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas, New Year's-Valentines- 
>> Easter,
>> etc).
>> Does it make sense to leave these major holidays off of the  
>> monthly release
>> schedule, or could it simply work to package all of the work from  
>> these
>> months into quarterly releases, rather than push for new content  
>> on top of
>> new content.
>> Any suggestions or changes are more than welcome to the following  
>> list.
>>  What do you all think?
>> June 2010
>> -theme: summer
>> -tag: summer2010
>> July 2010
>> -theme: Independence/freedom
>> -tag: freedom2010
>> August 2010
>> -theme:
>> -tag:
>> -hmmm..august is kickoff of NFL (American Football) Season &  
>> National Golf
>> Month??
>> September 2010
>> -theme: fall
>> -tag: fall2010
>> October 2010
>> -theme: Halloween
>> -tag: halloween2010
>> November 2010
>> -theme: Thanksgiving
>> -tag: thanksgiving2010
>> December 2010
>> -theme: Christmas
>> -tag: christmas2010
>> January 2011
>> -theme: New Years
>> -tag: newyears2011
>> February 2011
>> -theme: Valentines Day
>> -tag: valentines2011
>> March 2011
>> -theme: St. Patrick's Day
>> -tag: stpatricks2011
>> April 2011
>> -theme: Easter
>> -tag: easter2011
>> May 2011
>> -theme: Mexican Heritage (Cinco de Mayo)
>> -tag: cincodemayo2011
>>
>> On May 20, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Jon Phillips wrote:
>>
>> Brad, can you respond please to the months below...lets talk about  
>> here on
>> the list...just list them out...also, I put the dates below I  
>> think we
>> should target. I think for packageing should be last friday of the  
>> month,
>> and then release on the first monday of the month. See below...can  
>> everyone
>> weigh in on the themes, dates and tags below, then brad, when  
>> full, please
>> move to the roadmap...lets get more people involved first...
>>
>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Brad Phillips  
>> <brad at bradphillips.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, yes, I'll add theme & tag suggestions to the Roadmap, as the
>>> conversation about specific themes for upcoming months continues.
>>>  "spring2010" works for me as a first package tag.  Another thing  
>>> I was
>>> wondering is how can we best give credit to the artists who are  
>>> represented
>>> in the package?  Is including their work enough or is there some  
>>> other way
>>> to attribute credit?
>>
>> I like chovynz idea for: "Would it work to have a statement down  
>> the base of
>> a news post or in a readme file stating, "Awesome Spring2010  
>> contributions
>> made by OCAL authors : <User name>, <User name>, <User name> etcetc."
>>
>> We should totally promote in the announcement/press the people in the
>> package... username, clipart name, URL to their clipart. Of  
>> course, would be
>> great to automate in the future...but lets do the basic for the  
>> release.
>>
>> Since we have the special occasion of LGM, can we package things  
>> up by next
>> WED, and announce next THURSDAY?
>>
>> see below
>>
>>>
>>> +Brad
>>> On May 19, 2010, at 3:07 PM, Jon Phillips wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Brad Phillips  
>>> <brad at bradphillips.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I just wanted to send out a quick reminder to upload your Spring- 
>>>> themed
>>>> graphics to OCAL, so they can be included in our first themed  
>>>> package
>>>> release.  We are planning on announcing and releasing this  
>>>> initial package
>>>> on May 22nd, to coincide with the Libre Graphics Meeting.  I  
>>>> have been
>>>> working diligently, for the past week, and I will be upping my  
>>>> work as I
>>>> finish them off. rg1024 has already begun this process, and he's  
>>>> tagged his
>>>> work with the "spring2010" tag.  Is everyone ok with using this  
>>>> tag to
>>>> associate their clipart meant for the package?  It's important  
>>>> that we have
>>>> unique tags for each release, so that all works can be located &  
>>>> included!
>>>
>>> Totally, great tag. Lets use it: spring2010
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if, in future package releases, we can agree on a specific
>>>> format for these monthly package release tags.  Something like
>>>> Month_Year_Theme (i.e. May_2010_Spring).  Also I have updated  
>>>> the OCAL
>>>> Roadmap with a tentative release schedule
>>>> (http://www.openclipart.org/wiki/Roadmap).  I'd like to hear  
>>>> your thoughts.
>>>>  I'm hoping to get the package above 300 images each month by  
>>>> the end of the
>>>> year.
>>>
>>> As long as the tag is consistent, is the main thing, per month.  
>>> Can you
>>> just select a tag for each month. I think something like the  
>>> theme is fine
>>> like spring2010 or christmas2010. Nice and short should rule.
>>>
>>> I think May_2010_Spring is too long.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much for participating in this and helping to grow  
>>>> the Open
>>>> Clip Art Library Community!
>>>
>>>
>>> Cool! Brad, can you just pencil in each month theme here, and  
>>> others,
>>> please jump in as well as what themes you'd like for each  
>>> month...and think
>>> a month or two ahead. Then, the final ones, should be entered  
>>> onto the
>>> roadmap. Cool?
>>>
>>
>> May
>>
>> tag: spring2010
>> submission cutoff date: Wed, May 26
>> announcement date: Thurs, May 27
>>
>> * special because of LGM
>>
>>
>>>
>>> June 2010
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: summer
>> tag: summer2010
>>
>> submission cutoff date: Friday, July 2
>> announcement date: Monday, July 5
>>
>>>
>>> July 2010
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>>
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>>
>> submission cutoff date: Friday, july 30
>> announcement date: Monday, August 2nd
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> August 2010
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> September 2010
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>>>
>>> Oct 2010
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>>>
>>> Nov 2010
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>>>
>>> Dec 2010
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>>>
>>> Jan 2011
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>>>
>>> Feb 2011
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>>>
>>> March 2011
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>>>
>>> April 2011
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>>>
>>> May 2011
>>> * theme: ?
>>> * tag: ?
>>
>> theme: (please fill in)
>> tag: (please fill in)
>> submission cutoff date: (please fill in)
>> announcement date: (please fill in)
>>
>> Brad and others, can you help flesh this out with themes and the  
>> dates. Does
>> this all make sense?
>>
>> <snip />
>>
>>
>> --
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