GNOME's 20th Birthday Planning Meeting 10 March 2017

https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/20BD_MAR_10

AGENDA

• Review specific projects
• Clarify the projects
• Coordinate with GUADEC planners

Attendees

• Allan
• Nuritzi
• Rosanna
• Neil
• Sam
• Cassandra

Meeting Notes

Tech timeline @Allan, Joaquim

• @Cassandra to reach out to Allan and Joaquim to see if they're still interested

GOALS

• Branding
• Motivate current contributors
• Seeing people around the world contributing
• Community feeling a part of something big
• PR - need to get people to participate online

Social media

• 20th Birthday logo; invitation
• Hashtag (tweet what they like about GNOME, a birthday message, birthday party photos, etc.)
• Photobooth where people can take their photos and add messages

20th Birthday Logo?

• To translate into different media (social media, badge, website, invitations, t shirts)
• Still need a designer
• Want to spread on social media and on blogs
• Use this to plan some new merchendise

Tech timeline

• Photos
• Screenshots

Birthday Party at GUADEC

• Get Miguel Icaza to either join or record a video - ask Jonathan
• Birthday invitation
• Photobooth here people can take their photos and add messages
• GNOME Love Wall (birthday messages)
• Organizing activities with engagement team

GNOME Beers

• Look into getting kegs because bottles can only be purchased in huge quantities
• Sam requested quote from a new brewery

Birthday website

• https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/20BD_Birthday_Website

• https://etherpad.gnome.org/p/bday_website_content

• Showcase contributors and contributions
• Reflect on historic moments
• Motivate current contributors
• Seeing people around the world contributing
• Ask for birthday gifts
• Social media coverage with hashtag

Birthday video

• Request an intern?
• Approach board members, people from the past
• Have people record "Happy birthday GNOME!"
• 15 sec. recording: get people to talk about a postive experience, why the project matters, a good/funny memory, etc.

Birthday gifts

• Friends of GNOME
• Top Bugs to fix wishlist

Sub Events

• Newcomer's lunch

Getting other groups involved

• Contact Bin Le
• Contact Florian (GNOME Espanol)

New 20th Birthday Swag

• Limited edition

Party Packs

• Stickers
• Balloons
• Shipped out to part planners who requested them (around 6 to ship out)

Birthday DAY

• Local groups
• Social media coverage

Action Steps

• Reach out to designers for invitations and logo
• Reach out to Miguel de Icaza
• Secure venue and start birthday party subevents planning