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.? -- Thanks & Regards, Man Shankar <man.ee.gen(at)gmail.com>
