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This page is based on the Marketing schedule template which should be copied over at every new release. This schedule depends on Fedora General release schedule. We are now in the Fedora 11 cycle.
A list of general tasks which are not particularly related to a Fedora release cycle can be found on Marketing tasks.
6 weeks prior to Alpha - From 2008-11-25 to 2008-12-24
| Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Update the Talking Points | Jack | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD | |
| Renew the news distribution network people list to always have motivated people | Steven Moix | 1 | 2009-03-03 | |
| Cleanup the wiki from the obsolete marketing cycles | Steven Moix | 1 | 2009-02-28 | |
| Cycle the wiki pages to the new release | Steven Moix | 1 | 2009-02-28 |
Alpha Release - From 2008-12-24 to 2009-02-05
Nothing here yet
Feature Freeze - From 2009-02-05 to 2009-03-03
| Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Select marketing topics/features we want to focus on | Steven Moix | 1 | 2009-02-10 | |
| Contact beats people about topics/features we cover | User | 1 | 2009-02-17 | |
| Update the features page | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD | |
| Update the talking points | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD |
Beta Release - From 2009-03-03 to 2009-03-24
| Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer interviews on the coming release? | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD | |
| Brief FAMSCo on talking points and propagate link to Ambassadors | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD | |
| Collect these stuff and forward it to fedora press - Henrik Heigl | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD | |
| Update the press kits on the Fedora press material page | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD |
Preview Release - From 2009-03-24 to 2009-04-28
Artwork is generally done at this point.
| Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Update the screenshots page | Steven Moix | 1 | 2009-03-24 | |
| Update the Fedora tour page | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD |
Final Release - From 2009-04-28 to 2009-05-26
| Task Name | Owner | Priority | Target Date | Status/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spam the world | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD | |
| Monitor community news sites and provide corrections and additional information as needed | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD | |
| Additional outreach to independent journos and podcasters | User | 1 | YYYY-MM-DD | |
| Update the Marketing statistics poster 4 weeks after the release | Steven Moix | 1 | 2009-06-06 |