Notes from the March 27th marketing meeting 
Attendees
Caroline
Martin
Kristi
Britt
Regina
Rafael
Oliver
Agenda
GSOC (Oliver)
- Deadline for student applications is March 31
- Idea list: Outreach/SummerOfCode/2020/Ideas - GNOME Wiki!
- Official timeline: How it Works | Google Summer of Code
- Can make sense to spread information about the project & initiatives
- Britt will post another message to twitter today
- @Oliver suggests doing more marketing around this topic - potentially blog posts and additional social media efforts.
News worthy things (oliverp)
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Some intresting and read have posted to Planet gnome, including Tobias Bebards post "There is No “Linux” Platform (Part 2). There is No “Linux” Platform (Part 2) – Space and Meaning
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Comment: Tobias post can be interpreted as the case for and importance of GNOME.
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Christian continues to publish interesting notes about his work and efforts - (this month he have blogged twice about sysprof) How to use Sysprof to… – Happenings in GNOME How to use Sysprof to… Part II – Happenings in GNOME
University Outreach Progress (Martin)
- There is now a wiki available which includes a guide on how to organize events,
- Link with info about the initiative is available at Engagement/UniversityOutreach - GNOME Wiki!
- The link includes a list of people who are willing to guide the community,
Podcast initiative for GUADEC (Regina)
- Idea to some interviews GNOME People for GUADEC
- Group recommends more planning/strategy around this idea
- There is a suggestion to record all episodes before releasing any interview
Pan African GNOME Summit
- The event got canceled due to covid 19, the plan is to organize the event once the situation gets back to normal.