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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.

General task list which are not related to a release 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 Target Date Status/Notes
Update the Talking Points Jack 2009-03-10 Working on it!
Renew the news distribution network people list to always have motivated people moixs 2009-03-03 work in progress
Cleanup the wiki from the obsolete marketing cycles moixs 2009-02-28 done
Cycle the wiki pages to the new release moixs 2009-02-28 done

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 Target Date Status/Notes
Select marketing topics/features we want to focus on Owner 2009-02-10 A note
Contact beats people about topics/features we cover Owner 2009-02-17 A note
Update the features page Owner 2009-03-03 A note
Update the talking points Owner 2009-03-03 A note
(PBOOK) "Now accepting photos" 200x100px banner Michael Beckwith 2009-03-10

Beta Release - From 2009-03-03 to 2009-03-24

Task Name Owner Target Date Status/Notes
Developer interviews on the coming release? Owner YYYY-MM-DD A note
Brief FAMSCo on talking points and propagate link to Ambassadors Owner YYYY-MM-DD A note
Collect these stuff and forward it to fedora press - Henrik Heigl Owner YYYY-MM-DD A note
Update the press kits on the Fedora press material page Owner YYYY-MM-DD A note

Preview Release - From 2009-03-24 to 2009-04-28

Artwork is generally done at this point.

Task Name Owner Target Date Status/Notes
Update the screenshots page moixs 2009-03-24 A note
Update the Fedora tour page Owner YYYY-MM-DD A note

Final Release - From 2009-04-28 to 2009-05-26

Task Name Owner Target Date Status/Notes
Spam the world Owner YYYY-MM-DD A note
Monitor community news sites and provide corrections and additional information as needed Owner YYYY-MM-DD A note
Additional outreach to independent journos and podcasters Owner YYYY-MM-DD A note
Update the Marketing statistics poster 4 weeks after the release moixs 2009-06-06 A note