Summary of February 2023 Fedora Badges Community Roundtable meeting

Project Discussion
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Hi! Marie and I met yesterday evening to discuss the charter for the Fedora Badges Revamp design subteam, and we have a first draft ready!

Design Charter for Fedora Badges

Mission statement:

Short Version: The Fedora Badges Revamp Design subteams mission is to develop, implement, and support all of the visual aspects of Fedora Badges, in line with Fedora’s aesthetic.

Long Version: The Fedora Badges Revamp Design subteam’s mission is to develop, implement, and publish a style guide to make all badges visually appealing and in line with a common Fedora aesthetic. Our goal is to provide high-quality badge designs that are modern, user-friendly, and fit seamlessly with the chosen front end. The subteam will also develop and support implementation of a front end design for Fedora Badges if required.

Scope of the Project:

  • Work closely with the Fedora Badges Revamp project’s developer sub-team to understand the goals and objectives and reflect them in the UI / front-end and badge designs.
  • Redesign the badges format to be well presented within the discourse front end.
  • Design and aid in the creation of a standalone website if required.
  • Improve and update Badge Design documentation in order to ease the path to contribution. Promote this updated documentation in order to boost Fedora Badges design contributions.
  • Implementation of modernized Badges template. This entails moving all the artwork into the new template and making edits as necessary to adhere to the updated style guide.

Expectations:

  • The Badge Design subteam is to collaborate and communicate effectively with the Fedora Badges Revamp project’s developers and stakeholders.
  • The Design subteam will be adaptable to changes in project objectives and requirements.
  • The Design subteam will meet agreed-upon deadlines and deliverables to the best of their ability.
  • The Design subteam is to follow the Fedora community’s Code of Conduct and to maintain a respectful and inclusive contributor environment.

People/Teams Involved:

  • Emma Kidney and Marie Nordin will act as the Fedora Badges sub-team co-leads.
  • Smera Goel, with Marie Nordin, will mentor a Fedora Badges Design Intern through the Outreachy program May-August 2023.
  • Fedora Badge designers, Fedora Design team members, and any interested contributors can participate with design tasks and provide feedback.

People Affected:

Timeline Roadmap for Delivery:

Badges Design

  • Move current artwork into new templates, making improvements as necessary.
  • Publish new Badges design style guide.
  • Update associated Badge design documentation.
  • Push updated SVGs and PNGs to repo.
  • Triage “needs artwork” tickets on the Badges repo.
  • Promote updated Badge design style, documentation, and recruit Badge designers.
  • Work through backlog of design tickets on the Badges repo.

UI/UX

  • Talk with developers, users, and the Fedora Design team about their needs and vision for the UI design.
  • Brainstorm various ideas and create a mind map to start visualizing concepts.
  • Flesh out strong ideas and present them to the stakeholders.
  • Proceed to create mock-ups with chosen design.
  • Get community feedback via a discussion.fpo post, and iterate.
  • Finalize designs.
  • Handoff to developers and be available for follow-up queries.
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