On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Stormy Peters <
stormy gnome org> wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> I am interested in talking to you about this. We can do it via email or
> IRC/phone. I'm free most of today, if we want to pick a time when everyone
> interested can attend.
>
> Stormy
>
> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Sean Daly <
sdaly sugarlabs org> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings Paul, Zonker, & Stormy. I haven't had the pleasure of
>> meeting you, but Walter Bender has told me a couple of times about
>> conversations with Stormy in particular. I'm subscribed to the Gnome
>> marketing list, where I try to follow what's going on. (I even
>> considered travelling to either Saragossa or Accra, I am based not too
>> far away in Paris, but I couldn't arrange the time away
>> unfortunately.)
>>
>> I've been briefed by OLPC concerning an announcement which will be
>> made this Monday, May 17th. I consider it likely that this
>> announcement will generate wide press coverage, particularly in South
>> America.
>>
>> I have wanted to do a media launch of the OLPC XO-1.5 laptop for the
>> past couple of months and travelled to Boston recently to advance on
>> that, however OLPC's announcement will make such a launch less
>> newsworthy. That said, doing this launch the same day will likely have
>> a multiplier effect.
>>
>> The announcement itself is confidential, but I would be happy to
>> discuss it with you if you can assure me it won't leak. I need to
>> avoid problems on the OLPC side, it has taken some work to gain their
>> trust.
>>
>> I understand you may have planned PR for the opening day of the IDLELO
>> 4 conference. If this is far along, you may wish to add a couple of
>> lines concerning OLPC. If it's not, I propose we consider doing a
>> joint press release datelined Accra.
>>
>> I use eReleases, they are a PRNewswire partner and do great work very
>> cheap for nonprofits. I have 500+ tech and education journalists in
>> the Sugar Labs press list I maintain.
>>
>> Please let me know as soon as possible if you are interested. Thanks.
>>
>> Sean
>> Sugar Labs Marketing Coordinator
>>
http://www.sugarlabs.org/press
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