Re: Summit on gnome.org

[David Neary <dneary free fr>]

Can we try an experiment?

Rather than the standard (rather sterile) press wire release, can we 
make something a lottle less formal, and use word-of-mouth? Have it on 
the website as an announcement, and send it around as an e-mail (which 
means it'll have to be a bit lighter than usual, and actually look like 
someone wrote it as an e-mail).

Just an idea, and since the summit (being a developers meeting) has very 
little mainstream press appeal, perhaps it's a good time to start 
playing with how we do communication.

Cheers,
Dave.

rajiv vyas wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 20:28 -0400, Tim Ney, GNOME Foundation wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 19:46 -0400, rajiv vyas wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Besides the text for the start page, what about a press release of some
> > > sort that we can put it on the Web site and even distribute it to
> > > journalists who cover tech?
> >
> > That works - particularly if some of the Summit topics, i.e. performance
> > can give it some substance.
>
>
> > tim
>
>
>
> Let me look into this. Where can I find details (including summit
> topics) of past and present summit information? And what should be the
> focus of the release i.e. why is this summit important and how is it
> different from the past ones? Sorry, new to the list so would need some
> help in digging info.
>
> Also, any ideas on: how many developers attended the summit in 2004, how
> many are expected to attend this year and who the sponsors are?
>
> Rajiv

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Dave Neary
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