Re: [guadec-list] Press team

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 08:42 +0200, Quim Gil wrote:
> We need to build a press team. Many people has asked about it, mainly
> at
> #guadec or private email. I've sent all of them here, so I guess at
> least they will be reading.  :)
> 
> We have already most of the ingredients for a successful event, now
> it's
> time to make all this heard. Blogging is not enough, we have the
> biggest
> GNOME event happening in a place whit big GNOME deployments and plans
> going on. 
> 
> In short, we need to get to 500 participants. The 250 or so belonging
> to
> "the community" are mostly there, the rest are people coming from the
> outskirts and the outside. The GNOME project needs to strike the mass
> media as well (not the big headlines but why not the IT etc
> pages/minutes) and this GUADEC is a very good chance. We also need to
> make the most from our relationships with our media partners.
> 
> Also, we need a good coverage during the GUADEC days, for the media,
> the
> free software users and developers and the GNOMErs that could not make
> it. We achieve this by inviting journalists, treat them good, and
> reporting ourselves. 

I suspect the majority of the local press materials will be in
Spanish or possibly Catalan.  If we need any English text, I'd
be happy to write or review it.

You don't want me touching Spanish.  All the Spanish I know,
I learned from salsa dancing. :)

--
Shaun