Re: press release ideas

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

Hi,

Dave learns a lesson: don't top-post, read the entire email.

Patrick Fey wrote:
> while it would be ideal to be notified by the various groups beforehand,
> it will not always happen, because people tend to forget these things. A
> more proactive approach would be for the marketing team to monitor the
> schedules of the two GNOME Event Boxes. The organizers could then be
> contacted beforehand.

As I said, htis assumes the organisers request the event box.

> > In general, we really should be encouranging the various user groups to
> > give advance notice of GNOME participation in events so that we can tell
> > people about it, and ensure institutional support (centrally printed
> > posters, merchandise for sale, Friends of GNOME sign-up brochures, etc)
> > where possible & desirable.
>
> Why not send out these brochures to Openismus and whoever maintains the
> American event box right away? If Murray places the brochures inside the
> box, they will be used for sure and we do not need to ping everyone in
> advance. That would cover most of the bigger events automatically.

Same again. (the US event box is managed by Zana and the GNOME 
Foundation, or at least it was until it was stolen this year). If a 
group doesn't request the box, we might be able to send them some stuff 
anyway. And if you're doing a big conference, the number of leaflets you 
can fit in the box (~20 or 30) is not going to do it. And posters can't 
go in the box. And goodies for sale, if we have any. etc.

Cheers,
Dave.

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Dave Neary
GNOME Foundation member
dneary gnome org