Re: Guadec and Dutch government plans for OSS and desktop

[Sanne te Meerman <sanne opensourceadvies nl>]

Hi Again,


I translated some more of the public document (attachment). Although it 
appears mostly a document for communication and PR, there should be some 
stuff in there that Gnome could/should have an opinion about that would 
be really interesting for the press. i.e. there is some details about an 
Open Directory and Identity management system that will be shaped in the 
future. I'm sure Gnome should have an opinion about these types of plans 
that would be really interesting.

What I think a press release could do:
-It could show Gnome and other open source proejcts as a serious 
contender for use on Public adminstration desktops
-It could mean something for the emancipation of OSS communities in 
general, as they dare to speak out about public matters more and more.
-it could point to Guadec, creating a buzz that might apply pressure to 
the government to be present, which will also make it more worthwhile 
for sponsors to participate
-It might stimulate the public administration to participate (also 
financially) in Guadec. Again aplying a bit of pressure to take it 
seriously.
-It could present Gnome as a community with a lot of knowledge about 
subjects that are relevent for ICT issues in public bodies.
-It could present Gnome as a profesionally organised community that 
keeps track of important developments worldwide regardless of language 
barriers.
-etc.

What I can/will do next, is draft a statement/press release with a 
general outline, complimenting the Dutch government with this 
initiative, and poiting to Guadec. I will leave space for feedback about 
the possible technical merits of the plan (or the weak points). It would 
be really helpful if some of the more technically oriented people on 
this marketing list, (or outside of it) would form an opinion about this 
plan that can be used in this statement.

I hope you will help me with this.
Regards,
Sanne te Meerman
working hard for Guadec ;-)




Sanne te Meerman schreef:
> Hi,
>
> I've gimped a littlebit with a picture of the outline of the DWR 
> plans. Please bear in mind that although the document was in itself 
> not intended to be private, this is my personal translation, quick & 
> dirty, unofficial, and it might cause problems if it's published. For 
> use only within Gnome!
>
> I've send this message with attachment, but was blocked. So here's the 
> link:
> http://www.opensourceadvies.nl/DWRpicture.pdf
> I've translated only the very cryptical stuff. The rest should be 
> understandable. Suggestions from my part for the content of a possible 
> press-release would be:
> -praise the dutch government for their consulation of the the 
> community and involving them like this. Make it positive so the 
> publicity is good for them too. As far as I know it's pretty unique, 
> but I'm not sure. Anyone knows of similar public consultations?
> -point out possible dangers too, and things like the opportunity to 
> focus more on usability issues like Brian suggested.
> -Express that we're looking forward to Guadec and might 'shape an 
> opportunity' to meet government officials before or during the 
> conference to discuss opportunities etc. if possible using words that 
> emphasise that a possible session before the conference is an option 
> with their 'involvement' (financially as well).
>
> regards,
> Sanne
> ps. just some suggestions from the top of my head. As I said,I'm not 
> particularly experienced in this area and the involvement from those 
> who are would be great.
> ps. about the mailinglist: you probably know best which team could 
> pick this up best.
> > Stormy Peters schreef:
> > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Sanne te Meerman 
> > > <sanne opensourceadvies nl <mailto:sanne opensourceadvies nl>> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >         Marketing Team, who should work on the response?
> > >
> > >
> > >     I can translate interesting parts tomorrow, and give my thoughts
> > >     on what I personally would think is important in a response. But
> > >     especially about the technical merits of i.e. Kerberos, LDAP that
> > >     they're planning to use, I don't have anything wise to say (or
> > >     anything to say at all). I'm also not very experienced with these
> > >     type of press releases so anyone with experience would be very
> > >     welcome to help out.
> > >
> > > I don't think I'm the best person either.
> > >
> > > Perhaps we should reach out to a different team? The release team? 
> > > The desktop mailing list?
> > >
> > > Stormy

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