Re: [Fwd: Re: GNOME foundation exposure in BSD Mag?]

[Emily Gonyer <emilyyrose gmail com>]

We discussed this briefly on IRC, but what about just using the flier
for the next round of the Outreach Program for Women - its still
GNOME, something that we want to advertise more, and could probably be
drawn up to the required specs without developing a whole new add in
the next week or so.

Emily

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Karen Sandler <karen gnome org> wrote:
> On Mon, August 13, 2012 2:00 pm, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Karen Sandler <karen gnome org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I think it's a great opportunity! Antoine suggests something very
>>> simple,
>>> which makes sense to me. Is there anyone here who has the time and would
>>> be able to work on this?
>>>
>>>
>> I haven't seen any follow up responses here.  When is the deadline again?
>
> Ok, the deadline is August 25th but Antoine says that earlier would be
> better.
>
> Do we think we stand a chance at making this deadline? I think simple is
> best for this so hopefully it wouldn't take too much time...
>
> thanks for following up, Sri!
> karen
>
>
>
>>
>>> These are the actual file requirements, and I'm including his email
>>> below:
>>>
>>> 1. TIF format in highest resolution ready for printing (300 DPI)
>>> 2. 1/2 Page Vertical 4.0266 x 10.75 + bleeds (0.125 top and bottom, 0.25
>>> right, 0 left)
>>> 3. 1/2 Page Horizontal 8.25 x 5.375 + bleeds (0 top, 0.125 bottom, 0.25
>>> right, 0 left)
>>> 4. Colors CMYK
>>> 5. Data medium E-mail (For files up to 10 MB zipped), FTP
>>> 6. Fonts must always be enclosed if they are not converted
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>> karen
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 11:01:29AM -0400, Karen Sandler wrote:
>>> > Hi Antoine,
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, August 7, 2012 9:45 am, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
>>> > > Hi.
>>> > >
>>> > > As a regular contributor to the BSD Magazine I was proposed to put a
>>> > > half-page of advertisement free of charge in one of my articles
>>> > > (the ad does not need to be commercial).
>>> > > I was wondering if there was any interested from the Foundation to
>>> use
>>> > > this half-page to have some exposure... and if so who should I
>>> contact?
>>> > >
>>> > > Also let me know if this is not the right place to ask :-)
>>> > > Thanks!
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for thinking of us! You can contact me and the GNOME board of
>>> > directors at board-list gnome org. I'd love to hear more about what
>>> you're
>>> > thinking for this...
>>>
>>> Hi again :-)
>>>
>>> So, the idea is to fill the content of a half page with whatever we
>>> want.
>>> I haven't though it through really, I wanted to have you guys opinion
>>> first.
>>> I have the requirements for the final file that needs to be sent but so
>>> far that's it.
>>> My general idea what to put some kind of 'advertising' (may not be the
>>> best word but well) about the Foundation and GNOME with maybe a link to
>>> the Friends of GNOME page or something.
>>> To be honest I'm sure there are people way more qualified in 'marketing'
>>> this than me; so anything is opened :)
>>>
>>> Note that it's not a _big_ thing, BSD Mag is a freely downloadable
>>> monthly
>>> magazine but I think it'd be nice to have some GNOME exposure in a BSD
>>> specific publication.
>>>
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>>
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