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 <ka...@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 <ka...@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-l...@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. >>> >>> -- >>> marketing-list mailing list >>> marketing-list@gnome.org >>> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list >>> >> > > > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr.Seuss Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list