I just wanted to add a word about media sponsorship -- namely, don't overlook it when drawing up lists of potential donors/sponsors. Last year we managed to put one article about the meeting on Linux.com, but a sponsored ad "buy" on the other SourceForge sites (Slashdot, Freshmeat, SF.net) in advance would reach considerably more eyes.
Thanks, Nate On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:17 AM, Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'll let someone else draw up a list of potential interested > benefactors, do the push for the drive, and send out regular updates > letting people know where we're at this time (last year took a lot of my > time over 2 weeks, but perhaps not much of it was visible). > > We have the possibility of using last year's donors (who wished to not > remain anonymous) as a starting point for this year's campaign. > > Cheers, > Dave. > > Jon Phillips wrote: > > Sure, it worked well last time! lets do it again and have a more > > coordinate strike as part of the sponsorship drive. Louis, please lets > > us know when budget estimates are ready, then we can sync up! > > > > Cheers! > > > > Jon > > > > On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 01:36 +0300, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Louis Desjardins wrote: > >> > >>> Please stay tuned for further details. You can already book your > flights! > >> Are we doing another Pledge company btw? > >> > >> Alexandre > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CREATE mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > -- > Dave Neary > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 > Cell: +33 6 77 01 92 13 > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > -- nathan.p.willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis flickr.com/photos/willis
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