Hi all, this obviously didn't go out on WED. I think we should all move our energy to sunday night/monday morning. I started working with alessandro on the site, logo and registration form which is all cool.
He is doing a great job...and of course, we all have other things that get in the way :) realidad.... Jon On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Jon Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Heya, is the [email protected] email working? I got a bounce from you > dave. Is gnome foundation going to hold funds again? Should I talk > with stormy about this or can you do? > > Also, should we setup our own [email protected] email to > handle emails? > > Yes, good idea on the pitch...I think the website can suffice for > seeking funding, then can make a 1 page pdf or something printable.... > > thx > Jon > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Dave Neary <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Nathan Willis wrote: >>> One, a press release is definitely in order for this. I'm happy to >>> draft one if no one else has a head start on it or wants to. >> >> Go for it! A press release about last year's fundraiser >> http://pledgie.com/campaigns/613 with amount raised ($12,098), number of >> donations (279), and the speed of it all (2 week campaign), and maybe >> giving names of major or well-known donors (Michael Tiemann, Paul >> Frields, Bdale Garbee, Eric Sink, Stephen O'Grady, Chris Messina, Steven >> Garrity stand out on a quick browse) would be a good start. >> >> The campaign also got a lot of community support - other donor names >> that stand out for me are names like Andy Fitz, Behdad Esfahbod, Vincent >> Untz, Dave Neary, Jon Phillips, Andreas Nilssen, Louis Desjardins, >> Nicolas Spalinger, David Crossland, Garrett Lesage - people from the >> community who wanted to support the event, but not necessarily >> well-known outside. >> >> All these names are in the public donor list, and thus can be used for >> publicity purposes. >> >> The campaign from last year generated 60,000 page views over the 2 week >> period, with over 6,000,000 badge sightings (there is a referral from >> the campaign badge to the site on load) during the campaign. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave. >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Jon Phillips > http://rejon.org/ > -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
