Got some thoughts for toughening up a couple of spots on the press release (active voice, etc) that I'm about to put in. Well, in the English copy, anyway.
That said, I feel like I have to come down solidly on the side "if you don't have the venue, the press release for the city is premature." Speaking solely from the perspective of someone who receives unsolicited press releases, if I were to get one that announced the city and date but not the location, I would consider it incomplete information and probably not jump on it. Granted, there are a lot of robo-release sites these days that will reprint anything (legit) that comes in, but attracting their attention wouldn't attract writers and *probably* wouldn't attract additional attendees. I know that doesn't help accelerate the process of finding a venue (and I know you can't roll the dice and rush that), but I think 10-months-out-with-full-information bests 11-months-out-with-partial-information. However, I will still happily add a tweak or two to the English copy of the press release wiki page. Nate On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Jon Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Ping! Today is monday. I'd like to send all of our press machines into > overdrive today :) > > I'm here! > > Jon > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Nathan Willis<[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Jon Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Brussels team, could you add a bit more to the release? Also, I wonder > >> if we might tempt our master wordsmith Nathan to take a pass at the > >> release. I think this will take a few days to get, so we can release > >> on monday brussels time, good? > > > > > > Me lookee wordz.... > > > > Nate > >> > >> The website news looks pretty good. Good stab at this. > >> > >> Jon > >> > >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Louis > >> Desjardins<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > 2009/6/19 <[email protected]> > >> >> > >> >> Hello! > >> >> > >> >> The city was decided last week (Brussels). Right now we're working on > >> >> settling the venue here with the local team; the original deadline > for > >> >> city and venue was 8th of June, no new deadline set (it's on the > >> >> timeline > >> >> for June and July, and in my agenda too ;-)). > >> >> > >> >> Why can't we announce city now, and than in August, announce venue > and > >> >> new > >> >> website? There's a first press-release here: > >> >> http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Press_Release_1 (French and > English) > >> > > >> > Based on the principle *Communicate early, communicate often* I agree > we > >> > should kick off without delay. We know it’s Brussels, we know it’s > May. > >> > People can already book their agenda. > >> > > >> > Cheers! > >> > > >> > Louis > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Femke > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Agree...is there a timeline on the press for this? gotta keep the > >> >> > fire > >> >> > on > >> >> > :) > >> >> > > >> >> > Jon > >> >> > > >> >> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Nathan > >> >> > Willis<[email protected]> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> >> Is there any word on a physical venue for LGM2010 yet? I am all > >> >> >> for > >> >> >> putting > >> >> >> out a press release a.s.a.p. announcing it, but we would need to > >> >> >> know > >> >> >> the > >> >> >> venue in addition to the city and the date. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> My apologies if this has been mentioned already and I just didn't > >> >> >> see > >> >> >> it.... > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Thanks, > >> >> >> Nate > >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> nathan.p.willis > >> >> >> [email protected] > >> >> >> aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis > >> >> >> flickr.com/photos/willis > >> >> >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> >> CREATE mailing list > >> >> >> [email protected] > >> >> >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Jon Phillips > >> >> > http://rejon.org/ > >> >> > +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) > >> >> > +852 6855-7267 (hong kong) > >> >> > +86 132-6817-8381 (china) > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > CREATE mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Jon Phillips > >> http://rejon.org/ > >> +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) > >> +86.134.3957.2035 (china) > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > Jon Phillips > http://rejon.org/ > +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) > +86.134.3957.2035 (china) > -- nathan.p.willis [email protected] aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis flickr.com/photos/willis
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