On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Jon Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looks good. Yes, needs more bullet points, a reference to call for > participation ending May 1 and also, the title should say Libre > Graphics Meeting 2010. > > OK. I'll do that, then add it to the wiki . Nate, you want to put yourself down as press contact? i can be that as > well...all my data is below... > > Sure. > Ok, so, lokoing good...i'm ready to launch it out whenever :) If those > changes can get in, and a stable version is put up on the wiki, then > we can send out to the fabricatorz press list... > > Do you want to add that to the Create wiki as well; we may be able to collect contacts from some other folks on the list as well.... > Florica, this is the press announcement for final call for > libregraphicsmeeting...once the post is finalized, I'd like to push > this asap. Nate, is it realistic to launch it today, or better to > launch in the morning? > > I think we're good to go for today. It'll hit "morning" in Europe anyway, waiting until tomorrow/US would push that back.... Nate Jon > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Nathan Willis > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Attached a shortened, TODAY-centric piece to this email -- let me know > what > > you think. > > > > Bullet points: > > * SHORT > > * highlights developer travel > > * mentions small donations plusgood, not just big > > * skips detail on non-community fundraising numbers, lest individual > donors > > feel less inclined to give > > * draws "example" content from the submitted talks -- I know that's not > > perfect, but it makes the content "real" for people who've never been in > the > > past. > > > > Additions? Subtractions? I do want to keep this short-n-sweet; we can > link > > to longer copy on the site & wiki for the interested; the idea is just to > > draw them in and highlight the need. > > > > Thanks, > > Nate > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Jon Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Femke Snelting < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> Femke, N8 and friends, we need to put the full court press on this > >> >> week! > >> >> N8, can you lead the writing of a press release and lets target a > rapid > >> >> turnaround of WED PST to do an announcement. > >> >> We can announce how much money we've raised, > >> > > >> > we've got an ok sum of public funding (our second application was > >> > confirmed last week + Francophonie) and happy to see Pledgie picking > up > >> > >> So how much total do we have now? > >> > >> >> how much we need, the > >> >> sponsorship packages, who is sponsoring and then of course saying we > >> >> have a deadline of May 1 for submitting presentations. > >> > > >> > ok, I was working from an 1 April deadline but it explains why > probably > >> > not many core teams proposed a talk yet ;-) > >> > Happy to extend, if it helps but we'll need to fix the programme > >> > a.s.a.p. after that deadline. > >> > >> Totally, we need a super well communicated deadline. Saturday, May 1. > >> Done. No more. > >> > >> >> Femke, how does this sound to you? We really need this and I think. > >> > > >> > sounds fine! > >> > > >> >> We are in #create to talk about this on irc.freenode.net > >> >> <http://irc.freenode.net> and #lgm. Please hop in via your favorite > >> >> client or here: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=create > >> >> > >> >> Thoughts? > >> > > >> > I'm starting local press this week. > >> > >> Ok, great. Nate, could you put something together from all this data > >> onto the wiki? :) > >> > >> Cheers guys, I'll keep on getting money and stuff moving fwd > >> there...is WED of this week realistic? > >> > >> Jon > >> > >> > > >> > best > >> > > >> > Femke > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Jon Phillips > >> http://rejon.org/ > >> http://fabricatorz.com/ > >> http://status.net/ > >> http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto > >> +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) > >> +86.134.3957.2035 (china) > > > > > > > > -- > > nathan.p.willis > > [email protected] > > aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis > > identi.ca/n8 > > > > > > -- > Jon Phillips > http://rejon.org/ > http://fabricatorz.com/ > http://status.net/ > http://rejon.status.net + skype: kidproto > +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) > +86.134.3957.2035 (china) > -- nathan.p.willis [email protected] aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis identi.ca/n8
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