Thank you Lily, if you 'Like' the page on Facebook I can make you an admin. I've also created a Twitter handler (@apachederby) which is a bit more tricky since we'll have to share the password.
Tiago On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Lily Wei <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tiago: > >@ Rick, > >This is something I would be willing to do. Then eventually if there are > more volunteers, access can be granted without any trouble. I think it'd > >be pretty cool if we had official social media channels where people > could keep up with releases. They just have to "Like" our Facebook page >or > follow us on Twitter and they get to see news about Derby. > I can be a volunteer too. More social media channels for Derby is a > wonderful thing. > > Thanks, > Lily > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tiago Espinha <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, February 4, 2011 11:34:58 AM > *Subject:* Re: Facebook Page > > @ Kathey, > Pages can have as many admins as we want and eventually, if someone else > wants to take over, I can revoke my own access entirely. So I think we're > covered on that front. > > @ Rick, > This is something I would be willing to do. Then eventually if there are > more volunteers, access can be granted without any trouble. I think it'd be > pretty cool if we had official social media channels where people could keep > up with releases. They just have to "Like" our Facebook page or follow us on > Twitter and they get to see news about Derby. > > Tiago > > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Rick Hillegas <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Tiago, >> >> More publicity sounds good. When we produce new releases, someone other >> than the release manager needs to take responsibility for pushing the news >> to these additional channels: let's not add more tasks to an already long >> list which we're trying to trim. >> >> Thanks, >> -Rick >> >> >> On 2/4/11 7:58 AM, Tiago Espinha wrote: >> >>> I forgot to include a link for the page itself: >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Apache-Derby/173708932674204 >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Tiago Espinha <[email protected]<mailto: >>> [email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm not sure if there's a mailing list for which this would be >>> more appropriate (a dev list seems a bit odd.. but this way I can >>> reach out to everyone involved) but I wanted to get feedback. I >>> created a Facebook page for Apache Derby and the main goal for now >>> would be to attract students for Google Summer of Code. Eventually >>> we could (maybe unofficially) announce new releases and even >>> Apache's own mentorate programme there. >>> >>> It's just that social media is getting really big and it's easier >>> than ever to get free advertising by using it. Maybe it would also >>> be a good idea to have a twitter account where we announce this >>> kind of things? I wouldn't mind taking care of this, and I confess >>> I jumped the gun a bit with the Facebook page but I'd like to hear >>> the community's opinion on it. Would we need some kind of ASF >>> permission to have these extra communication channels? >>> (Considering we use a "brand" owned by ASF?) >>> >>> In the end I think we have a lot to gain. If we increase our >>> dev-base we'll be able to make Derby even better, and based on our >>> JIRA issues list, it seems to me we could really use extra pairs >>> of hands... >>> >>> So what are your thoughts on this? I can delete the Facebook page >>> if the community doesn't think it's appropriate. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Tiago >>> >>> >>> >> > >
