Anybody brought into the project now probably wouldn't be qualified to answer all the questions. But they could address many of the "great job, guys!" messages that are surely coming in, respond to press inquiries in a standard way (I'm not sure, at this point, whether the team is doing more interviews or not, but it's probably one or the other), refer people with frequently asked questions to a list of them, etc, etc. I don't think you'd disagree that at this point these guys are likely getting a lot of contact and their time is not best spent engaging with the general public, but rather putting together a product.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Elizabeth Stark <[email protected]> wrote: > What's to say that this "secretary" will be qualified to answer all the > questions they've been getting? Just sayin. > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A PR person might be fine. Get a recruiter to start looking for one >> today. >> >> But my suggestion is: Call up a couple of temp agencies *right now* >> and sign a secretary by tomorrow at lunch. Maybe it will be a wild >> one-week gig for them; fine. >> >> But you never know how long you'll be in the spotlight: take advantage of >> it. >> >> SJ >> >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Alex Kozak <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > My two cents: they have a huge opportunity here to scale this project >> into a >> > very successful venture (win-win for openness), so maybe it would serve >> > long-term goals to hire PR rather than an "email answerer" :) >> > It's just a small shift in scale-of-thought, but can make a difference >> down >> > the road. >> > >> > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Precisely :) >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Parker Higgins < >> [email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > I'd guess somebody to handle correspondence with the outside world. >> (Or >> >> > at >> >> > least, synthesize it to present to the team, accept a condensed >> response >> >> > from the team, and proliferate a more eloquent version.) The success >> of >> >> > the >> >> > Kickstarter project means that there are almost 5000 people with a >> >> > financial >> >> > interest in the project in addition to all of the ones who are just >> >> > interested... that probably adds up to a lot of questions and general >> >> > communication, and I think everybody is in agreement that what the >> >> > Diaspora* >> >> > guys need to do know is write some code. And now that they've got the >> >> > money >> >> > to hire a person for the summer to just respond to e-mails and >> whatnot, >> >> > they >> >> > probably ought to. >> >> > Just my two cents, don't want to step on your toes, SJ. >> >> > Parker >> >> > >> >> > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Elizabeth Stark <[email protected] >> > >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> What do you mean by "secretary?" >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>> You'll be glad that you did. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> SJ >> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >> >>> Discuss mailing list >> >> >>> [email protected] >> >> >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> Discuss mailing list >> >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Discuss mailing list >> >> > [email protected] >> >> > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Discuss mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Alex Kozak >> > Program Assistant >> > Creative Commons >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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