Debarshi, do you remember that we talked about these two requests yesterday over the phone? Otherwise I would not have talked to them.
Florian --- Florian Nadge, GUADEC 2013 GUADEC c/o Red Hat| Purkynova 71/99| 61200 Brno| tel: +420 603 764 858 On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Debarshi Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rui, > > I am afraid that we really need as much media support as possible. > > About the free passes, we should issue as many as they need, probably one > > to three. > > > > Basically, we will have to add these sites if we want them to add us as > > well, and they are clearly supporting us. > > Having media support is one thing, and bending over backwards and > begging for it is another. > > We already have 3 Czech media partners. LWN is probably going to cover > it. That makes it 4. > > I am all for giving free passes, but please, lets not plaster the > website with logos of everyone who claims to be a reporter. It is > strange to have 5 sponsors and an equal or higher number of media > partners. > > Lets put matters in perspective. LWN has covered GUADEC in the past, > and are likely to do so again this year. They come and silently do > their job without asking for much in return. > > LWN is far more respectable and useful for us than any of these other > media outlets that we are talking about, and we are not even > acknowledging them while we are going crazy over some lesser > entities. I find this strange. > > Cheers, > Debarshi > > -- > Life is like bein' on a mule team. Unless you're the lead mule, all > the scenery looks about the same. >
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