+1 for CDF to handle Jenkins press releases. Having an experienced, dedicated resource on this is a valuable benefit, imo.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 10:43 AM Tracy Miranda <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) offers public relations (PR) > services to all CDF projects e.g we co-ordinated the Jenkins Graduation > <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cd-foundation-announces-jenkins-graduation-301105709.html> > announcement. > > *Note:* PR = public relations (not pull request) for this email > > *TL;DR* I'd like to propose updates to https://www.jenkins.io/press/ and > processes around PR announcements & related activities to formalize CDF > providing PR support for Jenkins. > > Background: > Jenkins PR has been previously handled by Kohsuke, volunteer press > contacts & the CloudBees PR team e.g Jenkins & AWS > <https://www.cloudbees.com/press/jenkins-community-establishes-native-support-aws-serverless-application-model-creation> > , Jenkins & Docker > <https://www.cloudbees.com/press/jenkins-community-and-cloudbees-announce-docker-integration-next-wave-continuous-delivery> > In > 2020 CDF started taking on some of this e.g. fielding questions from > reporters during DevOp World > > While at the simplest level blog posts can serve as community > announcements (and should continue to do so) PR offers that next level of > support and services typically include: > - building relationships with relevant reporters in the space > - pitching newsworthy announcements to reporters > - co-ordinating announcements when there are multiple 3rd parties involved > - identifying & co-ordinating community folks to respond to incoming > requests > - tracking mentions and stories related to the project > - issuing corrections to reporters as needed (e.g this happens now & then > around security advisories) > (For more details see: 6 public relations lessons for open source projects > <https://opensource.com/life/11/4/six-public-relations-lessons-open-source-projects> > ) > > For Jenkins I'd suggest the press page be updated to [email protected]. > At CD.Foundation we work with Jesse Casman of Story Changes Culture who > would then sync with the governing board or any identified contacts (e.g > security officer) to respond to incoming requests. > > It would also be ideal to work with the community on a related growth-plan > with at least 1-2 announcements targeted for the year. > > I'll wait to hear any feedback then go ahead and submit a pull request to > reflect some of the suggested changes. > > Regards, > Tracy > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAJ2Kh8mMo4fngifx49p%2BiKxEBkFeaxLmPy0SJ5NZvAGn9%2BhBRg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAJ2Kh8mMo4fngifx49p%2BiKxEBkFeaxLmPy0SJ5NZvAGn9%2BhBRg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAMBsfbvUnAHfq%2B_Y97F%3D9r7LUFDx%2Bc%2ByK88ZWogHpLNk6NAxMQ%40mail.gmail.com.
