As a result of two Global Learn Day's, I feel a veteran of these
discussions. Every problem this (Linux) group has addressed is one
we also had to face. Ultimately, we did what Christopher has
suggested...held the event on one single 24 hour day -- {and I think
our format of having the "spotlight' on a location in the world where
it is the same local time (we do it at 2p.m local time) is a good
format); before the Event Day we widely publicized *everyone*
involved, many of whom have individual "celebrations" that took place
in the days leading up to the Sunday of our event. We encouraged
these celebrations, many of which were physical, and many were held
on Thursday and Friday which helped to build the attendance to the
actual event.
Another reason we chose Sunday,was that most people didn't have a
work problem. The second reason is that we felt that some
newspapers, quiet on Saturday, might pick up our story to run on
Sunday, the biggest circulation day of the week. Because the Linux
crowd is perceived as the David mostly likely to use the slingshot to
topple the Giant, I would think you would have a shot at getting a
lot of *print* publicity...far, far more important, IMHO, than net
publicity.
Just my two cents.
There is no one way, but having other than THE day will dilute the
power of the event.
At 2:17 PM -0500 07/10/99, Christopher Tysen Henriksen wrote:
>"Indeed we must find a trade-off : Christopher has expressed we can
>
> > allow some local flexibility, but keep on with the compact schedule.
> >
> > It is also my preference :
> > 1- absolutely important : the psychological impact
> > 2- secondly the practical aspects handled perhaps differently at some
> > places if it is not possible to align with the main *highly public*
> > schedule.
>
>This brings up an interesting possible solution . Could we have a single "
>official day " for the Demo to occur on and still simply encourage groups
>that cannot participate on that given day to participate within the same
>week . If there was an official "event day" then individual groups
>participating on that day could point out to the press that we were
>participating in an International event involving huindreds of groups
>around the world and it would still give the impression that it was a
>coordingated NEWS worhty story . I have talked to my sister ( works
>onscreen at a local tv station ) about this and she agrees . Spreading the
>official day out over a week kills the newsworthiness of the event .
>Groups unable to participate on the single weekend would be able to boast
>that they were participating in an extension of the national event .
>It also brings up the possibility that if the official schedule were not
>changed to a single weekend we could round up a list of all the groups that
>were participating on a given day ( or weekend ) and promote our events as
>being coordinated with Xnumber of other groups around the world .
>Your Squire
>Ssquireson
>
> >
> > Alain
> >
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