> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I'd like to propose setting up a 'press list' which we can use for >> embargoed >> pre-release information on announcements and cool stuff going on in GNOME. >> The >> list would only be for selected journalists and low-traffic. I volunteer >> for >> managing and I'm sure a few others would be able to help with that too. >> > I think that's a great idea. I can invite a bunch of journalists to sign up. > > > >> I've seen this used in both KDE and openSUSE and it is a very effective way >> of >> ensuring extra attention to announcements. Workflow is a bit like this: >> >> - write announcement >> - send draft of announcement + some extra info & quotes to the press list >> 2-3 >> days before the announcement. Mention it's under embargo and tell the press >> when to release it. >> - on the day of the announcement you can count on a few articles by press >> on >> the ML they otherwise might not have written... >> >> The ML would be one-way, max 2 mails/week and closely moderated. Anyone (so >> all GNOME marketeers) will be able to send an info mail for the press to >> the >> list but the moderators would have to let it go through. Obviously, spam on >> that list is VERY BAD... >> >> If the marketing heads on this list agree it's a good idea I would like to >> know who to ask to set it up and who wants to help moderate it ;-) >> > To get it set up, I think you can file a bug or ask one of the sys admins on > IRC. > > Stormy
When I was working on the GNOME 3.0 launch, I put a bunch of journalists into our CiviCRM installation and tagged them "press." Please consider checking out those entries and using them to seed the new list. (There might even be a way to run this as a set of campaigns through CiviCRM itself, but I haven't checked.) -- Sumana Harihareswara http://brainwane.net -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
