On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:08:10 Graham Lauder wrote: > On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:39:23 Shane Curcuru wrote: > > On 8/4/2011 8:06 AM, Graham Lauder wrote: > > > On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:58:44 Andrew Rist wrote: > > >> On 8/3/2011 2:27 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > >>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Marcus (OOo)<[email protected]> > > wrote: > > ...snip... > > > > > In the past press releases were hacked about with on the private PR > > > list or on occasion the also private MarCon list, for obvious reasons. > > > Is there a policy for creating such marketing materials here at > > > Apache. > > > > > > Cheers > > > GL > > > > Apache has a Press team led by the wonderful Sally here: > > http://www.apache.org/press/ > > > > Who tweets regularly: > > http://twitter.com/TheASF > > > > Any Apache press releases should be coordinated with them on > > [email protected] - once the PPMC here has some specific questions about > > publicity here, you should ping press@ to get a conversation started > > there. > > > > Note that the Apache Incubator has specific policies about press > > > > releases for incubating projects: > > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/branding.html > > > > In terms of *what* to say, it's up to the project to decide, and > > typically just get any final signoff from press@. The ASF has a > > corporate press release account and will issue official releases for > > major news from any of our projects. > > > > Oh, and the official ASF boilerplate is available: > > http://www.apache.org/press/boilerplate/ > > > > - Shane > > Excellent, thanks for that Shane. I'll go over these before I work on a > draft and subscribe to the press list.
Assuming of course that this is a possibility > > Cheers > GL
