On 1/31/06, Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > We can tackle those later; but I need pointers on the most pressing issue > > above. > > > > hello Dominique and Clair! > > We met at Migs house last year. I saw Ching at the AGJA party but i wasnt > able to come up to you :)
Saw you too but you were talking with someone =) Am glad you also remembered me. It was a fun party at Migs' (here's a hint and a nudge to Migs Paraz *hint hint wink wink nudge nudge*). > > I've done related PR work for a client in the past. First order of business > was to help press people have an easier time researching news re my client. > So we put up a PR area on their site, allowing press people to subscribe to > or go to occasionally. > > For PLUG, press should be able to get general news (occasional events, > school tour, burn fest, etc.) and HOWTOS from a press area, and really > important press releases get sent via email and hardcopy to the press > directly. > Maybe for every tech sem we could do this? > This helps very busy press people determine when to pay attention and where > to get PLUG opinions for material for their own articles - something I've > needed dozens of times for my own stuff. That's why I quote Migs so often on > my own articles since he's so darn available :D > How true =) > An available list of email adds for resource people for particular subjects > can also help. One for enterprise, one for security, one for hardware, etc., > so the press can just contact them as needed. > > I'm taking from my own experiences when I wanted to get a quote from PLUG > but was unable to, so I had to rely on individual Linux users instead. All I > needed was an opinion on whatever FOSS related item I was writing about, get > a quote or two, then mention PLUG as a source and I'm sure a lot of readers > would have taken interest. I think the press will always want news from > PLUG. I dont think PLUG needs to do much to get written about. It just needs > to make itself available and the press will do the rest. :) > -- Clair Ching http://clair.free.net.ph - blog about linux, emacs planner, tech and culture http://clair.pinoyweb.net - daily journal, stories, miscellany http://pinoytechblog.com - the Philippines' premier technology blog http://freelance-pro.info - all about freelancing We know that free access to information preserves democratic ideas, that information resources must be managed with care, and that the human spirit depends upon remembering the past, sharing the present in community, and dreaming about the future. -Martha Smith (Information ethics: freedom, democracy, responsibility.) _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
