[Marketing] Draft press release / email re "OSGeo Advocate"

Committees Marketing
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Hi,
I plan to send out an following email to the discuss email list in ~ 11 hours.
Feel free to speak up if you have suggestions before I send it.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Committee_Press_Release_1

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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com

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Only that Arnulf is the President rather than the Chair :slight_smile:

What is involved in “launching”?

Jo

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter@lisasoft.com> wrote:

Hi,
I plan to send out an following email to the discuss email list in ~ 11 hours.
Feel free to speak up if you have suggestions before I send it.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Committee_Press_Release_1

–
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com

Marketing mailing list
Marketing@lists.osgeo.org
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing

–

Jo Cook
Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK
t:+44 750 095 8167

iShare - Data integration and publishing platform

Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. 864201149.

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On 21.06.2012 10:28, Jo Cook wrote:

Only that Arnulf is the President rather than the Chair :slight_smile:

fixed, plus minor edits (I tend to write FOSS4G in capitals, makes it
stick out better).

What is involved in "launching"?

I guess basically just the regular press Release Process followed by
tweets, etc.

Cameron,
you named the page "Marketing Committee Press Release 1", which does
not say anything about the content or date. Maybe it makes more sense
to use content in the name, put the date in the title and add a
[[Category:Press Releases]] to make it easier to find in the Wiki. We
could then link back to the Marketing Committee by also adding the
[[Category:Marketing]].

I suggest to move the page to [[Call for OSGeo Advocates 2012-06-21]]
or some such and add the two Categories. But as this is a major change
I leave it for you to decide.

Cheers,
Arnulf

Jo

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter@lisasoft.com
<mailto:cameron.shorter@lisasoft.com>> wrote:

Hi, I plan to send out an following email to the discuss email list
in ~ 11 hours. Feel free to speak up if you have suggestions before
I send it.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/__Marketing_Committee_Press___Release_1
<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Committee_Press_Release_1&gt;

-- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Solutions Manager Tel: +61 (0)2 8570
5050 <tel:%2B61%20%280%292%208570%205050> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
<tel:%2B61%20%280%29419%20142%20254>

Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open
Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com

_________________________________________________ Marketing mailing
list Marketing@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Marketing@lists.osgeo.org>
http://lists.osgeo.org/__mailman/listinfo/marketing
<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing&gt;

-- ***Jo Cook* Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West
Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK t:+44 750 095 8167 iShare -
Data integration and publishing platform
<http://www.isharemaps.com/&gt;

*****************************************

Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales.
Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN
VAT no. 864201149.

_______________________________________________ Marketing mailing
list Marketing@lists.osgeo.org
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing

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Exploring Space, Time and Mind
http://arnulf.us
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On 21/06/2012 7:14 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:

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On 21.06.2012 10:28, Jo Cook wrote:

Only that Arnulf is the President rather than the Chair :slight_smile:

fixed, plus minor edits (I tend to write FOSS4G in capitals, makes it
stick out better).

Thanks.

What is involved in "launching"?

I guess basically just the regular press Release Process followed by
tweets, etc.

Yes.

Cameron,
you named the page "Marketing Committee Press Release 1", which does
not say anything about the content or date. Maybe it makes more sense
to use content in the name, put the date in the title and add a
[[Category:Press Releases]] to make it easier to find in the Wiki. We
could then link back to the Marketing Committee by also adding the
[[Category:Marketing]].

Arnulf, I'm following the convention that we have been using for OSGeo-Live press releases (and FOSS4G 2009 press releases before that).
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Press_Releases
The advantage we found of using numbers instead of dates or titles in the press release, is that you can change both during the review cycle without needing to create a new URL.

I've taken on your suggestion of including

[[Category:Marketing]]

I suggest to move the page to [[Call for OSGeo Advocates 2012-06-21]]
or some such and add the two Categories. But as this is a major change
I leave it for you to decide.

Cheers,
Arnulf

Jo

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter@lisasoft.com
<mailto:cameron.shorter@lisasoft.com>> wrote:

Hi, I plan to send out an following email to the discuss email list
in ~ 11 hours. Feel free to speak up if you have suggestions before
I send it.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/__Marketing_Committee_Press___Release_1
<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Committee_Press_Release_1&gt;

-- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Solutions Manager Tel: +61 (0)2 8570
5050<tel:%2B61%20%280%292%208570%205050> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
<tel:%2B61%20%280%29419%20142%20254>

Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open
Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com

_________________________________________________ Marketing mailing
list Marketing@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Marketing@lists.osgeo.org>
http://lists.osgeo.org/__mailman/listinfo/marketing
<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing&gt;

-- ***Jo Cook* Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West
Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK t:+44 750 095 8167 iShare -
Data integration and publishing platform
<http://www.isharemaps.com/&gt;

*****************************************

Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales.
Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN
VAT no. 864201149.

_______________________________________________ Marketing mailing
list Marketing@lists.osgeo.org
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing

- -- Exploring Space, Time and Mind
http://arnulf.us
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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254

Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
http://www.lisasoft.com