[Foss4g2009] Press Release Process

[Cameron Shorter]

Thanks Tyler,
I like your OSGeo news process you describe. Feel free to tweak our 
process to either fit in with the OSGeo process, or update ours.

I'll forward through our twitter details.

Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> I've written up a Press Release process at:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_Process
>> It is linked from the Press Releases web page.
>
> One significant correction to...
>
>> Check each email list to see if the press release was forwarded on by
>> the community leader. Chase the leader if he/she have not sent it with a
>> friendly email. If that doesn't work, in the following day try to find
>> an alternative leader, or send the email yourself. (Someone like Tyler
>> is subscribed to most lists, and could be used to forward on most 
>> emails).
>
> Contrary to popular belief, I am not subscribed to most lists :)  I 
> tried, but got buried and had to step back.  I focus primarily on the 
> Discuss, Announce and a few other internal lists and news channels.  I 
> do track a few local chapters as they develop, but aside from that we 
> are relying significantly on the lead project contacts to get the word 
> out beyond the discuss list.
>
> Re: RSS and Twitter - when I post an OSGeo News Item - it goes into 
> the OSGeo RSS feed, which in turn automagically feeds a twitter 
> update. This helps kill a few birds with one stone.  If you've got a 
> foss4g 2009 twitter feed, then a similar approach may be useful there 
> too.


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