Press Release to be published on March 6

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Looks great.  The only (admittedly minor) change I would suggest (too late now?) would be to change "the next annual meeting of the foundation membership" to something like "the next annual meeting of the foundation membership at FOSS4G [link] this fall".  Gives people a timeline they can relate to and gives a quick plug for the event.

-mpg



-----Original Message-----
From: Markus Neteler [mailto:neteler.osgeo at gmail.com]
Sent: Sat 3/4/2006 1:15 PM
To: OSGeo-Board; Sean Sternfeldt; Michael Gerlek; OSGeo VisibCom; mlavoie at collab.net
Subject: Press Release to be published on March 6
 
Hi all,

I have updated the press release again and want to publish it on
Monday: http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Proposed_Press_Release

TODO:
- please take a final look
- WebCom: please put the English version onto the server. Translations
                 must be verified first for latest updates, then moved
- Gary: since the Promotion and Visibility Committee isn't yet fully
established,
           I would like to ask you to get it through the Autodesk channels by
           6th March
- DanielB, please prepare for possible slashdotting (personally, I don't
           expect that with this release)
- myself: I'll post it on Monday, 6th to all addresses I know (see below)

Lessions learned
- the next press release must go much faster
- Promotion and Visibility Committee should take care and establish
  the procedure

Cheers

 Markus


List of receipients for the press release addressed by Markus:
   OSGeo-announce <announce at mail.osgeo.org>
   OSGeo-discuss <discuss at mail.osgeo.org>
   news:comp.infosystems.gis
   http://slashgeo.org/submit.pl
   http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/submitnews.html
   http://linuxtoday.com/contribute.php3
   http://www.newsforge.com/submit.pl
   http://osx.macnn.com/    (email to news tips)
   http://www.gis-news.de/  (news at gismngt.de)
   http://www.giscafe.com/  (link: submit material)
   http://www.directionsmag.com/pressreleases.php (click on 'Contact Us')
   http://www.gismonitor.com/news/submit_news.php
   http://www.gisdevelopment.net (click on 'Submit Press Release')
   http://news.eoportal.org/cgi-bin/eoportal_header.pl?dw=psr&site=software&words=type
   http://www.foss4g.org/FOSS4G/modules.php?name=Submit_News

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