Got some thoughts for toughening up a couple of spots on the press release (active voice, etc) that I'm about to put in. Well, in the English copy, anyway. That said, I feel like I have to come down solidly on the side "if you don't have the venue, the press release for the city is premature." Speaking solely from the perspective of someone who receives unsolicited press releases, if I were to get one that announced the city and date but not the location, I would consider it incomplete information and probably not jump on it. Granted, there are a lot of robo-release sites these days that will reprint anything (legit) that comes in, but attracting their attention wouldn't attract writers and *probably* wouldn't attract additional attendees. I know that doesn't help accelerate the process of finding a venue (and I know you can't roll the dice and rush that), but I think 10-months-out-with-full-information bests 11-months-out-with-partial-information. However, I will still happily add a tweak or two to the English copy of the press release wiki page. Nate <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Jon Phillips <<a href="mailto:jon@rejon.org">jon@rejon.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Ping! Today is monday. I'd like to send all of our press machines into overdrive today :) I'm here! Jon <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Nathan Willis<<a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com">nwillis@glyphography.com</a>> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Jon Phillips <<a href="mailto:jon@rejon.org">jon@rejon.org</a>> wrote: >> >> Brussels team, could you add a bit more to the release? Also, I wonder >> if we might tempt our master wordsmith Nathan to take a pass at the >> release. I think this will take a few days to get, so we can release >> on monday brussels time, good? > > > Me lookee wordz.... > > Nate >> >> The website news looks pretty good. Good stab at this. >> >> Jon >> >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Louis >> Desjardins<<a href="mailto:louis.desjardins@gmail.com">louis.desjardins@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> > 2009/6/19 <<a href="mailto:snelting@collectifs.net">snelting@collectifs.net</a>> >> >> >> >> Hello! >> >> >> >> The city was decided last week (Brussels). Right now we're working on >> >> settling the venue here with the local team; the original deadline for >> >> city and venue was 8th of June, no new deadline set (it's on the >> >> timeline >> >> for June and July, and in my agenda too ;-)). >> >> >> >> Why can't we announce city now, and than in August, announce venue and >> >> new >> >> website? There's a first press-release here: >> >> <a href="http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Press_Release_1" target="_self">http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/Press_Release_1</a> (French and English) >> > >> > Based on the principle *Communicate early, communicate often* I agree we >> > should kick off without delay. We know it’s Brussels, we know it’s May. >> > People can already book their agenda. >> > >> > Cheers! >> > >> > Louis >> >> >> >> >> >> Femke >> >> >> >> >> >> > Agree...is there a timeline on the press for this? gotta keep the >> >> > fire >> >> > on >> >> > :) >> >> > >> >> > Jon >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Nathan >> >> > Willis<<a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com">nwillis@glyphography.com</a>> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> Is there any word on a physical venue for LGM2010 yet?Ā I am all >> >> >> for >> >> >> putting >> >> >> out a press release a.s.a.p. announcing it, but we would need to >> >> >> know >> >> >> the >> >> >> venue in addition to the city and the date. >> >> >> >> >> >> My apologies if this has been mentioned already and I just didn't >> >> >> see >> >> >> it.... >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Nate >> >> >> -- >> >> >> nathan.p.willis >> >> >> <a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com">nwillis@glyphography.com</a> >> >> >> aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis >> >> >> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/willis" target="_self">flickr.com/photos/willis</a> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> CREATE mailing list >> >> >> <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> >> >> >> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Jon Phillips >> >> > <a href="http://rejon.org/" target="_self">http://rejon.org/</a> >> >> > +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) >> >> > +852 6855-7267 (hong kong) >> >> > +86 132-6817-8381 (china) >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > CREATE mailing list >> > <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> >> > <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jon Phillips >> <a href="http://rejon.org/" target="_self">http://rejon.org/</a> >> +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) >> +86.134.3957.2035 (china) >> _______________________________________________ >> CREATE mailing list >> <a href="mailto:CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org">CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org</a> >> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create" target="_self">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create</a> > > > > -- > nathan.p.willis > <a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com">nwillis@glyphography.com</a> > aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis > <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/willis" target="_self">flickr.com/photos/willis</a> > </div></div>-- <div><div></div><div class="h5">Jon Phillips <a href="http://rejon.org/" target="_self">http://rejon.org/</a> +1.415.830.3884 (sf/global) +86.134.3957.2035 (china) </div></div></blockquote></div> -- nathan.p.willis <a href="mailto:nwillis@glyphography.com">nwillis@glyphography.com</a> aim/ym/gtalk:n8willis <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/willis">flickr.com/photos/willis</a>