[CREATE] LGM2010 Push

[Nathan Willis]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> wrote:

> Looks good. Yes, needs more bullet points, a reference to call for
> participation ending May 1 and also, the title should say Libre
> Graphics Meeting 2010.
>
> OK.  I'll do that, then add it to the wiki .

Nate, you want to put yourself down as press contact? i can be that as
> well...all my data is below...
>
> Sure.


> Ok, so, lokoing good...i'm ready to launch it out whenever :) If those
> changes can get in, and a stable version is put up on the wiki, then
> we can send out to the fabricatorz press list...
>
> Do you want to add that to the Create wiki as well; we may be able to
collect contacts from some other folks on the list as well....


> Florica, this is the press announcement for final call for
> libregraphicsmeeting...once the post is finalized, I'd like to push
> this asap. Nate, is it realistic to launch it today, or better to
> launch in the morning?
>
>
I think we're good to go for today.  It'll hit "morning" in Europe anyway,
waiting until tomorrow/US would push that back....

Nate


 Jon
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Nathan Willis
> <nwillis at glyphography.com> wrote:
> > Attached a shortened, TODAY-centric piece to this email -- let me know
> what
> > you think.
> >
> > Bullet points:
> > * SHORT
> > * highlights developer travel
> > * mentions small donations plusgood, not just big
> > * skips detail on non-community fundraising numbers, lest individual
> donors
> > feel less inclined to give
> > * draws "example" content from the submitted talks -- I know that's not
> > perfect, but it makes the content "real" for people who've never been in
> the
> > past.
> >
> > Additions?  Subtractions?  I do want to keep this short-n-sweet; we can
> link
> > to longer copy on the site & wiki for the interested; the idea is just to
> > draw them in and highlight the need.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nate
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Jon Phillips <jon at rejon.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Femke Snelting <
> snelting at collectifs.net>
> >> wrote:
> >> >> Femke, N8 and friends, we need to put the full court press on this
> >> >> week!
> >> >> N8, can you lead the writing of a press release and lets target a
> rapid
> >> >> turnaround of WED PST to do an announcement.
> >> >> We can announce how much money we've raised,
> >> >
> >> > we've got an ok sum of public funding (our second application was
> >> > confirmed last week + Francophonie) and happy to see Pledgie picking
> up
> >>
> >> So how much total do we have now?
> >>
> >> >> how much we need, the
> >> >> sponsorship packages, who is sponsoring and then of course saying we
> >> >> have a deadline of May 1 for submitting presentations.
> >> >
> >> > ok, I was working from an 1 April deadline but it explains why
> probably
> >> > not many core teams proposed a talk yet ;-)
> >> > Happy to extend, if it helps but we'll need to fix the programme
> >> > a.s.a.p. after that deadline.
> >>
> >> Totally, we need a super well communicated deadline. Saturday, May 1.
> >> Done. No more.
> >>
> >> >> Femke, how does this sound to you? We really need this and I think.
> >> >
> >> > sounds fine!
> >> >
> >> >> We are in #create to talk about this on irc.freenode.net
> >> >> <http://irc.freenode.net> and #lgm. Please hop in via your favorite
> >> >> client or here: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=create
> >> >>
> >> >> Thoughts?
> >> >
> >> > I'm starting local press this week.
> >>
> >> Ok, great. Nate, could you put something together from all this data
> >> onto the wiki? :)
> >>
> >> Cheers guys, I'll keep on getting money and stuff moving fwd
> >> there...is WED of this week realistic?
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >> >
> >> > best
> >> >
> >> > Femke
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jon Phillips
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > nwillis at glyphography.com
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jon Phillips
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> http://fabricatorz.com/
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