On Wed, July 13, 2005 04:04, Nigel Jones wrote: >> Or, should you find the demands on your time too pressing, why not use >> this opportunity to step-aside as the Debian press contact. > Love the pun, but IMHO he does a good job.
I do not - while I don't want to judge Joey's skills, for me it's a given that both the following statements hold: Joey is the only person in the press team, and the press team does not function well. I don't think he's incompetent, probably it's out of a lack of time, but the press function can be performed way better than it is now. Why? Some concerns: - The Debian press contact does not even list phone numbers, just an anonymous email address (See www.debian.org -> contact us). I find that to be very unprofessional and something that should be changed in order to be a serious point of contact for the press. - A lot of the bad press about security was based about dubious information from blogs and other gossip. An early press release from Debian with the facts could have gotten out a whole lot more balanced view. The first statement from Debian about security was released when everything was solved, i.e. way too late. - There have not been many interesting press releases in the past year. What about a news item about a big German city adopting Debian? Tell the world about secure APT. Branden Robinson as the new DPL is also not news-worthy appearently. I've already offered to take part in changing this situation. regards, Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]