On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > The Release Notes are starting to look very nice. It is worth > reviewing if you have not looked recently: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Notes > > This is the primary statement of what is in the release. The > introductory sections are general enough that this page can be used as > a self-contained announcement message. It doesn't require additional > context. > > However, we will have additional announcement statements. > > 1) There will be a press release. This repeats a subset of the > contents of the release nots, but it the format and style that is > expected in a press release. Don Harbison took the lead on drafting > that. > > 2) We should also have a brief blog post. Maybe only a paragraph or > two and then a link to the Release Notes. I don't want to spend too > much time on the blog post since I am almost certain the blog will > crash under load. For that reason I'd recommend that we don't promote > the blog page via social media, etc., Promote the Release Notes > instead. >
Draft here: https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=a_short_celebration_and_then > In the past we've translated the blog post. But in this case I'd > recommend we focus on translating the Release Notes. > > 3) A brief announcement to our mailing lists, including the 9000 > subscribers of our announcement mailing list. Again, linking back to > the Release Notes. > > 4) Posts to Twitter, Google+, Facebook, etc. This is something where > everyone can help spread the news, by sharing, +1'ing, RT'ing,. etc. > > Regards, > > -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
