Correct, I meant announcement not press release. Announcing this move by placing a blurb on the foundation site, asking for assistance on the sf list, and letting the signpost know all would have headed this discussion off
________________________________ From: geni <geni...@gmail.com> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2009 4:43:57 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] WMF seeking to sub-lease office space? 2009/9/6 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>: > 2009/9/6 Geoffrey Plourde <geo.p...@yahoo.com>: >> The plan may have been mentioned ages ago, but a press release about the >> move would have eliminated the opportunity for trolling. > > Why would the press be interested in the WMF putting the offices they > are about to move out of on the market? The move itself will be > newsworthy and I'm sure there will be a press release about it, but it > hasn't happened yet. A plan to move isn't worthy of a press release - > it would only cover a single sentence ("The WMF has more staff than it > has room for desks, so it is planning to move to new, larger > offices."). I'm sure signpost would be interested. It usually is. Press release is probably the wrong term though. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l