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
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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
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