+1 for CDF to handle Jenkins press releases. Having an experienced, dedicated resource on this is a valuable benefit, imo.
On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 10:43 AM Tracy Miranda <tmira...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) offers public relations (PR) > services to all CDF projects e.g we co-ordinated the Jenkins Graduation > <https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cd-foundation-announces-jenkins-graduation-301105709.html> > announcement. > > *Note:* PR = public relations (not pull request) for this email > > *TL;DR* I'd like to propose updates to https://www.jenkins.io/press/ and > processes around PR announcements & related activities to formalize CDF > providing PR support for Jenkins. > > Background: > Jenkins PR has been previously handled by Kohsuke, volunteer press > contacts & the CloudBees PR team e.g Jenkins & AWS > <https://www.cloudbees.com/press/jenkins-community-establishes-native-support-aws-serverless-application-model-creation> > , Jenkins & Docker > <https://www.cloudbees.com/press/jenkins-community-and-cloudbees-announce-docker-integration-next-wave-continuous-delivery> > In > 2020 CDF started taking on some of this e.g. fielding questions from > reporters during DevOp World > > While at the simplest level blog posts can serve as community > announcements (and should continue to do so) PR offers that next level of > support and services typically include: > - building relationships with relevant reporters in the space > - pitching newsworthy announcements to reporters > - co-ordinating announcements when there are multiple 3rd parties involved > - identifying & co-ordinating community folks to respond to incoming > requests > - tracking mentions and stories related to the project > - issuing corrections to reporters as needed (e.g this happens now & then > around security advisories) > (For more details see: 6 public relations lessons for open source projects > <https://opensource.com/life/11/4/six-public-relations-lessons-open-source-projects> > ) > > For Jenkins I'd suggest the press page be updated to pr@cd.foundation. > At CD.Foundation we work with Jesse Casman of Story Changes Culture who > would then sync with the governing board or any identified contacts (e.g > security officer) to respond to incoming requests. > > It would also be ideal to work with the community on a related growth-plan > with at least 1-2 announcements targeted for the year. > > I'll wait to hear any feedback then go ahead and submit a pull request to > reflect some of the suggested changes. > > Regards, > Tracy > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAJ2Kh8mMo4fngifx49p%2BiKxEBkFeaxLmPy0SJ5NZvAGn9%2BhBRg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAJ2Kh8mMo4fngifx49p%2BiKxEBkFeaxLmPy0SJ5NZvAGn9%2BhBRg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to jenkinsci-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAMBsfbvUnAHfq%2B_Y97F%3D9r7LUFDx%2Bc%2ByK88ZWogHpLNk6NAxMQ%40mail.gmail.com.
