That's great Jenda.
any time you can spare is most appreciated. gerry Jenda Vancura wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Gerry Carr wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> My name is Gerry Carr and I am the new Senior Marketing Manager for >> Canonical. I have been reading through some of the archives on what you >> guys have been up to and I am really looking forward to us being able to >> work together in the future. >> >> My background is working in corporate marketing for tech companies like >> Sage and IONA covering things like events, campaigns, PR, advertising, >> lead gen, branding and positioning. One thing I am looking forward to is >> working on more guerilla type marketing with your help. >> >> Right now though I need some help on the Ubuntu Live >> <http://www.ubuntulive.com/> Event in July. We need to get a message >> out to the Ubuntu Forums probably through Ubuntu-announce but I am open >> to advice on where it ought to go. >> >> It's critical that we have a successful launch show for this event. We >> are working closely with O'Reilly the organisers on this and our >> commitment to them is that we publicise this event to the ubuntu >> community. I need your help to make sure that the communication is >> appropriate and effective. >> >> There is a draft of the wording which I have put on the wiki here: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingUbuntuLive2007Invite?highlight=%28marketing%29 >> >> >> My deadline to get this out is 1300 UTC Friday May 11. what i would love >> to get to you guys is help with >> >> a) what is the best channel to approach the community >> b) who is best sending this communication >> c) is the wording appropriate for a community communication >> d) can anyone suggest a better draft for sending >> e) going forward, what do the marketing team feel are appropriate and >> non-approriate communication to the community and through which channels? >> >> I think if we can start and complete this minor project this week and >> get a feel for how we might work together we can move to discuss how I >> might be able to help your efforts and vice versa from next week. >> >> i will be tracking the marketing list and am IRC subscribed should we >> perfer to do it this way or of course contact me directly. >> >> Best regards >> >> Gerry >> > > Hello Gerry, and welcome! > > In my opinion, the announcement should go on the -announce or maybe CC > to sounder. The forums are a great way to speak to the masses - we can > get you a sticky for this, and maybe even an announcement on the front > page. A few IRC channel topics could be changed too, maybe... > > I'll be a little busy this week, so can't give the announcement itself > much time - but I'll help you get it out to the forums. > > - -- > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > ¦ Jenda Vančura _ Join the ASCII Ribbon Campaign ¦ > ¦ GnuPG: 519D056A ( ) http://www.asciiribbon.org ¦ > ¦ Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X Against HTML e-mail ¦ > ¦ Email/Paypal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Against proprietary attachments ¦ > +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGQEY3kfxlW1GdBWoRAr9YAKCATP8V61a6usqWHLqzmYe7dQaWFACfZcMO > Zx7FNltjESFZc0Xw9I3QAbU= > =l0Aw > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- Mob +44 7809 389 871 | Tel +44 207 630 2457 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Main: +44 20 7630 2400 Ubuntu - Linux for human beings | www.ubuntu.com | www.canonical.com -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
