Probably what we need to do is designate one of our committee members to take on a press contact role. It wouldn't be hard work - one every 2 or 3 weeks. I ran as an independent candidate for parliament once and just kept faxing out press releases from a free internet fax box, and you would be AMAZED who contacted me over them. I got radio interviews and even a half page in a local paper out of them once. The key is to be well written and sound and look professional, almost business-like. Unfortunately Peter Andren died but his ICAN (Independent Candidates) Network had some great tips on writing press releases which I followed closely.
cheers Andrew 2009/1/23 Charles Gregory <wikimediaau.li...@chuq.net> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Casey Brown <cbrown1023...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 2009/1/22 Nick Perkins <superni...@gmail.com>: >> > If the chapter was releasing regular press releases, the media may be >> more >> > likely to contact the chapter for comment. It makes us look more >> credible >> > and we are in their faces with a media contact more often. >> > >> >> Well, honestly, does the media even know you exist yet? :-) Did >> anyone send them anything like a press release? Maybe that's on the >> "to-do". >> > > > 500 delegates at LInux.conf.au 2009 now know that we exist (thankyou > Angela for the plug!) > > The AGM was only a couple of weeks ago and for a week of that both the Pres > and VP have been at LCA, so I assume no time for press releases yet. > > Regards, > > Charles > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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