On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Sally Khudairi <sallykhuda...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Heh. That's our Paul Fremantle on the tin whistle... > Back to the subject at-hand, I have no qualms about PMCs doing their own > feeds. That's fine, but I'd prefer we employ a similar model to the ASF blogs > so that both the relationship as well as "ownership" to Apache are clear. > Cheers.
That would be ideal, even if it is a relationship to some mysterious "Apache Foundation" ;-) And maybe some time we can think of Apache-wide and project-specific titles that could reenforce that connection. In any case, we need content first. So I'll drop the thread back to ooo-dev on my next note, which will be to brainstorm about some videos. We'll ping you again when we have something concrete. Regards, -Rob > -Sally > [from the mobile; pls pardon spacing/spelling errors] > -----Original Message----- > From: drew > Sent: 22/02/2012, 5:16 PM > To: Sally Khudairi > Cc: ooo-...@incubator.apache.org; dev@community.apache.org; pr...@apache.org > Subject: Re: YouTube Channel for Apache? > > > On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 21:49 +0000, Sally Khudairi wrote: >> Thanks, Drew. >> >> Actually, the official link is >> http://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheFoundation > > Hello Sally, > > Ah ha - yes that looks much better. > - I like the fellow playing happy birthday on a tin whistle.. > > Anyway - just to finish a thought - one possibility would be to have > PMCs use the account as a storage area, but not necessarily as the main > display point. I've worked with youtube and used focused play lists, > then delivered those play lists from another page (MediaWiki has a > plugin BTW but I've never used it) via one of the youtube supplied > widgets. That works reasonably well IMO. > > Of course one could eschew UTube completely and go with something like > archive.org, build a channel there (they call it something else) - I've > used that also, but only in a very cursory way, it lakes the nice widget > support however - though I believe there is something available now. > > Best wishes, > > //drew > > >> >> We had a problem with YouTube allowing us to register the "The Apache >> Software Foundation" for some reason (we must have tried at least 5 times to >> no avail), so we went ahead with "The Apache Foundation". >> >> None of the other links are officially related to us. >> >> HTH, >> Sally >> >> >> = = = = = >> Boston +1 617 921 8656 >> New York +1 917 725 2133 >> London +44 (0) 20 3239 9686 >> skype sallykhudairi >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: drew <d...@baseanswers.com> >> > To: ooo-...@incubator.apache.org >> > Cc: dev@community.apache.org; pr...@apache.org >> > Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 16:10 >> > Subject: Re: YouTube Channel for Apache? >> > >> > On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 15:06 -0500, Rob Weir wrote: >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din >> >> <nour.moham...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Well it seems like a good idea. For doing this on ASF level I think it >> > is >> >> > up to each PMC if they can/want to do this or not whether through >> > using >> >> > YouTube or any similar provider. >> >> > >> >> >> >> Right. I think the only side consideration was that if there was an >> >> ASF-level account, through their special program for 501(c)(3) >> >> nonprofits, then that enables additional capabilities and >> >> opportunities for exposure. It would still be up to individual PMC's >> >> to create/publish their videos, but we'd be able to avail ourselves of >> >> the other special features. >> >> >> >> But maybe it is not worth the trouble. I just thought I'd mention >> >> it, since I had not seen this Youtube non-profit membership thing >> >> before. >> > >> > Well, first - here is the Apache channel (at least I believe it is the >> > official channel) >> > >> > http://www.youtube.com/user/TheApacheWay/ >> > >> > So - that has a rather generic tone I'd say - though there is not a lot >> > of content to go on - meaning it isn't really focused to tutorials and >> > such IMO. >> > >> > However one could create a group under that account, that could then >> > have such a focus. >> > >> > //drew >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> >> > wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> I was thinking of starting up a Youtube channel for Apache >> > OpenOffice, >> >> >> where we could post short videos, demos, tutorials, etc. While >> >> >> investigating how this could be done I came across the following >> > page >> >> >> that describes how a registered non-profit can set up a special >> > kind >> >> >> of YouTube Channel, with increased upload capabilities, as well as >> >> >> other benefits. >> >> >> >> >> >> Aside from benefits related to YouTube, this program also gives >> > free >> >> >> AdWords, etc. As a registered 501(c)(3), ASF is eligible for this >> >> >> program. >> >> >> >> >> >> See: http://www.youtube.com/nonprofits >> >> >> >> >> >> Is there any interest in doing this at the ASF level? >> >> >> >> >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Thanks >> >> > - Mohammad Nour >> >> > ---- >> >> > "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must >> > keep moving" >> >> > - Albert Einstein >> >> >> > >> > > >
