-----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----- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
