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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kde promoting, mailing list wanted!
From:       Andreas Pour <pour () mieterra ! com>
Date:       2001-02-05 19:36:57
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Hi,

Of course kde-pr should remain private :-).  But, I think having a public list
for kde promotion is a good idea; frequently I and others get requests from
people who want to help promote KDE but don't know the proper forum.  KDE-pr is
suiteable for press releases but, being a closed list, is not ideal for other
types of involvement.  So I have started such a list --
kde-promo@lists.kde.com.  You can sign up at
http://lists.kde.com/lists/listinfo/kde-promo.  The list description is:

KDE-promo is an open forum for those wishing to get involved in promoting KDE.
Anything is open for discussion and feedback, from advocating the use of KDE in
the classroom to writing KDE development articles to solicting contributions
for the KDE League.

Comments welcome.

Regards,

Dre


Uwe Thiem wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Philippe Fremy wrote:
> 
> > On Monday 05 February 2001 18:25, Matthias Elter wrote:
> > > On Monday 05 February 2001 18:18, Philippe Fremy wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > There was a thread here recently about marketing and Kde. I am clearly
> > > > not the only one who thinks kde needs more promotion and marketing,
> > > > from a user standpoint and from a developer standpoint.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to see a list created to discuss those thing, so that we
> > > > don't annoy people that don't want to hear about that.
> > >
> > > There is kde-pr@kde.org!
> > It isn't cited on the mailing list page. And David Faure told me this list
> > was more for the kde league, to discuss private kde PR problems from a
> > distribution point of view, than for us, basic developers and users. I am
> > ok with kde-pr staying private and I'd like a public kde-promoting list to
> > be opened.
> 
> kde-pr is *not* for the KDE League (they have got their own list).
> Everybody can post to it (so journalists have a single point of
> contact) but reading is restricted to its members who are KDE
> developers/evangelists/... who think that PR (especially in the US)
> is crucial.
> 
> You don't want to discuss PR strategies in the open public. You don't
> want to discuss drafts of press-release publicly. You don't want to
> analyse other's PR strategies publicly. Just think about it and, I bet,
> you will understand the reasons. If not so, I'll be happy to
> explain it to you on a private line. ;-)
> 
> If you want to join kde-pr just post a message to it (remember:
> everybody can post to it) stating why you want to join and what you
> can contribute. You will understand that we want the noise on that
> list on a very low level. ;-)
> 
> Uwe
> 
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Ciao,

Andreas Pour

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