On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:06:50 -0400
Mel Chua <mel(a)redhat.com> wrote:
At the Marketing FAD, one thing we agreed on was that (1) we have a
lot to learn, and (2) getting cool people into Fedora Classroom to
teach things so we can document their wisdom for posterity would be
totally rockin'.
Excellent. ;)
Kara Schiltz, Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier, and Sean Daly have
all stepped
up with generous offers to run Fedora Classroom sessions on various
Marketing/Brand/PR related topics they have expertises in during the
month of April - so this is a heads-up, a quick way to nail the
scheduling down, and a chance for people to give feedback on the
topics coming up. (Are these what folks are interested in? What would
you like to see/hear? Who would you like to hear from?)
Thanks to Kara, Zonker, and Sean for offering to spend time with us!
Thats excellent. I have been swamped lately and haven't had time to run
any classes. ;(
Please do update the wiki and let the list know final scheduling. :)
--Mel
== Kara: PR workflow demystified ==
Kara: is free in mid-to-late April, so I will propose April 13
(Tuesday)
- if that's not too early in the month. I was thinking either 3-4pm
EDT or 5-6pm EDT on that day so it comes either right before or after
our weekly Marketing meeting - Kara, would that be ok with you? If
not, when would be a good date and time? We're flexible.
Topic: the existing workflow and decisionmaking process around doing
PR for Fedora. How do you choose what audiences to target for what
message about what feature when? Also, what would you like to see for
international PR around Fedora (can you help us articulate a target
that the community can work to hit)?
Sounds like a fun session for sure.
== Zonker: How to make life awesome for journalists ==
Zonker: April 20 (Tuesday) - he can do anytime between 9am-6pm EDT,
but I'm also going to propose either 3-4pm EDT or 5-6pm EDT for this
one. (Zonker, your pick - and if neither works for you,
counterpropose.)
Topic: what does the distro release PR process look like from the
perspective of a journalist, and what are the things we (as a
project's marketing team) can do to make life easier for you (the
journalist)?
Also interesting... Would love to get a glimse into this side of
things.
== Sean:
Sean: Would April 27 (Tuesday) work for you? The timing might be more
difficult because Sean is in France (iirc) and so our normal
Marketing meeting time is quite late in the evening for him. Sean, if
3-4pm EDT (1900 UTC) on that date would work for you, that would be
great - if not, perhaps immediately after your Sugar Labs marketing
meeting, which I believe would be 16:00 UTC? (If neither works for
you, counterpropose.)
Topic: Fedora marketing business case - explore what the targets,
brand values, and priorities are. (This ties in nicely with what
Nelson has been working on, and I think will bring us full-circle
just in time to think about F14 going forward.)
Excellent.
Thanks everyone!
I look forward to these classes!
kevin