On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 3:08 PM Julian Foad <julianfoad_at_apache.org> wrote:
>
> Nathan Hartman wrote:
> > Would someone who has a LinkedIn account be kind enough to post a very
> > polite request for testimonials there?
> >
> > Also, would it be appropriate and acceptable to post this request to our
> > own users@ list?
>
> I say yes.
>
> It was said recently (as well as long ago), on the Svn PMC's [1] private
> mailing list, that a press release (PR) should be organized in private
> so it makes a "splash" (a surprise) to maximize impact in the press. I
> understand the intent behind that, from the marketing point of view, but
> in this open community I place higher value on publicly involving
> community members who are not members of the PMC. If that results in
> lower "splash" value, that's fine: community over PR.
>
> Still, while publicly soliciting testimonials (and any other ideas), we
> can minimize the dilution effect by collecting them and drafting the
> text in private: the press shouldn't be finding the whole thing is
> previously published. Let's be open that that's what we're doing, and
> endeavour to include any non-PMC-members who wish to be included. (If
> someone wants to be included in that part, e.g. seeing the draft, please
> say and we'll work to find a satisfactory way to include you.)
>
> To that end, let's ask that contacts send their actual quotes to
> private@ in the first place. Nathan is co-ordinating the drafting and
> any privately solicited quotes there anyway, aren't you?
>
> - Julian
>
>
> [1] PMC: the project management committee, roughly equals "committers",
> https://www.apache.org/foundation/governance/pmcs
>
Hello,
We at VisualSVN want to contribute to the press release, and I will
try to collect testimonials from our users. I will follow up on the
results in a week or so.
--
With best regards,
Pavel Lyalyakin
VisualSVN Team
Received on 2020-01-27 17:00:50 CET