[Marketing] Google Code In (GCI) PR status

[Sean DALY]

Hi John, I'm having difficulty reaching Chris Leonard to schedule a
debrief, hopefully he has time today or tomorrow, I'd much rather not
invent stuff :-/

Sean


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:19 AM, John Tierney <jtis4stx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Are we scheduling IRC or Skype call this week to discuss GCI PR
> as well as how it fits into and how it can spearhead our marketing
> strategy going forward in 2013?
>
> Best!
> John Tierney
>
>> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:41:44 -0500
>> From: walter.bender at gmail.com
>> To: sdaly.be at gmail.com
>> CC: marketing at lists.sugarlabs.org
>> Subject: Re: [Marketing] Google Code In (GCI) PR status
>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > We have a decision to make:
>> >
>> > * Publish our PR on the wire and our website simultaneously with
>> > Google announcement (blog posting). As this is scheduled for 10:00 AM
>> > PST on Feb. 4th, if we go this route deadline is noon Friday EST and
>> > there will be a $50 planning charge (this applies when PR goes out at
>> > a time other than the 8:30AM batch).
>> >
>> > * Publish our PR on our website simultaneously with Google, but send
>> > it onto the wire the following morning. In this case deadline is noon
>> > on Monday the 4th.
>> >
>> > I am leaning towards the second option, which saves some money, gives
>> > us three extra days for editing & translations, and removes any risk
>> > of violating the Google news blackout prior to their announcement.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> >
>> > I haven't written a draft yet, I need to be briefed by Chris first; I
>> > should have a first draft Wednesday at the end of the day or Thursday
>> > at the latest.
>> >
>> > Sean.
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