[Marketing] Google Code In (GCI) PR status

[Walter Bender]

FWIW. I am available any time today. Tomorrow. I am traveling all day.

-walter

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>>
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