Should the press release include information about Debian Day which takes place the 9th of July? Cheers, ASCIIGirl On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 12:16 +0300, Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > Hi! > > We need to write three press releases for DebConf5. Here is my general > idea for them: > > 1. Announce DebConf5: time, place and general information. Also, > where to register. > 2. Announce DebConf5 talks: short blurb with general information, > then more details about the talks this year. > 3. Announce the end of DebConf5: short blurb with general > information, then impressions that outline the progress made. > Quotes from humans encouraged. Forward-looking: "wonder where > the next DebConf will be; see you there". > > Drafts are provided below. Please comment on these. There are probably > horrible errors since I'm not a native English speaker, but do try to > look at the "tone" and "message" of these texts. We can always fix the > language if we know what we want to say. > > --8<-- > > DRAFT for press release 1. > (sources: http://www.debconf.org/debconf5/) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Debian Project http://www.debconf.org/ > Sixth Annual Debian Developers Conference (DRAFT) events@debian.org > May 1st, 2005 http://www.debian.org/News/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Sixth Annual Debian Developers Conference > > The 6th annual Debian Developers Conference (DebConf) will be held in > Helsinki, Finland from July 10th to July 17th. Its target audience is > Debian developers, though Debian users are welcome to attend as well. > The event is based around talks, demos, coding parties and discussions. > It is highly technical in nature. > > DebConf features speakers from around the world. It is also used for > developing key software for Debian and other projects, including the > next release of the Debian GNU/Linux system. > > For further information about DebConf, including registration for > participants, please see http://www.debconf.org/debconf5/ > > --8<-- > > DRAFT for press release 2. > (sources: http://www.debconf.org/debconf5/) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Debian Project http://www.debconf.org/ > Talks at Sixth Annual Debian Developers Conference events@debian.org > (DRAFT) > May 10th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/News/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Talks at Sixth Annual Debian Developers Conference > > The 6th annual Debian Developers Conference (DebConf) will be held in > Helsinki, Finland from July 10th to July 17th. Its target audience is > Debian developers, though Debian users are welcome to attend as well. > The event is based around talks, demos, coding parties and discussions. > It is highly technical in nature. > > DebConf features speakers from around the world. This year, we are > pleased to announce the following talks: > > * Debian New Maintainer Process: History and Aims (Hanna Wallach, > Dafydd Harries, Moray Allan) > * Debugging techniques (Lars Wirzenius) > * ... > * ... > > For further information about DebConf, including registration for > participants, please see http://www.debconf.org/debconf5/ > > --8<-- > > DRAFT for press release 3. > (sources: http://www.debconf.org/debconf5/, numbers and facts made up -- > this is just a general outline/template in which real details will be > filled in. My hope is that this will allow us to make a press release as > soon as required after DebConf5.) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Debian Project http://www.debconf.org/ > Sixth Annual Debian Developers Conference ends (DRAFT) events@debian.org > July 18th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/News/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Sixth Annual Debian Developers Conference ends > > The 6th annual Debian Developers Conference (DebConf) was held in > Helsinki, Finland from July 10th to July 17th. Attendance at the > conference was high, with NNN registered attendees and [countless] > sporadic visitors (?). > > The conference gave a new spark of life to the Debian Project. Branden > Robinson, Debian Project Leader, noted that "Blah blah blah". > > DebConf is organized by a group of volunteers connected to the Debian > Project. Andreas Schuldei coordinated the group and managed the process > in cooperation with local organizers in Helsinki. "I think that blah > blah blah", says Schuldei, and concludes: "Yet another success". > > Debian Developer XYZ, who has participated in nearly all Debian > Developers Conferences to date, found the conference to be particularly > exciting this year. "We had a lot of blah blah blah." He encourages more > developers and Debian users to attend the next Debian Developers > Conference. "It's a great way of meeting people." > > [More experiences] > > Some ideas on the 2006 DebConf were discussed, but the location and > exact time are yet to be announced. Andreas Schuldei notes, "The > selection process for DebConf is largely based on... As we move to > involve more people, we need..." > > DebConf was made possible by a number of sponsors, whom we'd like to > thank: list-of-sponsors (?). > > The Debian Project wishes to thank all those involved, and we hope to > see you at DebConf 2006 as well as all the other Debian-related events > during the following year! > > --8<-- > > (I was going to say that in order to keep things manageable, please > separate your replies per press release, but since I didn't do that for > the original mail, just do as you please. I'll try to sum things up and > put it in the Wiki if neccessary (although I usually prefer to work via > email).) > > Cheers,
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