Re: [Debconf-team] press

[Pablo Duboue <pablo.duboue@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta@brandorr.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:29 AM, martin f krafft <madduck@debconf.org> wrote:
>>
>> also sprach Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar@debian.org> [2010.09.09.1053 +0200]:
>> > I thought I already explained that:  As long as there's no one
>> > from Debian's press team also member of the DebConf orga team (and
>> > as we are quite busy, I don't that will change for the foreseeable
>> > future),
>>
>> How about you seek someone to do precisely this job? Debian press
>> team member who is responsible for DebConf (and other such
>> conferences). As a bonus, there could be a small budget each year to
>> send this person to the events.
>
> I believe this is a good proposal. Are there any alternative options?

The idea of having a "Debian Press liaison" duty for somebody in the
DebConf orga team comes to mind... that person won't write the
announcements nor contact the press directly but will provide timing
and material for the existing Debian Press team.

By the way, my understanding is that one of the reasons of having a
press person in local-team is coordinating local media relations,
which are quite different from the larger Debian project needs.

At any rate, I emerged from the Debian / DebConf BoF quite convinced
of the need of merging as much as possible, so I'm all for using
Debian press team as much as possible.

P.