Re: [seul-edu] Schoolforge initial public announcement

[Harish Pillay 9v1hp <harish@iqmind.com>]

> Do you even think CNN, NBC, FOX will consider running a story or the
> announcement?

I would think so depending on how the story is angled.  If this is shown
to be an across-the-board, international effort, then it will be worthy
to be carried.

Harish

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl" <jackal@raptor.slc.edu>
> To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 2:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Schoolforge initial public announcement
> 
> 
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Doug Loss wrote:
> > <SNIP SNIP SNIP>
> >
> > > lists (as opposed to member lists) we feel we need.  Does anyone
> > > have an opinion on what the best day of the week to make
> > > announcements such as this is?
> >
> > Since I am able to help in this area, I am bringing up a question:
> >
> > What kind of planning is going into the initial public announcement?
> >
> > I mean, are we working on the level of media avenues, press conference,
> > email announcement to internet news site, only free-software-friendly news
> > sites, other news sites, like CNN, NBC, FOX, Deutsch Welle, Industry
> > Standard, Red Herring, etcetera etcetera.
> >
> > There is a large number of other potential target news avenues to announce
> > this to. Before deciding on the date of announcement, it will help to
> > define who we are announcing to. I can expand this list, given a few more
> > submissions/comments, and will summarize results.
> >
> >
> >  -Karl

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