Hi all:

Some transparency. As you know, right around the time of a release, a
number of press outlets are interested in trying out Fedora 9 and
interviewing the Fedora Project Leader about the new release.


With Kara's help, we've put together a Press Kit for these media folks,
which includes a Live USB key, a Fedora sticker, and the attached
document which gives a brief overview of the Live USB and a few general
facts about Fedora to press.


This will then be supplemented by the interviews that Paul gives, which
go into specific detail about various features of the release, and cool
stuff happening in our community.


So far, we've only sent out 2 of these. But there will be more next
week. So if you have any suggestions, please make them here on the
list. It is imperative that the document remain only one page in
length.


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2008/5/1 Max Spevack <mspevack@redhat.com>:
> With Kara's help, we've put together a Press Kit for these media folks,
> which includes a Live USB key, a Fedora sticker, and the attached document
> which gives a brief overview of the Live USB and a few general facts about
> Fedora to press.

excellent... now all I need to do is to setup my own 'news' website
which is a thinly veiled rss aggregation.. and then show up asking for
a Fedora press kit and I can finally get a fedora sticker!

-jef"or I could just buy some color laserjet paper and run it through
the color printer in my boss's office while he's not there."spaleta

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2008/5/1 Max Spevack <mspevack@redhat.com>:
> Hi all:
>
> Some transparency. As you know, right around the time of a release, a
> number of press outlets are interested in trying out Fedora 9 and
> interviewing the Fedora Project Leader about the new release.
>
> With Kara's help, we've put together a Press Kit for these media folks,
> which includes a Live USB key, a Fedora sticker, and the attached document
> which gives a brief overview of the Live USB and a few general facts about
> Fedora to press.

Awesome idea I think it looks great, and with the interviews that
Paul gives, should definitely go a long way to helping people get the
best picture of Fedora.
>
> This will then be supplemented by the interviews that Paul gives, which go
> into specific detail about various features of the release, and cool stuff
> happening in our community.
>
> So far, we've only sent out 2 of these. But there will be more next week.
> So if you have any suggestions, please make them here on the list. It is
> imperative that the document remain only one page in length.

Nope, I can't think of any - just a big congratulations from me

Best,

Jon

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Max Spevack wrote:

Hi all:

Some transparency. As you know, right around the time of a release, a
number of press outlets are interested in trying out Fedora 9 and
interviewing the Fedora Project Leader about the new release.


With Kara's help, we've put together a Press Kit for these media folks,
which includes a Live USB key, a Fedora sticker, and the attached
document which gives a brief overview of the Live USB and a few general
facts about Fedora to press.


This will then be supplemented by the interviews that Paul gives, which
go into specific detail about various features of the release, and cool
stuff happening in our community.


So far, we've only sent out 2 of these. But there will be more next
week. So if you have any suggestions, please make them here on the
list. It is imperative that the document remain only one page in length.


The preview release is not the same as a release candidate as the
document implies. The preview release is the start of the stabilization
phase and development freeze.


Instead of "does not offer paid support contracts", point out the
presence of community support/help.


Expand "OS" as operating system.

"make to package set ..." can be altered as "changes to software or
settings"


Rahul




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On Fri, 2 May 2008, Rahul Sundaram wrote:

The preview release is not the same as a release candidate as the
document implies. The preview release is the start of the
stabilization phase and development freeze.


Instead of "does not offer paid support contracts", point out the
presence of community support/help.


Expand "OS" as operating system.

"make to package set ..." can be altered as "changes to software or
settings"


All those changes will be made before any more are sent out.

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On Thu, 1 May 2008, Jonathan Roberts wrote:

Awesome idea I think it looks great, and with the interviews that
Paul gives, should definitely go a long way to helping people get the
best picture of Fedora.


Did you notice the line that's in there just for you, JonRob?

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New version attached that takes Rahul's suggestions into account.

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Max Spevack wrote:

New version attached that takes Rahul's suggestions into account.


Looks good to me. Is the handout going to just plain black on white or
do you want to add some nice colors in there? It looks a bit bland.


Rahul

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Rahul Sundaram wrote:

Max Spevack wrote:

New version attached that takes Rahul's suggestions into account.


Looks good to me. Is the handout going to just plain black on white or
do you want to add some nice colors in there? It looks a bit bland.


I'm working on thatlol gimme 20 minutes

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Máirín Duffy wrote:

Rahul Sundaram wrote:

Max Spevack wrote:

New version attached that takes Rahul's suggestions into account.


Looks good to me. Is the handout going to just plain black on white or
do you want to add some nice colors in there? It looks a bit bland.


I'm working on thatlol gimme 20 minutes


Okay, what do you think?
http://people.redhat.com/duffy/misc/temp/presskit.pdf


I designed it in Scribus. The Scribus source file (*.sla) is in the same
dir) I'm going back now to incorporate the changes in the latest draft
since this was based off the first draft.


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