Difference between revisions of "Press Release Process"

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The goal is to have a simple and understandable for creating, reviewing and issuing press releases. Feel free to contribute your thoughts and experience.
 
The goal is to have a simple and understandable for creating, reviewing and issuing press releases. Feel free to contribute your thoughts and experience.
  
There are four basic steps:
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There are five basic steps:
  
* Conception:
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== Conception ==
 
Something newsworthy happens.  A new software release or event, for example.
 
Something newsworthy happens.  A new software release or event, for example.
  
Creation:
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== Creation ==
Someone associated with the newsworthy event writes the release to the wiki, and notifies the Visibility Committee by emailing dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
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Someone associated with the newsworthy event writes the release to the wiki, and notifies the Visibility Committee of the url by emailing dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
  
Review:
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== Review ==
 
Legal review - because the foundation is a legal entity, a quick review by our legal representative is required.
 
Legal review - because the foundation is a legal entity, a quick review by our legal representative is required.
  
Approval - by VisCom or board?
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If other organizations are mentioned in the release, then they will also need to be included in the review process.
  
Distribution:
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Open question: is the review process driven by VisCom or the creator?
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== Approval ==
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By VisCom or board?
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== Distribution ==
 
Release gets published to the osgeo-news-publisher alias.  This alias will be seeded with journalists and others known to be interested in OSGeo activities.
 
Release gets published to the osgeo-news-publisher alias.  This alias will be seeded with journalists and others known to be interested in OSGeo activities.

Revision as of 13:49, 2 May 2006

Press Release Process - Under Development

The goal is to have a simple and understandable for creating, reviewing and issuing press releases. Feel free to contribute your thoughts and experience.

There are five basic steps:

Conception

Something newsworthy happens. A new software release or event, for example.

Creation

Someone associated with the newsworthy event writes the release to the wiki, and notifies the Visibility Committee of the url by emailing dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org

Review

Legal review - because the foundation is a legal entity, a quick review by our legal representative is required.

If other organizations are mentioned in the release, then they will also need to be included in the review process.

Open question: is the review process driven by VisCom or the creator?

Approval

By VisCom or board?

Distribution

Release gets published to the osgeo-news-publisher alias. This alias will be seeded with journalists and others known to be interested in OSGeo activities.