Difference between revisions of "Press Release Process"

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The owner of the newsworthy event or their proxy writes the release to the wiki using a standard template (to come), and notifies the Visibility Committee of the url by emailing dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
 
The owner of the newsworthy event or their proxy writes the release to the wiki using a standard template (to come), and notifies the Visibility Committee of the url by emailing dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
  
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=== 3) Review ===
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=== 3) Review and Approval ===
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Legal review - because the foundation is a legal entity, a quick review by our legal representative is required.
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* Legal review - because the foundation is a legal entity, a quick review by our legal representative is required.
  
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If other organizations are mentioned in the release, then they will also need to be included in the review process.
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* If other organizations are mentioned in the release, then they will also need to be included in the review process.
  
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Open question: is the review process driven by VisCom or the owner of the newsworthy event?
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The review and approval process is driven by a member of the Visibility Committee, in concert with the initiator.
  
 
=== 4) Approval ===  
 
=== 4) Approval ===  

Revision as of 22:02, 4 May 2006

Press Release Process - Draft

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

There are five basic steps:

1) Conception

Something newsworthy happens - a new software release, for example. The owner of said event wishes to publish this development to a wider audience.

2) Creation

The owner of the newsworthy event or their proxy writes the release to the wiki using a standard template (to come), and notifies the Visibility Committee of the url by emailing dev@visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org

3) Review and Approval

  • 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.

The review and approval process is driven by a member of the Visibility Committee, in concert with the initiator.

4) Approval

Open question: Is final approval done by VisCom or the board?

5) Distribution

The press 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, to include:

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