WMF did not send out a formal announcement, no, though wasn't there some
sort of press release later? The past couple of years I have simply sent an
email to wikimania-l and foundation-l, which gets the word out to most of
the interested community members.
I don't think telling the community precludes sending a more formal press
release later from either the winning chapter and/or the Foundation. Effe is
right, that it's a good chance to build excitement locally, but I see one as
an 'internal' announcement (even though it's public) and the other as an
'external' announcement (really making sure media sees it).
But whatever the community wants me to do is fine :) Just let me know.
-- phoebe
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Jay Walsh <jwalsh(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I know that announcement will be quite important for
the winning bid team -
but it's just a matter of course to manage that. It would be good for them
to have some notice, perhaps a day or two, to prep a basic news release
highlighting the news.
I don't think there's a huge risk of the news getting out. Media would
really need direction from the winning committee to get the full story. So
generally it would be better to be ready and confident with the
news/announcement.
I don't believe WMF formally announced the winner of the upcoming year's
WMania last year, but it might be a good way for us to help draw attention
globally to Wikimania in more general terms... perhaps in the same big press
release we could announce the 2010 location and then hopefully we'll have
media registration for Buenos Aires ready? Or if we haven't got anything
new to report for BA, then we could just have a few quotes from both teams
talking about Wikimania.
Thanks!
--
Jay Walsh
Head of Communications
WikimediaFoundation.org
+1 (415) 839 6885 x 609
On Apr 21, 2009, at 1:27 PM, effe iets anders wrote:
Maybe Jay could give his opinion as well, as the PR person from the WMF (in
cc)
Lodewijk
2009/4/21 Joseph Seddon <josephseddon(a)googlemail.com>
Don't shoot for PR, just try to make the best
bid you
can so that the conference runs smoothly, not
with glamour.
Its to do with having a high degree of professionalism.
Seddon
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