[Foundation-l] WM Elections and local public relations

[Ziko van Dijk]

Its newsworthy if a citizen of a small community takes part (even only
as a voter) in an international election. Its "human interest", and an
opportunity to present one's hobby. Of course, I think more about the
Springfield Shopper, not the L.A. Times.
Ziko


2008/6/20 Harel Cain <harel.cain at gmail.com>:
> The locally influential Israeli economic newspaper TheMaker (a kind of
> supplement to the better known Haaretz newspaper) is about to publish
> a big story on wikipedia, wikimedia, the local chapter and also the
> board elections in an upcoming article (mentioning my candidacy too).
> Though I'm not too sure how very newsworthy the board elections are
> for the "average Joe" on the street.
>
> Harel
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> If someone lives in a small community, has contacts to the local media
>> and wants to put Wikimedia into it, he or she can tell about the
>> Wikimedia board elections. It is quite interesting to a local
>> newspaper or radio station to report that XY from our community takes
>> part in an international election, voting for someone (from another
>> country) who might become a Board of Trustees member of the
>> organisation of the famous Wikipedia.
>> Alas, one should be quick as the elections end already tomorrow...
>> Ziko
>>
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