[Foundation-l] WMF seeking to sub-lease office space?

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Remember, the Signpost is an en.wp publication. It is not really the place
to announce such things.
Thanks,
       GerardM

2009/9/6 Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd at yahoo.com>

> Correct, I meant announcement not press release. Announcing this move by
> placing a blurb on the foundation site, asking for assistance on the sf
> list, and letting the signpost know all would have headed this discussion
> off
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> 2009/9/6 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
> > 2009/9/6 Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd at yahoo.com>:
> >> The plan may have been mentioned ages ago, but a press release about the
> move would have eliminated the opportunity for trolling.
> >
> > Why would the press be interested in the WMF putting the offices they
> > are about to move out of on the market? The move itself will be
> > newsworthy and I'm sure there will be a press release about it, but it
> > hasn't happened yet. A plan to move isn't worthy of a press release -
> > it would only cover a single sentence ("The WMF has more staff than it
> > has room for desks, so it is planning to move to new, larger
> > offices.").
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> I'm sure signpost would be interested. It usually is. Press release is
> probably the wrong term though.
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> geni
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