[Linux-aus] President's Report: August / September 2006

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Conrad Parker">

> On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 02:27:28AM -0400, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > 
> > Yes we can. We can promote upcoming events at current events. Promoting
> > the same event ahead of time does not make sense. Let's do Event
> > Promotion 101.
> 
> This is the Free Software community, not a corporate marketing strategy.

Ah yes, let's pooh-pooh good practice because it sounds like something paid
people would do!

> The principle of releasing early applies to events for the same reason
> that it applies to software -- it allows people to plan ahead and become
> involved in the process.

For which a year is entirely appropriate, considering that the core people
who are already involved would know ahead of time.

- Jeff

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