[Koha] Koha-Community Site & Press Releases

[Chris Cormack]

On 4 March 2010 06:48, Liz Rea <lrea at nekls.org> wrote:
> Here are my concerns re: Company press releases on koha-community.org.
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> disclaimer: Vendors, I am sympathetic to your plight, don't take it personally. ;)
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> I, personally, would rather keep koha-community.org as vendor agnostic as possible. This includes press releases, hosted demos (would need to change how this currently works), and other vendor specific news. The reason for this is that I don't want legitimate community news to get lost in a sea of "X company signs Y library for support/hosting" type of news. I look to the project website to tell me what I need to know about the status of the project, not explicitly about companies supporting the project (we have a spot for that, under Paid Support).
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> We have seen what happens when a financially interested party takes control of our assets. It's not pretty.
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> I propose the following structure:
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> Press releases are not part of the general timeline of the home page. All Press releases should be in a "press release" or "Vendor Press" category.
> Debate: general press about Koha (non-vendor related): Part of the timeline or separate? I'm for part of the timeline, but would like to know what everyone thinks.
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> The headlines of items in the "Press Release" or "Vendor Press" category will be shown in the sidebar, where the existing "Press" information is currently located. Possibly change the title of that section to "Vendor Press." We will display the last 5 items from "Press Release" or "Vendor Press" categories.
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> List of all press release items will be available by clicking on the "Press Release" or "Vendor Press" category links.
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> Thoughts?
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> I really want this to be as transparent and collaborative as possible. Whatever we decide, I'll help to make it happen.
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> Liz Rea

Hi Liz

That has my vote, having a way to see press about the project vs press
about a vendor seems great.
It would be even better if vendors could write 2 different releases,
one for their site and the usual PR outlets, with all the marketing
and usual PR type language, and one that is project specific for the
koha-community.org site.

Chris