[wplug-plan] PR committee

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran at potentialtech.com>
To: "Planning List for WPLUG" <wplug-plan at wplug.org>
Cc: <eksortso at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [wplug-plan] PR committee


> David Ostroske <eksortso at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/7/05, Vance Kochenderfer <vkochend at nyx.net> wrote:
>> > > Bill moved that we recommend the following language to the Membership
>> > > for approval as a special rule of order:
>> [...]
>> > Can someone provide a little background on this discussion?  At
>> > first glance, it seems to me like these are activities the board
>> > itself should be involved in.  But I might be missing the point.
>
> The main reason _I_ wanted to do this is threefold:
> 1) To make publicity a _priority_ by having a dedicated committee
>   for it.  May sound silly, but it seems to me that, considering
>   what WPLUG offers, it's WAY under publicised.  There have been
>   numerous discussions about promoting GUMs and the like, most of
>   which haven't amounted to much.  I'm hoping that having a dedicated
>   committee for this will raise the awareness of the need.
> 2) I'm hoping that having a committee specifically for this will
>   encourage more people to get involved.  I may be wrong, but often
>   having an "offical" title or something similar will inspire more
>   action from people.
> 3) Successful PR is a "know how" thing.  Once a group of people gets
>   together and learns what works, they will be the central place
>   to get that information.  For example, once they figure out what
>   kind of successful promotion gets people to GUMs, we can use
>   their knowledge to get more distribution for the newsletter, etc.
>
> -- 
> Bill Moran
> Potential Technologies
> http://www.potentialtech.com
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