Iff you read the message it  does make clear what kind of video they're looking
for -- and the Dylan one is not it. Not that that need stop us (and indeed, it
hasn't)



n message <4A30B00A.6040806@oucs.ox.ac.uk> James Cummings
<James.Cummings@oucs.ox.ac.uk> writes:
> Daniel Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> > I've just passed this on to the board.
> > 
> > Seriously, this is a pretty big honour. In addition to being proud of 
> > ourselves, we should be thinking about what to do about it. Is the 
> > thinking we should use the viral video? It is a pretty neat idea.
> 
> I think the viral video doesn't really explain what TEI is very well. 
> If I watched it I would assume it was some XML thing for music videos at 
> best.
> 
> I think we should do something like the excellent
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE
> "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us" by Mike Wesch.  (That I'm sure 
> you've all seen, or should have seen.)
> 
> -James
> 
> > 
> > -dan
> > 
> > Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> >> see below
> >>
> >> its probably a non-happening, but
> >> the point about the video is interesting.
> >>
> >> who'd like to produce, direct and star in a quick
> >> promo on you tube?
> >>
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> Subject: 	Community Choice Awards: Finalist Notification
> >> Date: 	Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:39:59 -0700
> >> From: 	Ross Turk <rturk@corp.sourceforge.com>
> >> To: 	Ross David Turk <rturk@corp.sourceforge.com>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi!  We have just finished tallying the nominations for our fourth
> >> annual SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards, and I have some news
> >> for you.
> >>
> >> Your project, Text Encoding Initiative, has been selected as an
> >> alternate finalist in Best Project for Academia.
> >>
> >> Being an alternate means that you didn't have enough nominations to be
> >> a finalist, but you were really, *really* close.  If one of our
> >> finalists declines to accept their nomination, we may need you to fill
> >> in!
> >>
> >> This year, we want our voters to know as much as possible about your
> >> project...but we need your help!  Please respond to this email with the
> >> following info before June 17th:
> >>
> >> 1. Complete this sentence in about 140 characters: "Our project is
> >> [-foo-]."  For example, "Our project is a tool that helps you wash your
> >> car."
> >>
> >> 2. Complete this sentence, also in about 140 characters: "We should win
> >> because [-bar-]."  For example, "We should win because we have a strong
> >> community and we solve a universal problem."
> >>
> >> 3. Please provide a logo (or screenshot, if you'd prefer) for your
> >> project.  It should be at least 640x480, but we'll also be showing it
> >> as a thumbnail.
> >>
> >> 4. This one is optional, but it could make a big difference.  We'd like
> >> to show our voters a video that introduces them to the core members of
> >> your team.  Send along the URL (on YouTube) and we'll make sure they
> >> see it!
> >>
> >> 5. In some cases, I'm mailing several people in your community because
> >> I don't know who the right person is.  If you're not the right person
> >> for me to be dealing with, please let me know. I certainly don't want
> >> to be irritating.
> >>
> >> 6. Our finalists are usually pretty interesting people.  Are you
> >> willing to be contacted by our public relations team about interviews
> >> with the press?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for your responses.  It's very important that we
> >> receive this information by June 17th - we'll be kicking off the final
> >> vote on the 22nd, and we have to have time to put everything together.
> >>
> >> Congratulations on having such a dedicated community, and best of luck!
> >>
> >> Ross Turk
> >> Director of Community, SourceForge
> >>
> >> (P.S. - Sorry if you've received more than one copy of this email.  My
> >> outgoing SMTP server has been acting a bit strange.)
> >>
> >>   
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr James Cummings, Research Technologies Service, University of Oxford
> James dot Cummings at oucs dot ox dot ac dot uk
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