[tei-council] [Fwd: Community Choice Awards: Finalist Notification]

[Sebastian Rahtz]

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 at corp.sourceforge.com>
To: 	Ross David Turk <rturk at 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.)

-- 
Sebastian Rahtz      
Information Manager, Oxford University Computing Services
13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN. Phone +44 1865 283431