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

[Daniel Paul O'Donnell]

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.

-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 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.)
>
>   

-- 
Daniel Paul O'Donnell
Associate Professor of English
University of Lethbridge

Chair and CEO, Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org/)
Founding Director, Digital Medievalist Project (http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/)
Chair, Electronic Editions Advisory Board, Medieval Academy of America

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