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

[James Cummings]

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 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.)
>>
>>   
> 


-- 
Dr James Cummings, Research Technologies Service, University of Oxford
James dot Cummings at oucs dot ox dot ac dot uk