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

Thu Jun 11 12:29:30 EDT 2009

I think the Dylan video is actually pretty cool (not that that was ever 
in question), and while it explicitly isn't what SF were asking for, I 
think it *would* make a good part of any submission we did send to them. 
If, for example, we had a couple of short videos of people talking about 
TEI and what it does and what we do, then this (perhaps preceeded by a 
talking head explaining what it is, with a couple of slides showing some 
of the <choice> and <note> elements that fly past to quickly on the 
YouTube screen really to see what they're about...) would make that 
submission richer. IMO.

G

Daniel Paul O'Donnell a écrit :
> What is this "read the message" you speak of? Does anybody do that any 
> more? I thought email was like poetry: more people write it than read it.
> 
> Lou Burnard wrote:
>> 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 at oucs.ox.ac.uk> James Cummings
>> <James.Cummings at 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 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
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