[tei-council] [Fwd: Community Choice Awards: Finalist Notification]
Daniel Paul O'Donnell
daniel.odonnell at gmail.com
Thu Jun 11 14:05:08 EDT 2009
Dot, darling, would you? James also has tons of photos of council, if
you want additional visuals.
But to be honest, not too much explanation!
Dot Porter wrote:
> As the individual responsible for the encoding in that video, I'd be
> happy to go on camera and say a few words about the thought process
> behind it.
>
> Dot
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Gabriel Bodard<gabriel.bodard at kcl.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> 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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>> Dr Gabriel BODARD
>> (Epigrapher & Digital Classicist)
>>
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