I've created a new inkscape-vector issue to track and hopefully attract a person who can coordinate what we should do:
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/76 Deb: Does the conservancy have a media pack and press release? These would make it easier to roll out a news article and create banners etc. Best Regards, Martin Owens On Wed, 2018-11-21 at 12:30 -0500, Deb Nicholson wrote: > Hi Project Representatives! > > As some of you may know, we're in the process of fundraising for > general Conservancy donations - so we can raise the money we need to > help you! The administrative percentage we receive from our member > projects together doesn't pay for all the work we do for our projects > so we are always going full tilt to get everything done and fund our > scrappy staff of four people while supporting nearly 50 projects. > > Private Internet Access, along with eight individual donors have > challenged us to raise $90K by mid-January. That sounds like a long > time, but we are competing with many other worthy causes for > attention > -- and financial support at this time of year. As member project > reps, > you are uniquely positioned to help us reach just a few more of the > people who care deeply about free software. > > Things that our member projects have done in the past that have been > really helpful: > > * Using social media to share and promote the fundraiser > * Posting an item on techy or nerdy websites, like Reddit, Hackernews > or Slashdot > * Putting an enthusiastic announcement up on your project website > * Emailing your community list(s) where free software supporters hang > out > * Adding a banner to your project website > * Writing blogposts about our shared work (we could post this on > Conservancy's site!) > * Recording a short video saying why you support Conservancy and > asking > others to support us too! > > Anything you can do to help us amplify the message about > Conservancy's > work and this match would be so appreciated! And let us know if we > can > return the favor and share any fundraising or year-end news you've > got > happening -- we're always up for sharing what our member projects > have > happening! > > Thanks so much!! > Deb > _______________________________________________ Inkscape-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-board
