Event blurb?

[Pascal Calarco]

No problem, Paul.  I've added this to the announcements section of this 
week's FWN.  Thanks!

  - pascal

Paul W. Frields wrote:
> Hi FWN editors,
>
> Information came to me from someone in Red Hat Marketing about an
> upcoming, free, informal RHCE conference in New York City.  They are
> interested in letting the Fedora community know about it since we have
> a fair number of contributors who are RHCEs and might benefit from the
> conference.
>
> Now, the last time we had someone ask about a topic like this, the
> News team agreed it wouldn't mind spreading information like this
> assuming:
>
> (1) it's relevant to the Fedora community; and
>
> (2) that we issue only a terse announcement, and point people directly
> to a URL where they could look for information if they care -- thus
> avoiding a splashy and distracting "advertisement" feel.
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-news-list/2008-December/msg00038.html
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-news-list/2009-January/msg00001.html
>
> I think the blurb could look something like this:
>
> "On Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 from 9am-1pm, Red Hat will hold a free,
> informal conference for RHCEs, offering information sharing on a
> variety of topics at the Rubin Museum in New York City.  Details are
> available at the following URL: http://www.redhat.com/rhceloopback."
>
> Does that seem acceptable?
>
> As a side note, I didn't find this policy written up anywhere on the
> wiki, but if the editors agree on it -- or if you have a completely
> different decision on it -- it would be helpful if you could write it
> up on the wiki.  I can consult it and direct people to it in the
> future to ensure maximum transparency and consistency.
>
>