On 11/19/2015 06:36 PM, Remy DeCausemaker wrote:
> bkp,
>
> We're overdue for a catchup on a variety of things, but I have a
> specific request from Fedora magazine.
>
> Today, in our Editorial meeting we discussed how with next week being
> the Holiday, we wanted to do something special, but we also wouldn't
> have as much time/people/resources to publish major articles.
>
> So what we came up with was a social media campaign to encourage
> people to be "Thankful" during Thanksgiving, and tag/shout-out/thank
> any Free/Open Source Software people/projects in a tweet.
>
> We would then cherry pick some of the best ones, to be embedded in a
> Fedora Magazine Post and published on Thanksgiving.
>
> I got no matches on #FOSSgiving, so that one is my vote, but some
> other hashtags we were throwing around were:
>
> #FedoraFriends (some noise)
> #Friendora (some noise)
> #ThankYouFOSS
> #FOSSTgiving
> #TYFOSS
> #FOSSTY
> #ThanksFromFedora
> #FedoraThanksyou
> #thnxfrmfedora
> #FedoraLove (noisy)
>
> Some Possible Tweets Introducing the Hashtag:
>
> Have a favorite Free Software or Open Source Project, Community, or
> Contributor? Take a moment to say Thank You this year with #FOSSgiving
>
> Have a favorite #FreeSoftware or #OpenSource Project, Community, or
> Contributor? Take a moment to say #ThankYou this year with #FOSSgiving
>
> Have a favorite Free Software or Open Source Project, Community, or
> Contributor? Take a moment to be #Thankful this year with #FOSSgiving
>
> Have a favorite #FreeSoftware or #OpenSource Project, Community, or
> Contributor? Take a moment to say Thank You this year with #FOSSgiving
>
> Some example tweets could be like:
>
> This #FOSSgiving I'm thankful for @tpope and his #vim plugins that
> help me every day to write every line of text in a fraction of the
> time
>
> This #FOSSGiving I'm thankful for @inkscape which I use to design and
> create at home and at work (and for saving me thousands of dollars!)
>
> I'm cc'ing the mktg, commops, and design list on this thread, so that
> we can all work together to help promote this and make it happen.
>
> Thoughts?
> --RemyD.
>

I feel like with some awesome graphics, we could really push a
successful campaign during the week, but we'd definitely have to be
ready to roll by Monday.

--
Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7@gmail.com


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