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.