zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (12/03/90)
At the risk of prejudicing those few who have not voted, the group
comp.sys.amiga.announce is practically guaranteed to be created in the
near future, and will be in full operation in January. I will be the
primary moderator, and I would like some help from the net to make
this group as useful as possible to, well, the net.
The most valuable types of messages I want to put up are announcements
from companies serving the Amiga community, especially new product
announcements. I am planning on contacting these companies myself,
through whatever means are available, to get press releases, etc. from
them. I would like some help with this project.
Here's how you can help:
1. If there's some company you would like to hear from, send me as
much of the following as you know:
o Name of the company
o Description of what they do (if you think I might not know)
o Name & title of publicity officer
o E-mail address
o Telephone number
o Paper mail address
I really would like to have a contact, as the most important part
of dealing successfully with any company is finding the right
person. If you don't know of anyone, that's ok, since (being a
former secretary) I have some skill at finding the right person.
If the best you can do is the name of the company, that's ok, since
I need the suggestions to find out from whom you users want to
hear.
2. If you work for a company that you think could be making
announcements, please either send me the above information about
your company or else (better) get someone in charge of publicity to
contact me. Show him (or her) this message, and contact me at
either the e-mail address or telephone number below. E-mail is
better. If he (she) seems reluctant, just say: it's free, it will
target an audience of roughly 50,000 people who own/use Amigas, and the
lag time between the announcement and people reading it is 0-5 days
(because of net propogation time) instead of the months that
magazines take. Then stand back.
3. If (by some miracle) YOU are in charge of publicity, please contact
me so we can make arrangements. You do no necessarily have to
submit material via e-mail (I type really fast), but it is
preferred. I will give you instructions on the proper format for
submissions, and what information should be included. There are
a couple of minor legal issues, too (I refuse to be liable when I'm
not paid). These will be regular postings after the group is created,
but until then, I'll have to contact you directly.
Please respond via E-MAIL or TELEPHONE ONLY. I will be away from the
net for the next 1 1/2 weeks due to time constraints, but I will be
checking mail at least 2x daily. For your convenience, I have included
the comp.sys.amiga.announce charter.
Contact me (Dan) at: zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu or (916) 754-0240
Charter For Comp.Sys.Amiga.Announce
Name: comp.sys.amiga.announce
Moderated: yes
Purpose: The "news" group of the Amiga computer newsgroups.
Announcements concerning new products and releases
of hardware and software, severe bugs and viruses,
meetings, and events. Also, brief news reports of
interest to the Amiga community.
General comments:
This is the group that everybody can read quickly to keep up with
developments in the Amiga computing community. The traffic is
purposely kept low so that users can quickly find important
information without wading through an excessive amount of traffic
on other issues.
This is not an advertising forum. Product announcements should
list only the features or improvements of a product, with no
sales hype, comments about competing products, or instructions on
how to buy. They may list a telephone number or postal address
to contact for further information. Any product announcements
should include an availability date. Subsequent announcements
about any product or event may only include corrections to
earlier errors.
It is preferred that announcements be from official
representatives. Articles from magazines or newspapers are
copyrighted and are not acceptable. Questionable sources are
verified and confirmed before posting.
No discussion of announcements is permitted in this group, as this
group is intended to be short and easy to read. Followups for
discussion are redirected to the appropriate other groups. For example,
followups to an announcement of a new memory card are directed to
comp.sys.amiga.hardware.
Rejected postings are returned by the moderator with an
explanation of the problem and possible suggestions on how to fix
it. There is a backup moderator to resolve disputes between the
moderator and submitters, and to run the group at times when the
primary moderator is unavailable.
---- end of charter ----
Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240
Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.