 Ubuntu MATE has a preliminary announcement. Awaiting proofing and approvals.
[05:34] <valorie> oh yeah, I should put ours on the site
 sweet. please add it into the google doc here and once approved update it. thanks. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PVui1kB1JijGCoBPdkrg4P94LS4DozLtEJ37GKWga2E/edit#heading=h.i9hxqjf43nj7 (re @franksmcb: Ubuntu MATE has a preliminary announcement. Awaiting proofing and approvals.)
 valorie: is the one in the google doc finalized?
 valorie: i made some edit suggestions and typo fixes in the google doc for kubuntu, so please see when you get a chance
 Ok, I have something for Ubuntu Studio written-up and ready to auto-publish tomorrow.
 Copied to the doc.
 thanks. i've left some suggestions and comments for you to review. (re @Eickmeyer: Copied to the doc.)
[17:24] <Eickmeyer> @philipz: I disagreed with one of your edits.
 no problems. i was only making suggestions :D
 was it you who went over the other suggestions i made at the beginning of the announcement, as they have already disappea
 disappear*
[17:34] <Eickmeyer> Nope, haven't touched 'em.
 sorry my mistake. it was the kubuntu suggestions for valorie :D
 @philipz I just made the corrections and scheduled it. It's my son's birthday, and I've got installer issues, so this is, honestly, a very low priority. I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I can't devote a ton of energy to this.
 of course. sorry to take you away from your son's birthday. may it be happy during these unhappy times. (re @Eickmeyer: @philipz I just made the corrections and scheduled it. It's my son's birthday, and I've got installer issues, so this is, honestly, a very low priority. I appreciate your enthusiasm, but I can't devote a ton of energy to this.)
[18:21] <jphilips> popey: do you know where i could find brian murray (bdmurray)
[18:25] <jphilips> looking to get some testcases patches pushed in
[18:47] <Eickmeyer> jphilips: You can find bdmurray in #ubuntu-devel
[18:56] <jphilips_> Eickmeyer: thanks
 hi all. just wanted to let you all know xubuntu's announcement strategy for tomorrow. the blog post goes out at 6am UTC and twitter and facebook posts going out at 8am UTC.
 sometime throughout the day, i will also email it to the xubuntu user and dev mailing lists and also post it twice in the xubuntu user irc channel.
 i would encourage everyone to retweet other flavors announcement tweets
[20:50] <valorie> agreed
 @Sick_Rimmit will be appearing on BDLL with @BigDaddyLinux to promote it on Saturday
 @popeydc and @wimpress hopefully will mention it on Linux Unplugged next tuesday
 You're doing a superb job @philipz driving this forward, Well Done!! 😃
 +1
[21:10] <valorie> +1
 thanks and thanks for everyone's help making this possible
 how did the segment go on Ubuntu Podcast about it (re @popeydc: +1)
 No, we didn't fit it in. But we can do better. I think we can do a push from the Ubuntu social account, which reaches more people anyway :D
 Sorry, it was just a bit busy with a lot of things going on.
 there is always next week. :D
 at it will be in the news then.
 as*
 I think we're better off using the official account. Mobilise more people
 Also, Martin and I can do youtube videos on it, demonstrating things
 It's all good, we have plenty of avenues to promote this :D
 Maybe we could do a co-ordinated effort from all the flavour accounts
 look forward to seeing the videos and timestamping them
 live sessions during the testing week will definitely be great
 @popeydc if we can get a blog post on ubuntu.com up, then we can easily just link to that from ubuntu's discourse's announcements dogegory.
 Let me chat to the PR team tomorrow and get back to you.
 I think it's best to use discourse, and promote that from our social accounts
 okay. if we do it on discourse, how many paragraphs do you think is needed for the announcement, as i can chop down the xubuntu announcement to fit the spec.
 Generally I'd go for a "What is this about" "Why are we doing this" What can I do" with the final paragraph having a specific call to action
 okay i'll give it a go