Re: Video ad for kde - Code in

On Thursday 16 December 2010 14:07:05 James Cain wrote:
> As an aside (this stream-of-consciousness-thinking happens a lot on this
> list, which is great!) on these video ideas, maybe we could even hold a
> contest on the best video submission...hmmmm... I like it!

Yes, that could be cool

> And maybe the
> board could sponsor a nice prize for best video submission (How about an
> OpenPC??? :)

(Personal opinion) I'm not sure if putting up prizes is the best use of e.V. 
funds - it raises questions of why one person entering a competition gets to 
win some stuff when people contributing in other ways all the time do not get 
payment or freebies. Others may disagree :-) I can certainly see the appeal of 
a competition though...

On the other hand, if an independent company wished to sponsor such a 
competition, that is a different issue. So I cc Frank in case OpenPC and/or one 
of their hardware partners might be interested - there is also associated 
publicity of course (a couple of Dot articles announcing the competition and 
the winner, mention of the prize and sponsor on e.g. YouTube video pages). 
Nokia could also be worth talking to if we wanted to pursue this, since a 
phone with a video camera could also be an appropriate prize (they donated a 
prize for the Plasma Javascript Jam session - although also as I understand it 
KDE e.V. paid for attendance at a KDE event as a prize too)

> Would be good timing as well as we head towards 4.6. Thoughts?

Timing wise, I think this would probably be a bit tight to get it done by 4.6, 
however, we could announce the competition shortly afterwards and have some 
cool videos in place by 4.7 releases.

What do you think?

Cheers,
Stu
 
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