[Hal said] > > >Tom Panfil sent this out to Team-Ada the other day. I just thought I'd > >let y'all know that today I snail-mailed John Dvorak a packet of stuff, > >including a few web printouts and a copy of the Jul-Aug AdaLetters, > >in which is shrinkwrapped a copy of the Walnut Creek Ada CDROM. > >... > > MIKE: That was a really smart move, and I think we ought to make > it standard practice whenever the name of someone like this (or > even Ada detractors too) comes to our attention. I would've included a copy of "Discovering Ada" too, if I had an extra one. That's a better way to get a journalist involved, because of the multimedia interface. > > I think that we ought to make it a standard practice as part of the > Ada Awareness/Advocacy Initiative, and I hope that Ben & Bart can put > the approx. $6-8K in the SIGAda FY99 budget so we can do another Ada > LETTERS issue with the WC Ada CD enclosed again next year; or, maybe > the ARA could be convinced to underwrite part of this, just like their > recent generous $15K donation to SIGAda's booth activities. > - We ought to be sure that 100 or so of them get shipped to you or me or > whoever becomes the point man to send them out. > - A succinct cover 1-page letter (starting "We think you will be > interested in the modernized features of Ada and the robust, growing > state of the Ada industry today. Enclosed ..."?) ought to be > composed making the right points (& signed maybe by Ben & Oliver) > & included in the mailable package. Sounds like a good idea. I wrote a cover letter wearing my Education Chair hat. > - We should mail it to all prominent software article writers, newly-awares, > skeptics, influence-makers, etc., that come to our attention. Right. No need, IMHO, to blanket people with unsolicited stuff, but when we get an opening such as Dvorak gave us, we should be ready to pounce. > - Teamers & SIGAda members ought to be alerted to this availability and > instructed to send names/addresses to the designated POC (you, me, or > whoever becomes point man) when they see articles like this. > - More academics interested in taking a look should be identified too, > perhaps by a post to SIGCSE.Members again just like you did this year. > - etc. Yep. I think we made some new friends by sending out the extra AdaLetters issues + CD to the SIGCSE requesters. For that group, I like the "please send me one" approach, so it doesn;t get lost in their junk mail. > -- hh Mike