Re: News on the AdaIC website? (Was: Re: Adaforge?)

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Jacob Sparre Andersen" <sparre@nbi.dk> wrote in message 
news:8762cd9yc8.fsf_-_@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk...
> Randy Brukardt wrote:
>
>> P.S. I do hate all of the AdaCore news on the front page of the AdaIC
>> website. We're looking at ways to reduce that, but a significant
>> problem is that we hardly ever get any news from anyone else!
>
> What are the requirements for news items to be worth a mention on the
> AdaIC website?  Might some of the news on <http://planet.ada.cx/> be
> worth replicating?

That's part of the trouble, we've never been able to get clear agreement 
within the ARA what should be allowed and what should not. There is a 
legitimate concern about publisizing too much for non-members, which reduces 
the value of ARA membership to those companies. When Ann and I were in 
charge, we tended to report all member news, but only significant news 
events for other companies and organizations (that is, no "minor updates" or 
"third call for papers"). I think that's still pretty much the case.

One of the reasons I started hanging out here was to gather possible news 
items, and I still forward anything interesting to the AdaIC webmaster list. 
But it is better still if the newsmakers themselves do this; just send any 
news items to webmaster@adaic.org and the right people will see them (and 
decide if they ought to be posted).

                                          Randy.