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I brought up a proposal to 2 Nokia representatives, Quim (Qt side) and Chanse (WP side), for a contest that I would run. The details are below (from an email to them):

Quim and Chanse,

I've been brainstorming over how I can increase interest both in my new
community magazine venture (http://post404.com) as well as Nokia's platforms. I think I have a good idea.

I'd like to develop 2 articles, one called "The Case for Nokia and Qt" and
the other titled "The Case for Nokia and Windows Phone". The articles
won't be judgmental, but rather designed to stimulate productive community discussion.

I would like to offer a prize to a random commenter on each article. I
will be using a Wordpress plugin designed for such contests. Comments will be moderated: no spam allowed, and every comment posted must be on topic and move the dialog forward (as judged by post404 moderators, although you may each have input also if you like).

The prize for the Qt contest would be an N9 (if available) while the prize
for the WP contest would be a Lumia 800. I will promote this heavily and
get others to do so as well.

Note that I am comfortable writing each article, objectively, but if you
have suggestions for other writers I am open.

So... what do you both think? Will this fly? Personally I'm excited about
this idea (of course it IS mine). But I'm interested in your opinions.

Thanks,

Randall (Randy) Arnold
Nokia Developer Champion, post404 Editor in Chief
Quim politely declined to make one available directly (and I understand), but proposed I ask the council if an N9 could be allocated from the contest pool for this.

I believe that the idea I've proposed stands a good chance of getting healthy debate going and with debate comes heightened awareness and thus natural viral marketing-- which serves to rope in not just the average consumers but developers as well.

So, question to the council: acceptable?
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