I think we can make a difference if we plan it well.
Sincerely, Sreekanth V K Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On May 25, 2018 7:16 PM, Italo Vignoli <it...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > As I said to Sreekanth, the idea is to organize a marketing call focused > > on India during the next couple of weeks, to start organizing marketing > > activities. I will follow up early next week with a couple of timeslot > > proposals. > > On 25/05/2018 15:39, Biraj Karmakar wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Sreekanth +1 for your idea. > > > > Mike, I was one of the host Mozilla Sprint 2018. We have 10-15 dedicated > > > > people in our community. They are are interested in opensource. I will > > > > engage them if you could start these type of initiative on l10n, QA, > > > > Document writing etc. > > > > Thank You > > > > Biraj Karmakar > > > > Twitter :@birajkarmakar > > > > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 6:42 PM, Sreekanth V K < > > > > sreekanth.vettikk...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Dear Mike, > > > > > > Yes. I was referring to the similar events. Having this sprint as a group > > > > > > activity in different locations would encourage more people to contribute. > > > > > > Having some goodies - even virtual like small certificate of appreciation > > > > > > - softcopy would do - would encourage more and students to participate > > > in > > > > > > such events. > > > > > > > > > We can have our hack fests and Sprints. We need to encourage more and more > > > > > > students and young people to contribute. It also should help them to learn > > > > > > and add some value to their life. > > > > > > It will be great if we have good collaboration with development team and > > > > > > if they could classify the issues that could be take up in > > > Sprints/Hackfest > > > > > > into different levels and mark them as Beginner (Easy Hack), Medium, > > > Expert > > > > > > (or 5 levels) according to their wish.Also it could be prioritized and > > > > > > marked as urgent, non-urgent, etc. Provide only those issues similar to > > > > > > the way we present in Sprint week page. > > > > > > Share this information across different social media and urge the sprint > > > > > > teams to join us online on one or two days across the world. In case of > > > > > > Mozilla they used Gitter and ether pad for collaboration. > > > > > > Most important thing is that if the contributors/sprinters have something > > > > > > to take hope as a token of appreciation would encourage lots of people to > > > > > > join. Even stickers, softcopy of certificate would be a good option. > > > > > > We can take this up. Is it possible to get contact of the people who > > > > > > organised the hack fests in past? > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Sreekanth V K > > > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > > > On May 25, 2018 2:22 PM, Mike Saunders <mike.saunders@ > > > > > > documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Sreekanth, > > > > > > > > On 23/05/2018 22:22, Sreekanth V K wrote: > > > > > > > > > Recently, I participated in Mozilla Sprint 2018. The similar concepts > > > > > > > > would be a good way to reach out to the people and community. > > > > > > > > > We can have Sprint like concepts for the Libre Office projects alone > > > > > > > > with appropriate promotion. > > > > > > > > Thanks for sharing your experience! It sounds a bit like the hackfests > > > > > > > > that we have done in the past, albeit with a broader focus. We're also > > > > > > > > doing things like this: > > > > > > > > https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2018/05/21/guide-revision- > > > > > > > > sprint-week/ > > > > > > > > The main thing is finding the time to organise and run them, so if > > > > > > > > anyone has ideas and wants to help out, we'll support you to the best of > > > > > > > > our capabilities :-) > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Mike > > -- > > Italo Vignoli - Marketing & PR > > email italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org > > mobile/signal +39.348.5653829 - skype italovignoli > > hangout/jabber italo.vign...@gmail.com > > The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE > > Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > > Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > > GPG Key ID - 0xAAB8D5C0 > > DB75 1534 3FD0 EA5F 56B5 FDA6 DE82 934C AAB8 D5C0 -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
