Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Engaging Users?

2013-10-21 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:20:59 -0400, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com a écrit : Hi Charles, Le 2013-10-20 10:02, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Hi, I wanted to discuss an idea that's been floating around for some time; credits come to Ubuntu and Bjoern for having had something like this

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Engaging Users?

2013-10-21 Thread ProjectLibre
Great idea... I was the GM/VP of Drupal Distros at Acquia. The Commons social business software is well suited. We are using it to get community members registered/engaged at ProjectLibre ( http://www.projectlibre.org ). It is working well! Cheers, Marc On Oct 20, 2013, at 7:02 AM,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Engaging Users?

2013-10-21 Thread Sophie
Hi Immanuel, Le 21/10/2013 19:56, Immanuel Giulea a écrit : Great discussion so far. Just wanted to add my #2cents as well. I was wondering if we could open up the membership of the TDF foundation to more people? it is open already to all people contributing and who will contribute for the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Engaging Users?

2013-10-21 Thread Immanuel Giulea
Thank you Sophie. I will make an application to TDF. My commitment to the community is for more than six months. Merci Immanuel M. / Mr. Immanuel Giulea, BComm Ville Mont-Royal, QC 514-577-2669 On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Engaging Users?

2013-10-21 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Immanuel, Sophie already answered some of your points. I just wanted to stress that what is valued here are contributions. We draw a distinction for voting or other similar business. In order to apply for membership however you need to show existing contributions and commit to contributing

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Engaging Users?

2013-10-21 Thread Paolo Pelloni
Great idea no doubt about it. I have to admit (using also Ubuntu and LO) that the former is more perceivable as a community and the latter more as a product. It maybe related to os vs app but most of the times could be just a communication factor. Also considering that Ubuntu is backed by a

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Engaging Users?

2013-10-21 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Zeki, Le Mon, 21 Oct 2013 23:12:43 +0300, Zeki Bildirici z...@ozgurlukicin.com a écrit : 2013/10/21 Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org: Now let me ask the What question, after we sort of figured out the if and the how parts. This would mean: what do we tell users?

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Engaging Users?

2013-10-21 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:53:04 +0200, Leif Lodahl leiflod...@gmail.com a écrit : Hi, All in all its about engaging users to join the community. First thing to do is to welcome every one who downloads the binaries as actually being part of the community. Its our product, and if you join us, its

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Engaging Users?

2013-10-21 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:38:15 +0200, Paolo Pelloni pa...@paolopelloni.it a écrit : Great idea no doubt about it. I have to admit (using also Ubuntu and LO) that the former is more perceivable as a community and the latter more as a product. It maybe related to os vs app but most of the times

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice 4.1 under NetBSD 6

2013-10-21 Thread Naruhiko Ogasawara
Hi, Congratulations to you and the japanese team! Next time we would be interested in communicating more about the events in Japan and to highlight them . Would you like us (this team here) and TDF to talk about this event? Thanks! I'll post the event report on my blog and let you know,