Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Kostas Mousafiris
I think that if we are to be realistic, then the use of English has been established for a long time as a de facto universal means of communicaton! So, I don't honestly believe that the use of any other language would work.It just could not serve our main purpose! Just one more thought: I

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think David was just making a humorous remark. It did make me laugh. As people have said, it might be a nightmare to change from English now. We do have to accept that people speak English differently so we have to give each other a bit of leeway. Regards from Tom :)

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, luizh...@gmail.com wrote on 2011-08-16 02:51: In practical terms, require all who wish to contribute are fluent in English seems rather elitist. I'm not ashamed to admit that my English is awful when you need to talk. But I am reassured when I need to read or translate any text in English

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Kostas Mousafiris
Στις 16/08/2011 12:46 μμ, ο/η Florian Effenberger έγραψε: Hi, luizh...@gmail.com wrote on 2011-08-16 02:51: In practical terms, require all who wish to contribute are fluent in English seems rather elitist. I'm not ashamed to admit that my English is awful when you need to talk. But I am

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Talking points and marketing materials (slides, etc) PressKit

2011-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Drew has done a few things and put them on the wiki somewhere. I think other people have done things to. There were an excellent couple of videos made by a Vietnamese chap and some stuff has appeared on YouTube. It's an excellent idea. What sort of objective were you aiming for?

[libreoffice-marketing] LIbreOffice visible in Kenia

2011-08-16 Thread Cor Nouws
http://www.docufacts.co.ke/487/open-source-libreoffice-the-free-document-productivity-suite-for-african-offices-download/ -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Vitorio Furusho
Hello, I agree with the ideas of Florian at several points and follows a few more ideas: - There is no language problem at the local level, provided they have at least one staff who speaks English. - As for elections, I also believe that if a person is working well, no need to elect a new, other

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Varun Mittal
Super +1 :) Best Regards Varun Mittal https://www.google.com/profiles/varunmittal87 Phone: *+65-94450420* Blog http://www.varunmittal.info/ Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/mittal.varun LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/varunmittal87 Twitterhttp://twitter.com/varunmittal19 Uncertainty is

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Paulo de Souza Lima
Hi Furusho. In this discussion we must be aware that Florian wishes to separate TDF intitutional contacts from *Community Marketing Contacts*. In the other hand, I disagreee with the idea that *all* people must have those skills you've mentioned. All of those skills seems to be in the business

[libreoffice-marketing] Photos - III Free Software Meeting - UNESP - Brazil

2011-08-16 Thread Eliane Domingos
Dear all, I would like to share the photos with the participation of Brazilian LibreOffice Community in the event III Free Software Meeting - UNESP, Brazil. Photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/elianedomingos/UNESPIIIEncontroDeSoftwareLivre?authuser=0feat=directlink Kind regards. Eliane

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Photos - III Free Software Meeting - UNESP - Brazil

2011-08-16 Thread Albino Biasutti Neto
Thank you Pictures. :-) On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Eliane Domingos elianedomin...@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, I would like to share the photos with the participation of Brazilian LibreOffice Community in the event III Free Software Meeting - UNESP, Brazil. Photos:

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Mostly +1 but youthful energy and optimism can be a huge bonus too. Meetings with powerful external organisations might benefit from having 2 or maybe 3 people. Ideally with some sort of rough game-plan in advance of the meeting so that a united front can be shown while still showing

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Luiz Oliveira
Hi, 2011/8/16 Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org Hi, luizh...@gmail.com wrote on 2011-08-16 02:51: In practical terms, require all who wish to contribute are fluent in English seems rather elitist. I'm not ashamed to admit that my English is awful when you need to talk.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, Luiz Oliveira wrote on 2011-08-16 19:54: And I vote for Paulo Lima to our gateway... please let's discuss the roles and objectives first, and then let's do the voting on the appropriate local lists. Florian -- Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org Steering Committee and

[libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, although we are right before the 2011 LibOCon, I think it would be helpful for the 2012 team to be on site and work jointly with this years' organizers. This has been proven very well in the past. So, shall we draft a call for location for 2012 already? Florian -- Florian

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Paulo de Souza Lima
2011/8/16 Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org Hello, Luiz Oliveira wrote on 2011-08-16 19:54: And I vote for Paulo Lima to our gateway... please let's discuss the roles and objectives first, and then let's do the voting on the appropriate local lists. +1 =) Florian

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Photos - III Free Software Meeting - UNESP - Brazil

2011-08-16 Thread João Fernando
The event III Free Software Meeting - UNESP was excellent. During the two days I've been very involved with the event. Next year should be even greater. Eliane again showed his strength to all those present, to give two lectures one after another. Regards, 2011/8/16 Albino Biasutti Neto

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread João Fernando
I agree with Furusho. Foz do Iguaçu it's a wonderful place and have all the necessary structure. 2011/8/16 Vitorio Furusho furu...@openoffice.org Hi all, I would suggest Brazil, Paraná state and the city of Foz do Iguaçu. More precisely PTI - Itaipu Technological Park. The place is held

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread Florian Effenberger
Wait, wait... At the moment, we are discussing, whether we should issue a call for location for 2012. We need to define a set of criteria, a jury and a deadline, and then organizers can apply. That's the way it should work ;) João Fernando wrote on 2011-08-16 21:34: I agree with Furusho. Foz

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
I would like to wait until the end of the conference so that it does not mix with the present messaging... Anybody agree with that? Thanks, Charles. Le 16 août 2011 21:28, Vitorio Furusho furu...@openoffice.org a écrit : Hi all, I would suggest Brazil, Paraná state and the city of Foz do

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread Paulo de Souza Lima
Yes, please! 2011/8/16 Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org I would like to wait until the end of the conference so that it does not mix with the present messaging... Anybody agree with that? Thanks, Charles. Le 16 août 2011 21:28, Vitorio Furusho furu...@openoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread Kostas Mousafiris
Στις 16/08/2011 10:49 μμ, ο/η Paulo de Souza Lima έγραψε: Yes, please! 2011/8/16 Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org I would like to wait until the end of the conference so that it does not mix with the present messaging... Anybody agree with that? Thanks, Charles.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Dave Johnson
I agree... I think Spanish or your native language and English. On Aug 15, 2011 8:05 PM, Paulo de Souza Lima paulo.s.l...@varekai.org wrote: 2011/8/15 Dave Johnson davefilms...@gmail.com Why not the official language of the UN. FRENCH. Hello Dave. If finding people who can communicate in

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2011-08-16 21:46: I would like to wait until the end of the conference so that it does not mix with the present messaging... Anybody agree with that? I indeed would like to do the *opposite*, by encouraging local teams to apply soon, to learn from the Paris event

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread Takaaki Higuchi
I agree with Florian on this point. In this kind of international conferences, it is often announced where the next year event will be held at the end of the conference this year. So if we have enough resources, we'd better starting next year plan now. regards, Takaaki Higuchi On Wed, Aug 17,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

2011-08-16 Thread Takaaki Higuchi
I think it works for Japanese LO community. There are already several persons watching this mailing list. regards, Takaaki Higuchi On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: In a nutshell: From the project's side of view, I would require one

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread Danishka Navin
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Takaaki Higuchi takaaki.higu...@gmail.comwrote: I agree with Florian on this point. In this kind of international conferences, it is often announced where the next year event will be held at the end of the conference this year. So if we have enough resources,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] call for location 2012

2011-08-16 Thread Klaibson Ribeiro
look http://bitw.in/Npl and http://bitw.in/Npn and draw their conclusions On 16 August 2011 23:25, Danishka Navin danis...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Takaaki Higuchi takaaki.higu...@gmail.comwrote: I agree with Florian on this point. In this kind of international