Hi Brad, Thank you for your enquiry, and below you will find my 'crib sheet' for new Distributors. Depending on how involved you want to become there many ways in which you can assist the OO.org mission. Be it giving out discs to friends and family, workmates etc, to canvassing educational establishments, local and national businesses etc. As the number of computer users is always growing, there are more and more who could benefit by using OpenOffice -not least in the fact that they save a fortune in purchasing commercial software.
Although Open Office is a free program, you may under the terms of the license make a nominal charge to cover costs of materials etc, plus postage if needed. Further info is available from the website on this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Distributors Please go to the main OpenOffice.org website: www.openoffice.org At the top right, create yourself a User Name & Password. Please make sure that you quote your 'primary' e-mail address, or if you have created a special one for OO.org - eg. [email protected] Now proceed as follows: On the home page: Double click the Downloads button . Scroll down till you see the sub section 'Other' Double click CD-ROMs. This will bring you to the BLUE BUTTON. Under Mailing lists, make sure that you are subscribed to : annou...@distrib ..... d...@distrib ...... cd...@distrib ...... annou...@distrib ..... d...@distrib ...... cd...@distrib ...... Once you have received the automated confirmation of subscription, you know that you will receive all messages from these links. Please note that Openoffice.org DO NOT send out CD's. The act of producing the cd's and leaflets etc. for distribution is the Community Distributors contribution to ' Spreading the word'. You may if you wish make a nominal charge for the cds, and this is explained within the mission statements etc. If you wish to be listed as a Distributor on the OO.o site, you can apply, but please note that it may take a little while to activate. e-bay If you intend to 'market' the cd's on e-bay there are certain conditions that you must conform to, and you will find these at: http://distribution.openoffice.org/ebay_page.html You can download the latest version (3.1 or higher) for win32, or browse for linux and other alternatives if you need them, by going back a page and clicking on the Download button (GREEN). There are options for a download with,or without Java, suggest you take the one with. This may save you, or your 'customers' a second download from Java link,if they do not have it on their machine. SAVE the download, and this will then write to disc. Look out for the links to disc templates, flyers, specification sheets etc. All web link buttons etc are available, just read through the mission statements etc. and you can then follow the links for more info. If you are also building, you may also like to consider registering as o.e.m. suppliers (?) If so, in addition to the above, subscribe to: [email protected] Come back if you have any problems. All the best Andy Shiels --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://distribution.openoffice.org/ebay_page.html You can download the latest version (3.1 or higher) for win32, or browse for linux and other alternatives if you need them, by going back a page and clicking on the Download button (GREEN). There are options for a download with,or without Java, suggest you take the one with. This may save you, or your 'customers' a second download from Java link,if they do not have it on their machine. SAVE the download, and this will then write to disc. Look out for the links to disc templates, flyers, specification sheets etc. All web link buttons etc are available, just read through the mission statements etc. and you can then follow the links for more info. If you are also building, you may also like to consider registering as o.e.m. suppliers (?) If so, in addition to the above, subscribe to: [email protected] Come back if you have any problems. All the best Andy Shiels --------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Kerrie Chamberlain <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 3:19 Subject: [cd-rom] CD Distribution I would like to know more about CD Distribution. My name is Brad (Kerrie is my wife). Please send me info on what you are looking for. Brad --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
