Hello,

these are very good ideas and I also agree that a fee should be asked in
order to be listed on the directory.
+1 to that.

Best,
Charles-H.Schulz.

Erwin Tenhumberg a écrit :
> I agree with Peter that first need to agree on the policy for
> being listed. I also agree with Louis and Cor that a small fee
> makes sense.
>
>
> From my point of view for being listed a company has to ...
>
> ... provide a dedicated webpage that explains the services
>     for OpenOffice.org, e.g. OpenOffice.org must be explicitly
>     mentioned on the page.
>
> ... put one or more links back to the main OpenOffice.org site
>     on the company web pages, e.g. to make sure that people
>     are made aware of the larger community (e.g. a link to the
>     contributing page)
>
> ... pay/donate x dollars via PayPal (e.g. $100) for being listed,
>     i.e. the money helps to sustain the project and it's fair
>     from a community point of view (i.e. everybody contributes
>     something back)
>
> I agree with Peter that a frequently run script based check
> regarding the existence / online status of the dedicated page
> would be very useful in order to avoid "zombie entries".
>
>
> Best regards,
> Erwin
>
>
>
> Cor Nouws wrote:
>> Hi Peter :-), *,
>>
>> Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:
>>
>>> also consider charging to be listed. The fee would be minimal and 
>>> would go to paying for sustaining the project.
>>
>> I think it is OK to ask a fee. After all, for busniness listed it is
>> marketing. And they also can exist (partly) because OOo exists ...
>>
>> This of course alongside other actions to improve the list, what
>> Peter is writing about.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cor
>>
>
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