Hi Cor,
Cor Nouws wrote:
Hi Peter,
Peter Junge wrote (07-06-10 03:44)
Reorganizing Governance
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- Project leads
=> Centrally steering the project
=> Maintaining the website
=> Selecting and maintaining tools
=> Selecting and maintaining external presence
- Regional Representatives (like MarCons)
=> Working closely with local communities
=> Being in touch with regional businesses
=> Presence at events (OOo funding required)
Verified and categorized OOo Business directory
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- Unknown entities have to show evidence of OOo related business
- Linking case studies with the business
View on business directory:
- By business
+ Individual Consultant/Freelancer
+ SMB
+ OEM
+ ISV
+ IHV
- By country
- By continent or by business region
+ (North/South) America
+ (East/Central/Western) Europe
+ EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Asia)
+ APAC (Asian-Pacific)
+ Africa
+ etc.
Using the web for BizDev
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Creating groups on LinkedIn etc. for example: "OpenOffice.org Business
Crucible" with a mission statement like (briefly): "For OOo businesses
to search customers - For customers to search OOo businesses".
Using Identi.ca, Twitter, etc. like: "OOo ecosystem gets extended with
solution XYZ now available [optional: in country]"
As we are not so many contributers yet, I wouldn't go for too much more
at the moment.
At the first read I though: wow, what a lot. And that in combination
with you latest sentence...
But when looking for the second time, I think it is not overdone to
mention these items now.
Indeed it's not a lot. The snag in the plan is however, that it includes
contributers we do not have yet. We cannot run BizDev as a centralized
project with less than a handful of people, but it's got to be a
distributed approach with strong bindings to the NLCs.
I think most business people will have a sharp look for 'what is in it
for me'. Though I contribute quite some to the OpennOffice.org project
(inter-)national, the current state of BizDev is not that attractive
that it triggers me to be active.
No surprise.
However, best to start with is that the leads of the project pick up the
situation, and draft steps that lead to gradual improvement, with little
steps. Keeping in mind that we are few on the one hand, but being able
to show clear steps to better on the other. I think you did a good job
form them with your ideas :-)
When it is in digestible chunks, progression can come.
I hope so, looking forward to it.
Best regards,
Peter
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