Jacqueline McNally wrote:
I would be happy to work with Graham Lauder for New Zealand.
Talk to Graham and let me know how you envisage working together. Here is "What do MarCons do?" from http://ooosmp.homelinux.org/GoalsandObjectives/MarketingProject
"A MarCon:
* is available and responds readily to individuals and organisations
that contact them with regard to OpenOffice.org.
* liaises with the Marketing Project Leads in representing, and
coordinating relationships with OpenOffice.org.
* conducts research and is aware of OpenOffice.org marketing
opportunities in their area, e.g. potential users, conferences for
OpenOffice.org to attend etc.
* distributes OpenOffice.org press releases if applicable to their region.
* conducts presentations and seminars if requested.
* shares ideas, thoughts, plans, what has worked and not worked with
OpenOffice.org.
* uses the OpenOffice.org Marketing Project as a resource and requests
assistance and ideas to assist them to market OpenOffice.org in their
region.
* joins the Marketing Project and offers their specialist skills to
contribute to the goals and activities of the Project.
* subscribes to or monitors [email protected] and
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It is coming up to a year since we revised the list of MarCons prior to brainstorming the SMP. It is time to do this again, as some I have not heard from since adding them to the list.
Marketing is a somwhat distributed activity, and while most of the activity is here, we work with other projects for example Distribution, BizDev, Website, and NLC.
[1] A response I send to every application to join the MP. See below.
All the best Jacqueline McNally Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project
From where I stand, just from a geographical POV, having Ian on board would be great. He's in the middle of the South Island and I'm in the middle of the north.
It would also be nice to have someone who is au fait with the code. That is an area that I flounder with when discussing OOo with people.
-> Ian
In terms of projects in hand at the moment: The Moodle Conf generated some good contacts and we'll be setting up online lessons in OOo on Moodle.school.nz and possibly on linux.school.nz.
I'm in the process of getting a Maori Native Language Project off the ground through Wananga o Aotearoa
I've been pushing local Technical Institutes to give OpenOffice classes and providing INGOTs assessment and Assessor training.
The govt's Project Probe is using OpenOffice in it's regional programmes, but this isn't getting pushed because the local people in charge of the CTC's are unfamiliar and MS is handing out free licences of MSO to them as NPO's with gay abandon. I'm keeping the locals honest but the OOo faith is not strong in these ones so we have to enthuse them. I'll be downloading the 2.0 beta burning it to discs and getting them out there as fast as I can
For obvious reasons my focus is Education, but I'll pitch to businesses as well. My strength is in pitching to a crowd. I would like to hit as many Non Geek conferences that I possibly can. If you have some that OOo might be a good fit in the South gimme yell and I'll head across the ditch.
During the Moodle conf I met up with a guy who is E-project Manger for a group based in ChCh called "Tertiary Accord of New Zealand". It's a group that handles IT for Manakau Polytech, UCOL, CPIT, Open Polytech and Otago Polytech. It would be worth a call just to talk to him just to maintain the connection.
Lots of stuff going on. Mostly small right now, but it's all Oak trees and acorns and I have to do it on a student allowance and a bit of part time teaching! :)
Cheers Yo
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