On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Kaj Kandler wrote: In the vein of MacUser, Linux User, etc. magazine: OpenOffice.org User
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thanks Bernhard, > you did a great job summarizing the kinds of concerns. I'd like to chime > in with some magazine titles, such as > "OpenOffice.org Times" or "OpenOffice.org Bulletin". > > I'd also suggest that the positioning as a magazine for OOo users could > be accomplished in the subtitle "The magazine for OpenOffice.org users" > or "All the important stories about OpenOffice.org" or "Always up to > date with tips and tricks for OpenOffice.org" > > Just my ideas. > > Kaj > > Bernhard Dippold wrote: > > Hi Marta, > > > > thanks for joining this list! > > > > (That's what I asked her because they are interested in working together > > with the community.) > > > > Marta Ogonek schrieb: > >> To whom it may concern, > >> > >> my name is Marta and I'm an editor of OpenOffice.org magazine. > > > > You've been presenting the magazine's idea a couple of weeks ago to our > > project's Lead and he posted it to this list: > > http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=24636 > > > >> I've been corresponding with Mr. Dippold, so I know that community and > >> OOo's marketing Department would like us to change the magazine's name. > > > > I'd like to tell you more about the background of these thoughts: > > > > At first: There is no "Marketing Department" in a community of > > volunteers, but there are quite a number of people with skills and > > experience in marketing working together to improve OOo's position in > > public. Your magazine will serve this aim by improving knowledge about OOo. > > > > Our concerns (I know that there might be some people here with > > different, may be opposite interests) are mainly dependent on the fact, > > that "OpenOffice.org" is not only the name for the product, but for the > > community behind it as well. > > > > A magazine called "OpenOffice.org magazine" will not only be seen as > > magazine about the product, but as publication about the community - > > with this name it could understood as official magazine distributed by > > the community. > > > > We all know that there is no legal issue with using this name (if you > > respect the trademark, what I'm sure you will), but as you asked us for > > our opinion, I told you about it. > > > > Our Marketing Project Lead, John McCreesh, raised this question to the > > Community Council, the highest level of decision making inside the > > community, and Louis Suarez-Potts, the Community Manager, shared our > > concerns. He proposed a magazine's name like "The unofficial > > OpenOffice.org magazine". > > > > http://council.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=1036 > > > > As this might not be the best title for marketing the magazine, I > > proposed a title like > > > > Using OpenOffice.org. > > > > This title has two advantages (IMHO): > > > > - it implies that the magazine is concerned with the program, not the > > community > > > > - it shows the main goal of the magazine: informations, articles and > > hints for actual and possible users of OOo. > > > >> We are flexible and we don't want to do anything against the community. > > > > I ask here for other possible names: > > > > Has anybody any better idea to serve both purposes? > > > > Please don't hesitate to comment :-) > > > > Best regards > > > > Bernhard > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > - -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://conficio.blogspot.com/ > ================================================ > | We teach software one screencast at a time | > ================================================ > http://www.conficio.com/ > Tel: +1 (781) 632 5773 - Fax: +1 (781) 207 9159 > Conficio > P.O.Box 761062, Melrose, > MA 02176 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) > > iD8DBQFFgtQDRDUvrJRNjTARAt0kAKCJtAgzKStNrk5ruhA4g8Lraa0AIACdHjrE > oyP7pLNaFvjeuYEPm+fl/aI= > =o9hL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- J. David Eisenberg http://catcode.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
