Hi Andy > I agree that we need to start having a presents at these and other like events.
Yes, at somepoint we got to try and reach out to the larger corporate sponsors so this can happen. > I agree, but how to incorporate it in the sign? My thought are two signs, a very large bold one for OpenOffice.org, obviously smaller and hanging away from the OOo sign, the ODF one. This way we can bring some focus to the format i.e. safe secure for long term archiving (ISO approved) and allows for Open Access for everyone forever. Regarding Kiosk and Librarians using OOo, perhaps there are opportunities to have OOo on a disk on the shelf for patrons to "rent", take home and load to their computers. This concept, however might be better suited for 3rd world counties with limited Broadband and probably involves more expensive packaging? Russell On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Andy Brown <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Russell, > > WorldLabel.com wrote: > > Hi > > > > Some ideas and thoughts. Pls excuse my writing as I am dyslexic > > I know how that goes as I have the same problem. > > >> reusable, sign for around $51.00. I say reusable so that it can be used > > for, >hopefully, other events during the year. > > > > Yes, we should try for the ALA conference every year or alternate year. > We > > can also exhibit at a ALA regional event in between the national ALA > > conference. It would be a good idea to try and get other "larger > sponsors" > > to help with this effort. Showing face consistently at these exhibits can > > only help show that we are really around and serious. One hit might not > have > > much impact. > > I agree that we need to start having a presents at these and other like > events. > > > Some signage for ODF would also be good. I think Louis is correct, ODF is > a > > tactical tool to help OOo get adopted. A display showing the success of > > ODF adoption in other countries including OOo and/or a presentation I > think > > would be beneficial. In fact, it might surprise many to see just how wide > > spread the adoption of ODF is and hence make our effort more > convincing. > > I agree, but how to incorporate it in the sign? > > > Open Access is a popular movement amongst many Librarians and getting > > stronger. It is obvious that the dominant Office Suite restricts Open > > Access. This might be one point/theme we would want to put emphasis on. > > I have just mailed out 30 disk to a university in PA for an Open Source > panel discussion that is planed for next month. I hope to be able get > the poc there to help develop some marketing ideas for other such groups. > > > In general, I believe we would have better success pitching the adoption > of > > OOo at the conference to poorer rural libraries that visit the booth, > than > > large ones with huge IT teams i.e. NY Public library > > I believe your right and that is who we need to reach. > > Andy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
