--- On Wed, 10/6/10, Drew Jensen <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote:
From: Drew Jensen <d...@baseanswers.com> Subject: Re: US Group Status ( was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Media contact for the USA ) To: discuss@documentfoundation.org Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 12:22 PM On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 15:12 -0400, Benjamin Horst wrote: > Drew, > > Thanks for the update--I am looking forward to seeing this group come tog ether! > Hi Ben So am I. Also, I don't much, in detail, of what Italo is doing. I have a very loose understanding, if you be willing to take on the task of covering that I think, it would be very beneficial for everyone, I know, it would for me. Thanks Drew I'm glad this title changed. In an early thread that was lost when Drew had to re-start Nabble, he, (me), and Andre Schnable talked about setting up an Entity here in the US that could co-ordinate with the Document Foundation-which is itself still organizing. Andre-who has now done this twice, pointed out that you had better identify just what it is that the “community” you are establishing w ants to do. As I've looked into the whole non-profit picture, it has become very clear that while it is fairly easy to start an organization, sustaining it is much more difficult. Less than 30% of all registered np's in the US last for two years . I agree with Ben Horst that it's great to have a press pro in position to push our message. I would like to ensure, though, that we have thought about the message we wish to push. Drew has been working to set-up a communication channel. Let's, for right now, try to assess what those already involved not only want to do, but will work to do, rather than worry about the world at large. IANAL-but I hope that at this stage we have some interested people who do have a lawyer as a relative, significant other, or, debtor, whom we can shamelessly exploit. Hey, we'll buy them a beer. PS: I was not at the meeting in Budapest, but last year, in Italy, those of us who actually lived in the US were thin on the ground. One was a student, there as a Google Summer of Code presenter. Through communication with Thorsten at TDF, she has responded to an email that, though busy, would like to work with LO. Therefore, I think we can claim we have our first US core developer. Doug Bash -- To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/