On Thursday 07 Oct 2010 10:10:57 Ryan Singer wrote: > I'd also like to throw my hat in as a media representative. I've done paid > PR work for multiple OSS vendors, and I was a marketing contact for OOo f or > 6 years. > > -- > Ryan Singer
Now there is a blast from the blast. Really good to see you on board Ryan I was going to say welcome back but that doesn't seem quite accurate. :) Cheers GL > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Doug Bash <[email protected]> wrote: > > --- On Wed, 10/6/10, Drew Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Drew Jensen <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: US Group Status ( was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Media contact for t > > he > > > USA ) > > > > To: [email protected] > > 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 t > > og > > > 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 > > [email protected]<discuss%2bunsubscr...@docume nt > > foundation.org> > > > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot b > > e > > > deleted. > > List archives are available at > > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ -- To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to [email protected] 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/
