Hi :) Sorry, Jean is away for a few days, perhaps even a week or 2, so she might not be able to respond. I'm not sure if someone else on the list has been following the discussion here. Apols and regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Marc Paré <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, 12 January 2013, 23:32 >Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding >Wishlist > >Hi Jean, > >Would you like me to include any of this to the wiki page? You never >know ... > >I am going around collecting the mailing lists responses. > >Marc > >Le 2012-11-19 15:59, Jean Weber a écrit : >> Hello Docs Team, >> You may have seen this note from Marc here or on another list. IMO >> Docs is self-funding through sales of printed copies of books, but if >> there is anything you think should be added to the official LO >> wishlist, please respond on this thread. (And please read the rest of >> this note first.) >> >> My wishlist (for items not covered by book sales) includes funding for >> one full-time-equivalent technical writer (actually 2 or 3 part-time >> people), but I don't think that's a realistic thing to put on the >> official wishlist. :-) >> >> --Jean >> >> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 4:52 AM, Marc Paré<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Just to clarify. We are really looking for your team's wishlist and it must >>> be of budgetary consideration. This is not a wishlist for new UX-designs, >>> new logos etc. The wishlist should really be discussed with your other team >>> members so that we can get a better view of the needs of the different >>> LibreOffice teams. >>> >>> For example: website team is looking at infrastructure (big and small); the >>> marketing team is discussing the possibility of "Booth kits" to be >>> deployed/shipped to areas/regions where conference materials are in >>> desperate need. >>> >>> Leave me a message on this thread is you have any questions. Please do not >>> send me your personal wishlists; I will go around and collect the wishlists >>> from your list/thread later or as I see your discussions and decisions are >>> made. >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> Le 2012-11-18 09:32, Marc Paré a écrit : >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> >>>> Just a reminder to your teams about this. >>>> >>>> We are seriously looking at different teams' wishlists. Please do take a >>>> little time out of your busy schedule and speak to your teams about any >>>> funding for items that you think may be of importance to your team or the >>>> enhance the functioning of your team's work on the project. So far there >>>> are >>>> only the website and marketing teams who are working on some items. Feel >>>> free to ask if you have any questions regarding this. At this point, >>>> anything goes, as long as the requests are reasonable. We need these items >>>> for planning more effective funding drives as well as for budgeting. It >>>> would really help if your suggestions come along with approximate costs >>>> where possible. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Marc >>>> >>>> Le 2012-10-13 16:45, [email protected] a écrit : >>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> In trying to better assess the TDF/LibreOffice funding requirements, we >>>>> are compiling a wishlist of funding request particular to your team's >>>>> needs. >>>>> While there is no guarantee that this will get you funding for any >>>>> particular item, it will help to better assess and prioritize the >>>>> project's >>>>> needs. >>>>> >>>>> I have volunteered to take care of setting up, as well as, document >>>>> (facilitate) the proposal from Florian (below)[1] >>>>> >>>>> snip >>>>> ========== >>>>> >>>>> "What we effectively need now is a (senseful) wishlist from the various >>>>> teams. Think of it as a Christmas wishlist: You write a dozen things on >>>>> it, >>>>> eventually you get two or three, which is fantastic! >>>>> >>>>> Besides the infrastructure and cost for ongoing operations, I can also >>>>> imagine some developer machines are required, more travel funding, a >>>>> marketing campaign, funds to produce collaterals and swags for giving them >>>>> away, and many more. >>>>> >>>>> My proposal is to create a wiki page, asking the various groups to write >>>>> down their wishes, and eventually "distill" a wishlist out of that. >>>>> >>>>> Does that sound senseful? Are there any volunteers for mailing the >>>>> various lists and compiling an initial wiki page? " (Florian Effenberger) >>>>> >>>>> ========== >>>>> >>>>> I think the key words in Florian's proposal are "senseful-whishlist". If >>>>> there are multiple items, you may want to prioritize them in the right >>>>> order. >>>>> >>>>> I have set up a wiki page to collect your team's list[2]. Feel free to >>>>> add these to the wiki page after discussing it with your team, or, I can >>>>> also help out with collecting your suggestions by re-visiting this thread >>>>> and then add them to the wiki page. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Marc >>>>> >>>>> [1] >>>>> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentation.libreoffice.marketing/6143 >>>>> [2] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Funding_Priorities >>>>> >> > > >-- >Marc Paré >[email protected] >http://www.parEntreprise.com >parEntreprise.com Supports OpenDocument Formats (ODF) >parEntreprise.com Supports http://www.LibreOffice.org > > >-- >Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
