> Begin forwarded message: > > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: 23 Jan 2015 17:33:32 -0500 > From: YoheY - OpenOffice <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Website: proposal for new contributors page > > It seems to be a good idea. > When I started my testing with the language selector, I wrote my ask for help > here, to the l10n. > Some localizer of this project wrote back and others not. > i did not even know if there was a 'living' contributor for a given language > to ask for help from them directly or not. > I have to 'hunt' for newcomers' mails or have to dig the l10n archive if I > want to find a person to help me with their given language. > By the help of such a page like Aivaras mentioned, I should only take a look > at the list and could get the help from the right person 'immediately'. > So, it would be useful for me. > > To build a 'social bridge' to the world might generate a much more higher > traffic on our mailboxes, but who knows... I think it's worth a try. >
I'm curious. Do you think it would be worthwhile to bing back a version of the old native-language sub-projects? These were dedicated areas in the user's native language whose focus & point was to reach out to the local (physical) and linguistic community (could be anywhere) and give social depth to the user of and contributor to OpenOffice. Kind of like linux user groups, only sometimes less geeky. We deprecated these when we joined Apache for several reasons, but one was that there were too many and they didn't really seem to be leading to more engagement and participation. But perhaps times have changed? louis > > > On 2015-01-23 17:03, Aivaras Stepukonis wrote: >> I'd like to share with you a proposal for adding to the website a page >> dedicated to contributors. >> >> For an example, please, see >> "http://www.openoffice.org/lt/participate/contributors";. >> >> The webpage should be accessible from the navigation bar (i.e., Product | >> Download | Support | ... | Contributors). >> >> The webpage is intended for the world at large, not the contributors' >> community (we have directories of volunteers in the Wiki for this). It is >> meant to increase our chances to be seen as contributors and to build social >> bridges to the external world by providing concise information about >> ourselves as volunteers and contributors. >> >> What do you think? >> >> Regards, >> Aivaras >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
