On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 21:10 +0200, Bernhard Dippold wrote: > Hi Marc, * > > Marc Paré schrieb: > > [...] > > > > Just a note to see if there had been a decision about this? Are we going > > with the sole US group or n.amer. group? Or are people still thinking > > this one out? > > > I think we covered the most important points in this discussion - at > least for North America. > > In my eyes we didn't come to a common standing by now, but most of us go > towards the same direction: > > Local marketing is not (only) language specific, but is relevant for a > certain area. > > Dedicated marketing mailing lists could help here. > > There are differences in the areas that should be covered (continent / > countries). > > This is a point we should come to a more or less common agreement. > > In my personal eyes this should be consistent and comprehensible for > comparable areas all over the world. Therefore I'd plead for areas with > a common internal market. > > I don't know if there is a common market between the North American > states - if not, I'd vote for [email protected] as well as > their local counterparts in Canada and Mexico. If we go with > [email protected] (or n_amer to avoid misinterpretation > of "n" as sublevel of "amer") this would mean to drop this list and > create three new ones, if local marketing in Canada and Mexico will > become more active. >
Hi, Sorry for the delay here. I was thinking about this and more importantly I was reading emails. OpenOffice.org it seems to me was structured very much along language lines and I would suppose that this will naturally happen here also. These language demarcations where originally, I believe, focused on translation efforts however it seems to me that they broadened out to encompass many more functions. It helped that in many cases there was a strong correlation between language and geography. Some of the emails that stood out in my review: - One by Goran Rakic and his remarks about the _Turkish_ community deciding to join TDF. - The exchange between Ian and Jean regarding Australia and New Zealand, particularly Ian's comment about time zones and extending that _region_ to include the state of Hawaii. An idea that actually makes plenty of sense IMO. - Ben's email regarding the similarities between the US and Canada with regards to the use of English. (not sure what we do with Quebec) - Alexandro's reminding us of the large Hispanic population, particularly in the south west region of the USA. - The email from Florian regarding the de mailing lists and his desire not to have too many mailing lists just yet, should not be overlooked. You know what - I'm having a hard time coming to a real decision for myself (as I can't decide for the group naturally) I can see reasons to go both ways, regional and national. I am leaning towards a USA list even with all the good points by Ben and Marcus and Alexandro. Bernhard however is correct in that this has implications for the foundation overall - so can I toss out for others to comment on more. Thanks Drew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to [email protected] List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted.
