Le mardi 02 novembre 2010 à 09:53 +0100, Dr. Bernhard Dippold a écrit : > Hi Italo, all, > > Italo Vignoli wrote: > Marc Paré wrote: > > >> Just in case that I had not made this evident in my previous posts. I do > > >> still hope to write/call some Canadian organisations in the hope of > > >> organising the Canadian Marketing section of LibO but having an > > >> identifying title would help. > > > > I wrote: > > > In your case I think everybody agrees to state that you have already > > > contibuted to > > > our project in a very substancial way. So I for one would call you > > > "Marketing Team > > > Member" and allow you to use this title in communication with other > > > organizations. > > > This title should be able to add at your signature and on business cards > > > we'll have > > > to design, so they represent our branding. > > > > > > To avoid misunderstandings, I'd like to add another line to the signature > > > or > > > business card: "If you want to contact an offifcial spokesperson of the > > > community > > > behind LibreOffice, please contact i...@documentfoundation." > > > > I think that this could be a "transitional" solution, especially for US > > and Canada where community roles in the past have not been considered > > too much. > > > > In Europe community roles are quite clear, and - as I said - I do not > > need to state in my signature that I am a volunteer for OOo because all > > my stakeholders already know my position (when you are described as Mr > > TDF I do not think you need additional recognitions). > > At fairs it turns out quite handy if you can hand over a business card even > if you > don't have an official representing position as you, Italo. > > In these cases I like to have a business card with with official branding, > but clearly > stating that I'm not an official representative, but just a community member. > > >From time to time this approach allows an easy switch from discussing the > >product > to information about the community and invitation to join... > > Best regards > > Bernhard > > > >
I confirm what Italo said. In Europe all people that I know working for a marketing department or who has a marketing role, as representative or just member, use a branding signature to make sur of their status from the people they talk to. This is a very good way for other peopleto know who they are talking. As an exemple there is : -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe 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
