Hi, I would advise against association of LO with an alcoholic drink. It's a bad idea to alienate users who have strong feelings against the consumption of alcohol.
Best regards Simon Marc Paré schreef: > I know we are all busy with getting the bumps ironed out of the LibO > suite, but here is a little recreation exercise. > > ============== > > FIRST OF ALL. We should all discuss the merits of doing this exercise > and discuss if we are comfortable with having an alcoholic drink named > after the LibO suite. > > IMO, there would also have to be a DISCLAIMER, posted on our site, such > as: "LibreOffice does not advocate or encourage the abuse of alcoholic > beverages. libreOffice does not, under any circumstances, accept > responsibility for any damages that result to yourself or anyone else, > as well as material damages, due to the consumption of alcoholic > beverages. LibreOffice is an advocate of responsible and safe drinking. > Please do not drink and drive." > > ALSO ... if we are to adopt an alcoholic drink, I would suggest that we > offer support for organisations such as MADD (N.America) or similar in > various parts of the world and run a once yearly campaign drive for > these organisations. It would show good will and responsibility to these > organisations on our part. > > ============== > > > We are in the process of completing the LibreOffice 3.3 Release Party > wiki page. > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/LibOReleaseEvents . One of > the sections is on organising the party and a subsection on further > organisational ideas ... of which food and drink. > > For the apéritif connoisseurs in the group. Could you come up with a > drink/cocktail (alcoholic and non) as suggestion(s) for a LibreOffice > appéritif? Please attach the suggested name. > > ALSO/INSTEAD > > Could some of us come up with a suggestion for a non-alcoholic drink > easily served at a non-bar/non-tavern location?Please attach the > suggested name. > > This is all in the name of branding fun. The drinks must agree with the > branding colour palette > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding > > Narc > > > > -- > 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 > > -- Vriendelijke groet, Simon Brouwer -*- nl.openoffice.org -*- http://www.opentaal.org -*- -- 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
