Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:05:16 +0100 (BST), Tom Davies <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Hi :) > I think the QA team's recent competition was good for building up the > community spirit. Well the contest could have had a much better timing and more volunteers (because of the timing issue). > > People on the User List seem to quite like it when they get invited > to join in other lists or other teams. Indeed they should not hesitate to join but only if they feel they can contribute (technically or otherwise). > They don't always join in > straight away because it's a bit intimidating and they seem to think > they will need coding skills to join in elsewhere. Obviously posting > too often would be annoying. Perhaps 1/month? more often? less? You mean posting one time a month on the marketing list or reminding people on the users list that they could join various teams? Best, Charles. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Charles-H. Schulz <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 13:29 > >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community > >on FOSS projects > > > > > >Hello Marc, > > > >Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:14:33 -0400, > >Marc Paré <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > >> As part of the marketing team, we often get so busy that we forget > >> that part of our responsibility is to not only foster growth in the > >> use of our product, but, and of large importance, that of fostering > >> growth and building community. > >> > >> As it seems that we are all taking a well-deserved break after the > >> release of v.4.1, this particular article has appeared on the > >> OpenSource.com website. It makes for a good read and is quite well > >> written from the point of view of detailing some "tips" on > >> building community. > >> > >> I just thought that some of you would want to have a look at it, > >> as, IMO, we have strayed a bit away from building community and > >> this may in fact inspire those of us who contribute and remind us > >> to encourage others, who are sitting on the sidelines on our > >> mailing lists, that there is a place for everyone in our > >> TDF/LibreOffice communities and that any contribution, small or > >> large, are most appreciated. > >> > >> You can read the article by Nicole C. Engard here: > >> > >> http://opensource.com/life/13/7/10-secrets-open-source-communities > >> > > > >Good catch! And thanks for bringing back an important topic on the > >table: our community is what we do and who we are, and the primary > >mission of the marketing team is to act as an information bus across > >our community - and to as well as from the "outside". > > > >BTW, let me remind everyone that you can comment on the agenda of our > >marketing workshop in Milano here: > >http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/marketing > > > >Thank you, > > > > > >Charles-H. Schulz > >Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation, > >Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany > >Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > >Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > >Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24. > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe 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/marketing/ All messages > >sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > > > > > -- Charles-H. Schulz Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24. -- To unsubscribe 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/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
