Hi :) Timing is always tricky and always "could be better" but worrying about that just means nothing gets done. I think the best answer to that is to have another one. Hopefully the bad-timings might eventually cancel out. Perhaps make it a regular event? Say 1/year? or 1/6months? or always such that the beta release appears halfway through or something?
I meant it would be great for different teams to promote themselves by posting to the Users List maybe 1/month. Perhaps the same one each time or perhaps letting the Users know of some recent victory. It might also be good to make a general announcement posted to the Users List to let them know of all the teams but i think such a general announcement might just be too confusing for people. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Charles-H. Schulz <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 14:28 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS >projects > > >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. 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