Ubuntu has a place http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com where one can submit new ideas for the improvement of Ubuntu. Is there any place for AOO? I want to submit a small idea for AOO
With Warm Regards V.Kadal Amutham 919444360480 On 1 December 2012 21:49, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote: > I have some experience in marketing electrical products. My fundamental > skill sets ( may not be useful here) is electronics product design. Over a > period of 30 years of professional life, I have acquired various skills, > most of them may not be useful here. Basically I am a scientist, filed 4 > patents in US and in India. I wanted to contribute some thing back to the > open source community. So I volunteered myself. I live in Chennai, India, > it is in southern part of India. > > With Warm Regards > > V.Kadal Amutham > 919444360480 > > > > On 1 December 2012 20:29, Graham Lauder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Woohoo, >> >> I'm AWOL for a few days and the list goes nuts Welcome everyone. My >> apologies for not greeting everyone individually my offline work is a bit >> insane at the moment, however you've come at the most exciting time. >> Lot's >> happening lots to do. >> >> Much of what is in progress is on the wiki so signing up there is a good >> idea. >> >> Attachments to the list are allowed for subscribers I think, however they >> do >> tend to get lost down the list as traffic gets high. As things get >> closer to >> launch of OO 4 the list will get pretty busy. Attaching stuff on the wiki >> means it will hang around and be kept with the appropriate comparable >> subject >> matter. >> >> Matters in hand: Most critical right now is the Branding RFP which is on >> the >> CWiki here: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Brand+Contest+RFP >> >> The goal is to formulate a Request For Proposal that covers the whole >> OpenOffice Brand: Philosphy, style, Persona, image projection and of >> course >> the graphical elements. Consider all the questions that a brand designer >> should be able to answer and feel free to put them up on the wiki page. >> This >> is to encourage a broad participation in the creation of the new brand >> >> The are no bad ideas, they are all open to discussion. I would just ask >> that >> when you make any edits on the wiki that you make a post to this list so >> we >> can discuss it and come to some consensus. Eventually the draft RFP will >> be >> presented on the DEV list for final decisions. All decisions are made on >> the >> list, the wiki is for creating drafts. >> >> >> The old marketing project materials are here: >> http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Marketing There are collateral pieces >> that >> need updating, brochures, presentations and the like. The text can be >> updated >> but the overal branding package will have to nailed down before we finish >> them. >> >> The Old Brand Style Guide is on the wiki here: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Branding+Style+Guide >> >> To give everyone an idea of where we came from >> >> Some comments on Brand design here: >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Branding+Design >> >> Again welcome everybody introduce yourselves with a little detail and >> perhaps >> something about what you like to achieve here. >> >> Once branding is done of course and we have a shiny new product with it's >> new >> coat we will need to look at the campaign for the launch. It's probably >> not >> too early to start brainstorming a few ideas for that as well. >> >> A short intro, My name Graham or Yo or Yorick whichever takes you fancy >> and >> I've been involved in OOo marketing since about '02, not sure exactly but >> back >> about then. I was MarCon (Marketing Contact) for New Zealand for a chunk >> of >> that time again not sure when that started, it was a while back. I >> worked as >> an OOo trainer and Migration consultant for about 5 years but now I'm >> back at >> my first Industry as a Municipal Maintenance Consultant. I'm on a short >> term >> contract right now so I may be a bit intermittent until Jan 8 >> >> Cheers >> Graham >> >> >> >
