Here is a link to my blog where I posted some infromation about the community's efforts.
http://www.vnw.vital-inet.com/wordpress/?p=765 https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/114400962366811189040 Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan with The Vital Portal Alphonso Whitfield [email protected] Vital 912-816-2595 Skype: vital.i.net Visit us at: The Vital Portal The Vital Portal On facebook Visit our Google Community Join our Vital Portal Webinars at: The Vital Portal WebEx Meeting Center . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Weir" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:40:35 PM Subject: Re: Short introduction On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote: > Reg Orientation module: > Dear Mr. Rob > > Some time back there was a question. "Why free and good product need > marketing?" for which you gave a nice reply. This can be included in the > orientation module > Thanks, I've added a link to that from our marketing intro page: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-marketing.html -Rob > With Warm Regards > > V.Kadal Amutham > 919444360480 > > > On 2 January 2013 20:33, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Luis David Pascual Callejo >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi! >> > >> > My Name is David. I'm an 26 years old aeronautical engineer with an MBA >> but >> > no professional marketing experience. I can speak fluently Spanish, >> French >> > and English and I have a basic knowledge of German. Finally, I can >> program >> > in C++ and java, although I am not a programmer. >> > >> > I'd be glad to help working about 4 to 6 hours a week in any marketing >> task >> > you need. >> > >> >> Hello David and Happy New Year ! >> >> Have you seen our "Introduction to Marketing" page? This is one of >> our new volunteer orientation modules. You can review it here: >> >> http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-marketing.html >> >> It is also good to review this modules, to get a sense of how projects >> at Apache work: >> http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-contributing.html >> >> One disorienting thing for some people, especially those from the >> corporate world (like me) is that there is very little hierarchy here. >> There is no one "in charge" telling you or me what to do. Sure, we >> coordinate on larger tasks where needed. It is not chaos. But it is >> the interests and talents of volunteers that determines the >> priorities. What gets done depends on your interests and energy as >> much as mine. So don't wait for someone to assign you work. You'll >> want to poke around and offer to help with specific items. Or maybe >> you think of something new we should be doing? In any case, feel free >> to shout out if you have any questions getting started. >> >> Here is a list of specific marketing activities that are being worked >> at present: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Marketing+Activities >> Maybe one of these is interesting for you? >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >> > Best, >> > >> > David >>
