On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1) Can I suggest we make the graphic change maybe 3-5 days before DFD. > > Make an earlier blog post letting people know its coming up. We should go > > viral before the day. > > > > I agree. Even though the actual even is on a specific day we'll get > more notice if we start a few days ahead of time. > > > I could create a small page about AOO and DFD and what it means to us. > > Much like the download page, we can assign the social platform meta-data > > image and text to the one we're promoting AOO with. We could then link > it > > to the early and day-of blog posts. > > > > So the idea would be that visitors could like or share that page to > their social network? I like that idea. Anything that we can do to > turn it into a two-way engagement/sharing will be more effective than > simply broadcasting information in a single direction. > > For example, with IMLD, the actual blog post did not get much of a > response, but a simple Facebook post asking the question "How do you > say 'free software' in your Mother Language?" got 45 comments, 44 > likes, and 2 shares. > > > > - - - - - > > PAGE META DATA > > [Image=AOO-DFD-Doodle.png] > > [Title="Apache OpenOffice celebrates DFD, learn more here."] > > [Text="AOO is committed to support ODF standards so that everyone can > > access their information independent of the tools and suites they use. > > Learn more here."] > > > > IN TYPICAL OO.org PAGE TEMPLATE > > [Short brief about what it means to us. Benefits to society, talk about > > owning your information and having the freedom to move to other office > > suites and OS/Technology platforms. Talk about how we support multiple > > platforms for that freedom. Windows to Linux to OS X] > > > > Let your friends know its document freedom day on March 27th: > > [Share Facebook] [Share Twitter] [Share Google+] > On previous DFD days, I coordinate a mini-site which include description of the DFD, how OpenOffice.org is benefit of open standards and our commitment to suppor them, and finally a few quotes from people around the community sharing their thoughts on DFD, and finally a few relevant links. http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Dfd > > > > Are you ready to be free? [Download Apache OpenOffice Today! possibly > > href'd image] > > - - - - - > > > > "Liberate your documents" is a common DFD expression we could work with.. > > -Rob > > > > Samer > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and > >> interoperability in documents. OpenOffice has been a core part of > >> DFD since it first started in 2008. > >> > >> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format > >> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, and > >> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard, > >> and at Plugfests improving interoperability. > >> > >> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day. I think we can do > >> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language > >> Day: Using social media and our website. We can reach nearly a > >> million people when we do this, so it is very effective. > >> > >> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March > 10th: > >> > >> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic. > >> > >> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here: > >> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg > >> > >> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here: > >> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html > >> > >> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of 200-400px. > >> > >> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in > >> future years as well. > >> > >> 2) A blog post and/or press release. The week prior to DFD is > >> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government > >> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/). So I might try to write up something > >> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps > >> promote open government. > >> > >> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day. > >> > >> > >> Anyone interested in helping? > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> -Rob > >> > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org
