On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Benjamin Horst <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hello all, > > I've been a part of the OOo and now LibO communities for at nearly 10 years > now. I remember watching the purchase and open sourcing of StarOffice by Sun > back in 2000, and hoping I could get it on my Mac soon. That took a while, > but I'm happy it happened! > > I live in New York City, but was in LA and Boston before that. > > I wrote "The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org," which was published in 2004, > and have worked on promoting, documenting and other tasks in my time with > the project. I raised money from volunteers and used it to buy a full page > ad on the back of the free Metro newspaper in NYC for the release of > OpenOffice.org 2.0. > > I work for a web development firm as a project manager, and have experience > with many CMSs and the web design and development process. I've been active > lately on the website discussions where I suggested platforms for our wiki > (Foswiki, though it was not selected) and main website (Drupal). Those > discussions have been challenging. :) > > I'm interested in marketing/promotion/evangelizing LibO in the USA and > Canada and in education, because I think these are areas where it could be > quickly adopted to the benefit of many, many people. As a former student > myself, I could not have spared even $100 to buy an office software package, > and I want people in that situation today to know they do not have to. > > Looking forward to working with you all! I have a list of promotional ideas > I'd like to share soon. I think we should pick one or two specific projects > and make them happen! > > -Ben > > > Benjamin Horst > [email protected] > 646-464-2314 (Eastern) > www.solidoffice.com > > > > Ben, I would be very interested in your ideas, I hope that you will share them soon, I would love to get started sooner, rather than later. James -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://us.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
