On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 09:57 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> On 05/14/2011 09:18 AM, Carl Symons wrote: > > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 6:02 AM, drew<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 08:25 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press > >> Productions wrote: > >>> On 05/14/2011 01:53 AM, Marc Paré wrote: > >>>> Hi everyone > >>>> > >>>> I've corrected problems with the tables on both US and Can > >>>> sections[1]. I've also simplified the menu as it was just showing too > >>>> many unnecessary items and complicated the menu for no reason. I have > >>>> also added the language bar on the US-marketing pages as some of these > >>>> need to be translated into ES and FR. > >>>> > >>>> NB: Florian has replaced the wiki WYSIWYG editor and the new editor > >>>> now works correctly. > >>>> > >>>> Let me know if there are any problems with any pages on the marketing > >>>> wiki pages. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers > >>>> > >>>> Marc > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> [1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/US-Marketing/Members > >>>> > >>>> > >>> What is the "State Leaders"? > >> Good question - my .02 would be to remove that verbiage. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Drew > > I added a blurb about the leadership structure. It is not too early to > > be thinking about world domination and the requisite hierarchy B^) > > Otherwise, I agree with Drew. > > > > Just something to think about... > > What should these positions be called...troika, archbishop, cardinal > > and various presbytery would be kinda cool. Dear Leader and everyone > > else for those so inclined. With the armada of paper airplanes, it > > would be appropriate to have the LibreAirForce--lieutenant, captain, > > major, colonel, general. LibreOffice< >LibreAirForce...yeah! > > > > How about something like a user-selectable ranking scheme? > I like the idea of having a list of volunteers by State or Region. > That way people could see where the nearest volunteer is to their location. > > If we get a volunteer list of 50 to 200 people this way, we may be able > to see if there is enough people in an area to support going to some > event. These events may not be strictly Linux expos, but business > related so we could get a table and let these business people know about > our great free office suite. As one business man told me Thursday, he > does not know from day to day if he will have enough clients that wants > printing done, to cover the bills and pay for his family's needs. He is > down to to one employee, himself, when he use to have 3 or 4 workers. > So he liked the idea of something free. > > Another business, a used book store, had OOo 2.x installed for those > people who send to her "documents that need it". She used Windows and > her son uses Linux. She has broadband in her store and dial-up at > home. So I gave her a copy of the NA-DVD a few weeks ago. > > I still think having a list of people/businesses where you can get a > copy of a CD or DVD of the current package would help spread the message > that LibreOffice is in the Office market. I know many businesses that > do not download software. The must have a CD or DVD copy to use, or > they will not use it. Also there are many people out there who cannot > download the package due to limited bandwidth or download speed [think > dial-up service speeds]. It would take too long to do the downloading > with those limitations. This would be a good service to provide for > them. That is one reason I got involved in the NA-DVD project, to > create a DVD that has everything that we could think of that a user > could use and place it on one DVD for them to use. Right now we have > the Win/Linux/Mac DVD [3.1 GB] and a Win-only [1.4 GB] version. If I > was able to do a business out of my apartment, I would provide such a > service, but the rules on subsidized handicapped apartments will not > allow it. The cost of an OOo CD/DVD used to be about $10 - $15, on > average including shipping. That was a few years ago. You can ship to > any state in the USA for about $5 or less and the media and cost of > making the discs may be about $2 or $3. Then, if there is a profit, > maybe some of it could be donated to "the cause" of marketing > LibreOffice in the region or country that service it in. > > Any ideas about a service to send a CD/DVD to potential users? We give > them away at events, but with such a service we can get more copies to > of the suite out to those who want it. > > I think the idea of local contacts is a good one. In large states like NY and Ga you would want contacts scattered across the state. Such in Texas someone Houston might like the idea of a local who they can contact. I prefer the title Grand Aardvark -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
