Thanks, Gavin. I'll leave this to one of the marketing enthusiasts to pursue, since they have a better idea of what they actually do and where, when and how they do it.
--Jean On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 15:01 +1000, Gavin McDonald wrote: > Hi Jean. > > Perhaps you should contact our Marketing team directly at > [email protected] , I doubt anyone on list will be able to > answer you about this directly. > > Some of what you are asking may also fall into the > realm of the conference planners team , but try > Marketing first. > > See http://apache.org/press/ and > http://apache.org/foundation/conferences.html > for more info > > Thanks > > Gav... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jean Hollis Weber [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2011 1:17 PM > > To: ApacheOOo > > Subject: Funds for marketing efforts? > > > > This is a request for general information about potential funding from > > Apache for marketing AOOo to end-users (both individuals and companies/ > > organisations) at conferences those end-users attend (e.g., librarians, > > educators, technical communicators). Typically a marketing team might have > > a booth at an associated trade show or similar. The booths can often be > > obtained free, but there are costs involved with (for example) items to > > display or give away, banners and signs, booth attendants' > > travel and accommodation expenses, and so on. Booth attendants usually > > are not speakers at the conference. > > > > I realise that for any specific event a proposal would need to be made, but > > I'm looking for some indication of whether Apache would consider covering > > this sort of marketing expense. AFAIK, OOo rarely made money available for > > marketing at conferences, and then mainly for conferences where the > > "marketing" was aimed at recruiting developers, not "selling" > > potential end-users on the value of the product. Also AFAIK, that is one > > reason why several of the not-for-profit organisations were set up in > > different countries: so money was available for local outreach needs. > > > > --Jean > >
