On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 29, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:19 PM, kay.schenk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> <snip> >> >> I wonder whether it would be worth reviving the OpenOffice Newsletter? >> This was sent out to the old announce list. It was erratic toward >> the end, but at one point I think it was coming out every month. >> >> Some examples: >> >> March 2011: >> http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/announce/archive/2011-03/message/0 >> >> December 2010: >> http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/announce/archive/2010-12/message/0 >> >> September 2010: >> http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/announce/archive/2010-09/message/0 >> >> A format like that allows us to bundle a few small posts, news >> clippings, announcements, etc., into a fuller package, maybe with >> greater impact. >> >> For example, we could a series of these over the next few months: >> >> Newsletter #1: Intro to OpenOffice @ Apache. Announcements on >> migration, copyleft-free build, start of test effort, links to blog, >> mailing lists, migration status, announcement of pending retirement of >> openoffice.org email addresses and lists, etc. >> >> Newsletter #2 (a month later): availability of test builds for 3.4 >> (hopefully on Windows by then), how to help with test effort, reminder >> on mailing list migration and mail forwarding shutdown. Gathering >> proposals for AOO 4.0. >> >> Newsletter #3 -- coverage of 3.4 release, press clippings, etc. >> >> A newsletter could be put together on the wiki and then the >> announcement can be a link to the online newsletter. >> >> I think this has merit. Can we find a voluneteer? >> >> ps. My earlier attempt at trying to directly post to [email protected] >> is apparently SPAM and therefor rejected. I hope Andrew had some luck. I'll >> track this down in a bit. >> >> >> It looks like it went out earlier to the announce list. I see it in the >> archives: >> >> http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/announce/archive/2011-12/message/0 >> >> I'm also seeing large numbers of users now signed up to ooo-announce. > > What do you mean by large? >
1700 currently, and another 200 or so coming in every hour. > It is advertised on www.openoffice.org ... > Excellent. > Regards, > Dave > > >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> >> >> > //drew >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> MzK >> >> "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged >> by the way its animals are treated." >> -- Mohandas Gandhi >> >> >> >> >
