On Thursday 29 Dec 2011 15:29:46 Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Graham Lauder <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday 29 Dec 2011 09:52:13 Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 3:34 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > On Wed, 2011-12-28 at 15:15 -0500, Rob Weir wrote: > >> >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 2:44 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > On Wed, 2011-12-28 at 14:26 -0500, Rob Weir wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Kay Schenk <[email protected]> > >> >> >> wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> <snip> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Hi Andrew -- > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > I just forward the message I received from Rob in total to " > >> >> >> > [email protected]". Got a return from SYMPA that the > >> >> >> > editors would look at it. If you or anyone else knows some > >> >> >> > magic to push this through, that would be great. The > >> >> >> > [email protected] has about 84000 users! > >> >> >> > >> >> >> FYI, we currently have only 134 subscribers to the announce list. > >> >> > > >> >> > And the sky is blue - my suggestion use the website cut over for a > >> >> > legitimate announce list class event - send to both the new and the > >> >> > old announce list (assume and ask for it to be moderated onto the > >> >> > old one) - put a copy to the blog, even if others a planning more > >> >> > extensive blog posts - an extra simple post won't hurt. > >> >> > >> >> It might make sense to webs site migration, along with all the other > >> >> migration accomplishments as part of a general engagement with those > >> >> users. Here's what we've done, here's what we are doing now, here's > >> >> what to expect in 2012, here's where to find more info, etc. > >> >> > >> >> Remember, aside from a few hundred people (a relatively small number) > >> >> most of the 84,000 subscribers to the announce list will be hearing > >> >> about AOO for the first time. The initial note will be our > >> >> re-introduction. > >> > > >> > right - which might be the spot where Grahams concerns start to kick > >> > in.. just sayin'. > >> > > >> > I'm not sure from reading his posts if he is actually urging that we > >> > not play this up for the moment, but delay till a release and by then > >> > to have formulated and executed a more extensive re-branding...then > >> > again I'm likely not fully interrupting his thoughts correctly, such > >> > is the norm for written communications. > >> > > >> > So - in my head the answer for the moment is: keep it very simple - a > >> > couple of paragraphs with the explicit aim of getting the reader to > >> > come visit the new site (not so much a full overview of events) > >> > - those interested can find the new communication channels on the new > >> > web pages. > >> > > >> > maybe something a kin to - > > > > @ Drew: Your announcement style is on the money, exactly what is needed. > > > > Reasoning: We don't have a huge advertising budget and the truth of the > > matter is, no matter how many deny it, is that advertising dollars > > translate into copy. If you don't have a real story, just padding or > > vapour, buy a chunk of ad space and suddenly BS becomes Font Page news. > > (This doesn't apply to trade press as much, but our demographic goes way > > beyond trade) It is necessary therefore to actually have a story with > > some depth and real interest to a particular Journo. For instance: > > Market penetration stories would interest WSJ readers, value stories go > > after consumer magazine audience and so on. But the story needs > > substance to get noticed by these people who are in fact speaking to our > > larger demographic, who have never read Steven Vaughan-Nichols or Dana > > Blankenhorne or Rob Weirs or Simon Phipps blogs and are never likely to. > > > >> > ********** > >> > >> For all but 500 or so of the 84,000 this would be entirely without > >> context. They would say, "Apache what? What the heck is a Podling?" > > > > Which would be brilliant, that means you've started a conversation, if > > you could get them asking that question, then you have achieved a > > significant step. > > Are you volunteering to write something up, Graham? > > -Rob
Sorry I have taken so long to reply, I got laid low by a stomach bug, xmas overindulgence perhaps or the seething mobs of transmission vectors that come with the crowds of last minute shoppers. I could pad out Drew's announcement, but he's done a great job already. I believe Andrew Rist will have to post it on announce@ooo. Right now I'm working on a survey methodology that we can do online because to do a more broadbased survey I would need to find sufficient people to do the hard yards either on the phone or F2F. In the normal corporate world this would be contracted out, not an option for us given our financial resources. Given time and the right sort of encouragement using community members may be a possibility in the future but that's going to take a little time. If I can add something onto the announce email rigged so that recipients to send a reply to the marketing list I think that would be our best bet. The first step would be a pre-notification mail, simply asking people to participate in the survey. A reply mail to the marketing list would be agreement to participate. Then we send a survey mail to those who have agreed to the prenote with the full questionaire or could include a link to an online survey such as survey monkey or Zoomerang (I would only use such if the response to the pre-note was several thousand. Cost involved) Historically responses have been in the hundreds but no prenotes and the surveys have been long and overly complex. Feel free to add thoughts at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Survey+Design Cheers GL
