On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:08 PM, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 17:43 +0200, Roberto Galoppini wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> > Social media outreach, via Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc., is an >> > important part of outreach to users. Although the Apache developer >> > community is firmly rooted in mailing lists, we know that our users >> > live in a different world. If we want to engage with them we need to >> > use the tools that they use, and communicate the way they communicate. >> > >> > Now that we're very close to the AOO 3.4 release, I'd like to start >> > with a project Twitter account, under PPMC control. >> > >> > By "under PPMC control" I mean something similar to how we treat the >> > project blog: >> > >> > -- Any PPMC member, upon request, can have write access. >> > >> > -- We can use the project's official logo in conjunction with the account. >> > >> > -- We would promote the account on our project's website. >> > >> > -- We would generally treat the account as an official voice of the >> > project, not as a personal account. >> > >> > I'm not saying we need to pre-review and and approve every "tweet" >> > sent through the account. But we should set expectations that the >> > account is to be used in a professional fashion, upholding the >> > standards of this project, not used to settle personal disputes, to >> > promote personal business, etc. >> > >> >> An option could be to agree on a simple guideline for that, so that >> everyone knows how to handle it. I'm thinking not only about the style of >> communication, but also about who to follow, how to engage in >> conversations, improve outreach, etc. >> >> >> > There are already several Twitter accounts that use the OOo name or >> > trademarks: >> > >> > http://twitter.com/#!/openofficeorg --- This account has 1571 >> > followers. But it is not sharing any AOO status, no links to blog >> > posts, announcements, etc. Who controls it? Are >> > we able to get it under PPMC control? Can we rebrand it as Apache >> > OpenOffice? >> > >> >> That could be a good starting point, I think. It seems like if you're the >> only one who can send DM to the actual owner's account. >> >> >> > >> > http://twitter.com/#!/openoffice -- This account seems unused. Only one >> > tweet. >> > >> >> I'd try to get that it too. It's better than ApacheOO, and you might want >> to put the full name in the Settings > Account > Name. >> > Hi Roberto, Rob > > I just did so now, and followed up with an email to the account contact > in the whois database for the domain listed, the linked sub-domain has > been dead for a while IIRC, though the main site is alive - anyway, I'll > report back when (or if) I hear anything back. >
Hi Drew, It has been 5 days now. Have you received any response from that domain owner? If not, I'm ready to go with a new account: https://twitter.com/#!/apacheoo I have it configured with the BirdHerd service, so up to 10 PPMC members will be able send tweets via that account. -Rob > //drew > > > <snip> >
