I think we should have an official Facebook "fan page" in time for the release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4. I think this is critical, since the average end user does not subscribe to mailing lists, or even use Google+ or Twitter. But almost every user, current and potential, does use Facebook. So it is our best opportunity for engaging with users.
Here is the proposed page: http://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO I need your help in managing and running this page. I'm offering to hand total control of this page over to the PPMC. If anyone (from the PPMC) wants to be co-admin on this account, please send me an email address associated with your Facebook account. You can send this to me via private email if you prefer. So, is anyone willing to help? Also, if you are not a PPMC member, but would still like to help, this is very welcome as well, from all volunteers: 1) "Like" the page 2) Share the page with your friends 3) If you find interesting stories or tips related to OpenOffice, post them on our Wall 4) If you have interesting photos or stories of the history of OpenOffice, add them to our Timeline 5) Visit the page regularly and add comments to posts, and generally help with any user questions. With this page, we'll have a good set of social media accounts ready for the AOO 3.4 launch, including Google+, Twitter, Identi.ca and Xing, a Facebook group (which is different than a FB fan page), as well as a Brazilian Twitter and Indenti.ca account. Note that with Facebook every page admin is equal and even has the ability to remove other admins, including removing me. So I have absolutely no exclusive special privileges. I'm reserving nothing. I'm giving the page over entirely to the PPMC. Finally, please know that I've made every effort to get the existing OpenOffice.org FB page made available for our use. I've asked repeatedly [1][2] for this, as well as provided detailed technical steps [3] needed to make this transition. I think it was worth the effort to try to make that work, but sadly, this has failed to occur. However, we still have enough time (barely) to have a new page ready for the AOO 3.4 launch, and to promote this page and turn it into another way in which we can engage with our users in the future. So I hope I have your support. [1] https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119297 [2] http://markmail.org/message/27wxv4h2mwpahyel [3] http://markmail.org/message/p5z5o2g74qe6rl6j Regards, -Rob
