So far we've used our blog as a project blog, with an editorial voice that one could call "the voice of the project". We use it for official announcements, updates, etc. This is perfectly fine, and we can keep it that way. But the volume of posts is rather low.
I've tried to supplement it by interviews of others in the project or the broader ecosystem. But even though everyone thought this was a great idea, I seem to be the only one doing this. So, another idea is to allow guest posts from others in the ecosystem, project members, users, consultants, extension authors, etc. We could set some parameters to prevent problems. For example, we could accept drafts to the mailing list and a volunteer Editor would help edit the posts to our standards. The PMC would maintain editorial control via normal means (reviewing posts before they go live). We would require the post be relevant to the project, helpful to users in their use of OpenOffice, and not be entirely a commercial product pitch. For example, we could limit posts to one link back to the author's (or company's) homepage or product page. What do you think? If we allowed this, would we get more blog submissions? Would it help the overall ecosystem? -Rob
