Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0
We do need more communication channels specially with external entities. Linux Journal blog, sourceforge newsletters, prominent news channels like Lxer http://lxer.com/ and others. This is what marketing should be focused on at the moment. That way initiatives like this grasp major notoriety in the open source world. On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: Feel free to hack at it Kevin, all input welcomed. I'll get more time this weekend, although I've been called in for Saturday, just a minor job so hopefully it won't turn into a major, then I can dedicate some effort to it. Cheers G On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.com wrote: KG01 - see comments On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: 5 days is about up and we have no -1so I've started a page for creating of the proposed RFP on the confluence wiki here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Brand+Contest+RFP Question: Is it worth (maybe before or as part of the Aim section) saying a few brief words about what the current branding is, its history and why we are rebranding now? Yes, that will be part of the preamble to the RFP. I'll be getting to that this weekend, I'm on a contract at the moment and as is usual they are trying to squeeze 52 weeks into twelve! :) Cheers G Discussion on the marketing list? I'm travelling for the next two days, connection may be intemittent Cheers GL KG01: Graham, Can we please update the proposal to indicate that the contest is open to the general public and members of the AOO community. There is an assumption that our existing community are not capable, or interested in contributing. This is not the case. When do you expect to run this contest? I have completed some concepts and I want to share with community. Shall I wait for your content? or just start posting via UX site? On one hand, I want the contest to attract designers to OpenOffice, on the other hand, I want to promote my design concepts now. Thoughts? Regards, Kevin -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org
Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Alexandro Colorado j...@oooes.org wrote: We do need more communication channels specially with external entities. Linux Journal blog, sourceforge newsletters, prominent news channels like Lxer http://lxer.com/ and others. This is what marketing should be focused on at the moment. That way initiatives like this grasp major notoriety in the open source world. Now that we've graduated we are allowed to make more formal announcements, even press releases. So if we develop a distribution list we can target news channels like this. But we would want to provide the full package, e.g., quotes, a contact person for further questions, etc. Make it easy for the journalist on a busy schedule. -Rob On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: Feel free to hack at it Kevin, all input welcomed. I'll get more time this weekend, although I've been called in for Saturday, just a minor job so hopefully it won't turn into a major, then I can dedicate some effort to it. Cheers G On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.com wrote: KG01 - see comments On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: 5 days is about up and we have no -1so I've started a page for creating of the proposed RFP on the confluence wiki here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Brand+Contest+RFP Question: Is it worth (maybe before or as part of the Aim section) saying a few brief words about what the current branding is, its history and why we are rebranding now? Yes, that will be part of the preamble to the RFP. I'll be getting to that this weekend, I'm on a contract at the moment and as is usual they are trying to squeeze 52 weeks into twelve! :) Cheers G Discussion on the marketing list? I'm travelling for the next two days, connection may be intemittent Cheers GL KG01: Graham, Can we please update the proposal to indicate that the contest is open to the general public and members of the AOO community. There is an assumption that our existing community are not capable, or interested in contributing. This is not the case. When do you expect to run this contest? I have completed some concepts and I want to share with community. Shall I wait for your content? or just start posting via UX site? On one hand, I want the contest to attract designers to OpenOffice, on the other hand, I want to promote my design concepts now. Thoughts? Regards, Kevin -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org
Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Alexandro Colorado j...@oooes.org wrote: We do need more communication channels specially with external entities. Linux Journal blog, sourceforge newsletters, prominent news channels like Lxer http://lxer.com/ and others. This is what marketing should be focused on at the moment. That way initiatives like this grasp major notoriety in the open source world. Now that we've graduated we are allowed to make more formal announcements, even press releases. So if we develop a distribution list we can target news channels like this. But we would want to provide the full package, e.g., quotes, a contact person for further questions, etc. Make it easy for the journalist on a busy schedule. We used to have MarCons in the past. I wonder how will this be handled now? http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Marketing/MarCons The development of press kits were also handled with specific guidelines usually localized and with a consistent structure. Here is a sample of the releases and how the structure consider a presskit: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/OOoRelease33 -Rob On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: Feel free to hack at it Kevin, all input welcomed. I'll get more time this weekend, although I've been called in for Saturday, just a minor job so hopefully it won't turn into a major, then I can dedicate some effort to it. Cheers G On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.com wrote: KG01 - see comments On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: 5 days is about up and we have no -1so I've started a page for creating of the proposed RFP on the confluence wiki here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Brand+Contest+RFP Question: Is it worth (maybe before or as part of the Aim section) saying a few brief words about what the current branding is, its history and why we are rebranding now? Yes, that will be part of the preamble to the RFP. I'll be getting to that this weekend, I'm on a contract at the moment and as is usual they are trying to squeeze 52 weeks into twelve! :) Cheers G Discussion on the marketing list? I'm travelling for the next two days, connection may be intemittent Cheers GL KG01: Graham, Can we please update the proposal to indicate that the contest is open to the general public and members of the AOO community. There is an assumption that our existing community are not capable, or interested in contributing. This is not the case. When do you expect to run this contest? I have completed some concepts and I want to share with community. Shall I wait for your content? or just start posting via UX site? On one hand, I want the contest to attract designers to OpenOffice, on the other hand, I want to promote my design concepts now. Thoughts? Regards, Kevin -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org
Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: 5 days is about up and we have no -1so I've started a page for creating of the proposed RFP on the confluence wiki here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Brand+Contest+RFP Question: Is it worth (maybe before or as part of the Aim section) saying a few brief words about what the current branding is, its history and why we are rebranding now? Yes, that will be part of the preamble to the RFP. I'll be getting to that this weekend, I'm on a contract at the moment and as is usual they are trying to squeeze 52 weeks into twelve! :) Cheers G Discussion on the marketing list? I'm travelling for the next two days, connection may be intemittent Cheers GL
Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Graham Lauder g.a.lau...@gmail.com wrote: 5 days is about up and we have no -1so I've started a page for creating of the proposed RFP on the confluence wiki here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Brand+Contest+RFP Question: Is it worth (maybe before or as part of the Aim section) saying a few brief words about what the current branding is, its history and why we are rebranding now? Discussion on the marketing list? I'm travelling for the next two days, connection may be intemittent Cheers GL
