Alex has pretty much hit the nail on the head...
But, even so, it would be a valuable help if the marketing guys could
turn their attention to recruiting new contributors to the project...t
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So I think we're on the right path already. Let's get down to the
subject in hand. :-)
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Once again, just my 2 cents... ;-)
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can notably look out for Michael Meeks, Thorsten Behrens or Norbert
Thiebaud to name just three guys off the top of my head.
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Next time I do screenshots for the docs team, I'll use your desktop
background. :-)
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Hi, :-)
By the way, I really want to see you press ahead with that skin you
did for LibreOffice that you had on DeviantArt... That was **so**
cool.
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Paulo, if you could post
installation to apply your skin? If you find time,
give me some clues and I might follow through and build the material
and write instructions to make a hacked installation.
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Thanks! :-D
I don't know if there are interest enough from community
Hi Florian, :-)
Would it be possible to set-up a special local UK marketing list?
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also undoubtedly be interested in the subject?
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@Drew: thanks, man. ;-)
@Marc: feel free to jump in and add stuff, Marc?
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Could you look at my post to you about the SC confcall tomorrow? I
never imagined you would schedule it at such short notice. ;-)
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well-presented equations for Math, I need some more too.
Similarly, if you have any databases for Base with well-peopled
tables, and with forms and reports, I need them, too.
Thanks for any help. ;-)
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marginal, geek product.
TIA for any good data files you got. IN ENGLISH.
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Just mail me whatever you got, whatever you can, when you can, and -
once again - a *big* thanks :-D
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Hi Drew, :-)
Guy
Hi Drew, all, ;-)
if you feel able to help out by taking screenshots yourself, then:
a) a big thanks for the helping hand! ;-)
b) take them under MS Windows using a DARK SLATE GRAY theme (window frame,
etc)
(I fail to believe that Bill is going to sue us because we took
screenshots of
documents that I can use. ;-)
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Hi, :-)
To restate the need...
I need some more sample files with which I can produce screenshots for
the libreoffice.org, from *all* the LibO apps.
If you have LibO files (from Writer, Calc and Impress) that contain
attractively-presented content that is not copyrighted, please mail
them to me
contributions directly to me. ;-)
A big thanks for any help. ;-)
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about on this thread, please post under another thread and do not go
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to translate. Easy to
understand. Appeals to all audiences, all ages. Anyone that speaks any
English can understand and empathize with this slogan. It's got a ring
of defiance and yet, through the same words, alludes to the suite's
creative possibilities.
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and satisfaction in what you have
put into the project.
Let's *all work hard* in 2011 to make the values of Free Open Source
Software thrive.
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Thanks for that, I will include them on the site ASAP. ;-)
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marketing/design/website teams. The target is to have the site
theoretically [and effectively] ready to roll out by Thursday.)
What do you think?
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Hi Drew, :-)
Some grahpics for use on LibreOffice specific web pages - License for these
is CC3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Are you requiring attribution, or can your work be used without?
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With this we will strengthen the image more collaborative we propose for our
users.
I will then send a draft of a mascot that used in our social network for
evaluation.
+1
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for a few people and some situations, the mailing lists are a useful
way to stay in touch with things - when you're traveling, and only
have a lowish-end cellphone, for example...
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We have forums being constructed with the official LibreOffice drupal
website which will also support mailing list interaction
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I hope this helps clear things up.
Yes, thanks, sounds great. ;-)
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I just spotted the question whether you can use the wiki, and sure, you can
do so. :-)
OK, thanks. And the lists, too? ;-)
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[1] http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/design-in-collaborative-projects/
[2] http://troy-sobotka.blogspot.com/2010/01/specs-and-contests-we-all-lose.html
[3] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2010-November/012593.html
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and methodical approach [1] and, IMHO, that would be very
beneficial. I hope their involvement is going to be a regular,
on-going thing.
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Thorsten, I will let this thread sit and, hopefully, catch responses
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[1] Wiki page: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas
[2] LibreOffice beta 2: http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/
[3] Branding info: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding
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become a team member. But, even if not, one can use
and adapt someone else's work if that work satisfies the important
criteria from the outset... We'd just have to figure out a reasonable
set of rules.
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for adoption... It's a more-organized way of doing things and
seeing what's in progress.
Maybe we could add something regarding a possible logo/mascot
competition? IMHO, there are sufficient justifications to at least
give it a place on the agenda for official disgussion...
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At the present time, there is still much organization work to be done
within TDF/LibO, and we will perhaps be able to respond to you more
meaningfully very soon.
I, for one, undertake to follow-up with you, John, Thorsten and the
Ubuntu Artwork project, in the very near future.
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has a
number of other extremely useful tools that TDF/LibO could use, and it
was more those wheels I was suggesting that we don't re-invent. :-)
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will be very difficult to organize in the current state of project
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be able to get the full benefit of your long experience once you can
type with two hands again. ;-)
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to focus its
efforts on deploying and maintaining those things for which it really
feels the effort is worthwhile, such as the blog and the wiki. Google
Apps provides Wave - and lots of other useful collaboration
facilities. Why re-invent the wheel?
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that can *become* the logo in its own right? 2) Or else, in
large graphics, could one integrate it inside the sheet of paper? 3)
Or will Septipus wrap his tentacles *around* the paper sheet?
[1]
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas#Jonata.27s_logo.2Fmime_artwork_proposal
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or else right in the middle, with a
tentacle pointing to each app or icon in the starter pane. Maybe the
apps could be in a kind-of circular arrangement around him.
Ultimately, I'd suggest naming this mascot LibO.
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in developing content for
http://test.documentfoundation.org? Get involved in marketing?
Organize an install fest? Design graphics (think logo or mascot}?
Develop templates?
Anyway, welcome onboard. HTH. :-)
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and ways to locate potential talents?
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Hi Alex, :-)
Thanks for your time on that... I guess that puts a stopper on the
paper plane mascot idea then?
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that *you* could maybe check the copyright
status out for us?
A big thanks on behalf of the community if so... ;-)
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Hi, :-)
I'm hoping that we'll hear back soon from Lucas about the concept he
suggested, and I just feel that it would be nice to be supportive of
him in the further development of his idea, with constructive
discussion, so that it can be placed before TDF for consideration. ;-)
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Hi again, Jens, :-)
May I ask what fonts you're using for 1.1 and for 1.3.1 in [1]?
[1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas#CMS_.2F_Logo_draft
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Done. ;-)
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas#.22Libo.22_mascot
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some to look at and reflect on?
[1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas#CMS_.2F_Logo_draft
[2] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas#.22Libo.22_mascot
Just my 0.2 cents. ;-)
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[1] AFAIK, the many free ones would be OK license-wise.
[1] http://www.larabiefonts.com/
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P.S. Any chance you could also post your source files, so that one
could grab a copy and maybe play around with them? Or will you do that
when TDF has chosen a final version that is totally world-ready?
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Hi, :-)
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 06:44, Bernhard Dippold
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But I'm not really sure for artwork and branding material and definitions.
There might be three or four possible areas
http://art.libreoffice.org
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if the
idea is being used by any other organization... That might save Lucas
some time while he thinks more about his concept. So I'll report back
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copyright problem, especially if one came up with something
having its own originality.
In any case, a sheet of paper is a pretty ubiquitous thing, too, so
maybe the same issues would apply to TDF's current logo?
Below are some quick research results for your consideration. HTH.
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membership.
Wouldn't it be a rational solution to go with the Apache Software
Foundation (ASF) or the Free Software Foundation (FSF), which would
save you guys re-inventing the wheel for a lot of stuff?
Plus they both have great credibility and standing, etc. Plus, plus, plus...
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Hi again, Lucas, :-)
Afterthought: why don't you also bring this subject up on the
[tdf-discuss] list, where more people can be exposed to your idea?
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The discussions in mailing lists are quite easy to follow with a Gmail
account. If you don't already use one then I'd recommend creating one
even if only for your mailing list subscriptions...
HTH.
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; after reading Bernhard, notably, in this thread, I have a much
clearer idea about how you want collaboration to be organized. Thanks,
also, Bernhard, guys, for your time and patience in answering my
questions. ;-)
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Hi Drew, :-)
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 13:45, Drew Jensen d...@baseanswers.com wrote:
http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/msg00365.html
Added that as a link to the agenda page on the wiki
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/ConfCalls#Agenda
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sets that were the among the reasons cited by TDF
founders for forking from OOo in the first place...
Give some new blood a chance, too? Judge their offerings on their merits?
Just my 0.2 cents. :-)
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facilitated by someone with some Gimp/Photoshop expertise doing
liaison?
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to establish these things with clarity beforehand...
[1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas
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[2] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding#Colors
[3] http://luxate.blogspot.com/2010/10/united-colors-of-liberty.html
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Hi, :-)
bernh...@familie-dippold.at wrote:
All these ideas are not fixed in any sense, so we should discuss it at the
ConfCall today (I'm still not sure if I can manage to participate) and on a
new thread...
http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/msg00365.html
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and attractive to
the eye. Something that stands out more.
Plus, IMHO, there's enormous benefit to be had from creating a mascot
to be our ambassador, that can easily be turned into derivative images
and animations. Some kind of friendly character like Linux's Tux...
Just my 0.2 cents... :-)
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Hi, :-)
In any case, when you're designing the new logo graphics, can you
please make them colorful and pretty? The OpenOffice logo was a bit
corporate, conservative and... dowdy... :-)
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