Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Reflections On Today's Meeting

2024-01-18 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi y'all, Mike Saunders wrote: > Yes, and we suspect (and have done some research) that a big chunk of those > donations-while-downloading are from users who've been using LibreOffice for > a while, and are downloading an update. (After all, someone trying > LibreOffice for the very first time is

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice merchandise ideas for FOSDEM (and other events)

2023-12-19 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Mike Saunders wrote: > Of course, whatever we produce and bring has to be affordable, > transportable and environmentally friendly. Let us know your ideas > :-) > Beer/coffee mats are great, affordable & usually made from recycled paper, so that fits the bill. I had some company-branded chocolate

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-07 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi y'all, Mike Saunders wrote: > Well, one argument is that we have very limited resources to support two > branches. LibreOffice 7.5 won't be around forever, so at some point we'll > need to push people to update to 7.6/8.0, as the previous version won't be > maintained and could potentially

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-03-31 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi László, all, Németh László wrote: > The next release has already got major improvements. My favorites ( > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.6): > Two more in-progress features of, I believe, some importance: * theme support in Impress (Tomaž, Collabora) * multi-color

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-03-31 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi y'all, Uwe Altmann wrote: > Am 29.03.23 um 12:28 schrieb Clocked Modular: > > Is it an option to stick to 7 as long as there are no major changes? > > With a six monthly release plan it is not that easy to have major changes ;-) > Yes, I believe that's the important point. No single release

[libreoffice-marketing] Fw: [Bug 134486] UI: Branding: LibreOffice Personal edition

2020-11-06 Thread Thorsten Behrens
I believe its useful to join the discussion threads somehow: - Forwarded message from bugzilla-dae...@bugs.documentfoundation.org - Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2020 08:43:22 + From: bugzilla-dae...@bugs.documentfoundation.org Subject: [Bug 134486] UI: Branding: LibreOffice Personal edition

[libreoffice-marketing] Update regime for Store versions (was: Question regarding Microsoft Store download of Vanilla Libreoffice)

2020-05-04 Thread Thorsten Behrens
3 a good compromise between end-user and project needs, so opted for that. But the project might want to consider other regimes (or we could test them out). There's also perhaps a bit of a risk contradicting our still/fresh release branding too much on the stores. > Thorsten Behrens wrote: > > We'r

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Question regarding Microsoft Store download of Vanilla Libreoffice

2020-04-29 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi William, all, a quick update - after getting 6.3.5 finally shepherded through a while ago, we've now switched to the 6.4 series, with currently 6.4.3 being available in the Windows Store. William Gathoye (LibreOffice) wrote: > - LibreOffice Vanilla is only available in English and German,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Question regarding Microsoft Store download of Vanilla Libreoffice

2020-01-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi William, William Gathoye (LibreOffice) wrote: > - LibreOffice Vanilla is only available in English and German, other > languages are absent from the interfaces and from the options. The > Microsoft account he uses is well defined in French (France) and the > Windows he uses is using the same

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Question regarding Microsoft Store download of Vanilla Libreoffice

2020-01-08 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Drew, Drew Jensen wrote: > Really my question just comes down to how I should read one sentence in the > CIB press release. > and > Other than that I was curious as to which version of LO would come > with Vanilla and I take it from your reply that today this would be > 6.3.3; so may I take

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Question regarding Microsoft Store download of Vanilla Libreoffice

2020-01-05 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Drew, Drew Jensen wrote: > Are there any automatic updates with the Vanilla LibreOffice $9.99 > package? > Indeed, we're updating LibreOffice Vanilla (more or less) in lock-step with the TDF releases. Unfortunately 6.3.4 is not yet available, due to a smallish validation issue & vacation time.

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOfficeFR community - Request for presentation at FOSDEM hackfest

2020-01-05 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hey William, William Gathoye (LibreOffice) wrote: > I'm very pleased to announce that today LibreOfficeFR overtook > LibreOfficeBR in terms of followers on Twitter: reaching nearly 3000 > followers and 12 000 tweets published. LibreOfficeFR is now the first > native language community on Twitter

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Linux Magazine LibreOffice special -- copies to give away

2018-12-12 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Mike, Mike Saunders wrote: > I think we should try to get the magazines into the hands of new > users, and people who aren't aware of LibreOffice. (Instead of, say, > just handing them out at Linux/FOSS events, where some people may > take them as freebies, but never really look into them.) >

[libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice stickers to unixstickers.com?

2017-05-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, just got poked on IRC today - can we somehow upload/make available LibreOffice sticker designs from https://www.unixstickers.com/ ? Note that I don't know the page, nor vet it - just thought that the idea is valid, like we have tshirts & mugs available on order, too. Cheers, -- Thorsten

[libreoffice-marketing] Updates / design ideas for hackfest & mini-conf flyers?

2016-02-08 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi guys, there's some preps & planning under way to have a hackfest combined probably with a Spanish mini-conference in April: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Events/LibreOffice_Espania_Summit , and it would be cool to have some flyers to distribute at the local university. The wiki has a

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libo-marketing-priv] BoD Newsletter

2015-06-18 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Italo Vignoli wrote: Draft of BoD newsletter attached. Will be distributed at the end of the month. Please add whatever you consider relevant. Hi Italo, reads great to me - maybe add items that are not really news, but would benefit from some more publicity, like open job postings or tenders?

[libreoffice-marketing] Fw: 14 February 2015 - I love Free Software Day

2015-02-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, FYI - sounds ideal for spreading on social networks shortly before. :) - Forwarded message from Matthias Kirschner m...@fsfe.org - Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 17:24:03 +0100 From: Matthias Kirschner m...@fsfe.org Subject: 14 February 2015 - I love Free Software Day Dear all, I am quite

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Key signing party in Bern, how to participate

2014-07-30 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Sophie Gautier wrote: The local organization team in Bern, namely Pete Stephenson and Jean-Louis Fuchs, are handling a key signing party during the LibreOffice conference in Bern (the date will be soon on the site). That's awesome, kudos to Pete and Jean-Louis! Looking forward to meet a

[libreoffice-marketing] USB 'card' draft content for CeBIT

2014-01-21 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, Thomas came up with the really nice idea to produce a chunk of USB 'business cards' (instead of usb thumbdrives) for the upcoming CeBIT, which provide some space for marketing content. Current draft is here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Bildmuster_USB_Stick_Kreditkarte.PNG ,

[libreoffice-marketing] anyone working on a LibOCon 2013 presentation template yet?

2013-08-29 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi there, with the conference four weeks out, anyone able to quickly whip up a presentation template? Or maybe there is one already, and I missed it in the wiki? Thanks a lot, -- Thorsten -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Logo/Design for Tshirt(s)

2013-07-23 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Cor Nouws and Thorsten Behrens. Actually Kendy - let me fwd separately. :) Cheers, -- Thorsten -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice stickers - proposal for odering

2013-05-21 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Cor Nouws wrote: Jean Weber wrote (17-05-13 22:35) I want at least 1,000 of the Love stickers (110x25) for OSCON, to be shipped to an address in the USA. I'll need them by 19 July. So I hope we can get a budget for them. I'll try my best and am confident that we can do it in time ;) Would

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?

2013-04-09 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Robinson Tryon wrote: Great! If you get designs finalized for those, please do poke board-discuss - I guess there is some universal need for that. Can I add Rollups, that's always cool for setting up booth w/o knowing if there is a wall to hang a poster to? Sure thing. We're mostly

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Messaging for the 4.0

2013-01-29 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2013-01-28 17:42: * Are you a keynote master? We have something for your Android smartphone... Thorsten poked me on a similar thought a few days ago, stating that this specific tool might NOT be ready with 4.0. So, we

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] FOSDEM photo reminders

2013-01-29 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Marc Paré wrote: If you do these, make sure you get people's permission so that we can use the video on marketing campaigns both on internet and any other media. For video, this is of course best done by filming the consent. To be on the safe side, we need a similar statement for the photos.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Messaging for the 4.0

2013-01-29 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Marc Paré wrote: Thorsten: Do you know if the Win and IOS versions are being worked on actively? Win: code is there, but needs some love. Mac: some code on my disk, unknown amount of work to get it to fly. iOS devices: no app whatsoever yet, the remote client is exclusively Android for the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Marketing Call TODAY

2013-01-25 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: This call is only about a follow-up on the 4.0 launch preparation. (so no specific agenda, we just need updates and decisions). Hi Charles, thx for running this - I'll try to attend, if there's any questions regarding development. Cheers, -- Thorsten -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice for smartphones

2013-01-21 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: that was me, and it was about the LibreOffice Impress Remote for Android. IMHO, this one will be ready with 4.0 and allows controlling the presentation from an Android device. We definitely should emphasize this often and loud. :-) Please check back with the devs

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread Thorsten Behrens
): Yep, and that's exactly what other projects do, too. I know e.g. Gnome has a number of Peli Cases, containing the above, that can be FedEx-ed around the world, for community members to setup a booth. Cheers, -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Deputy Chairman of the Board The Document Foundation

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Mailing list statistics for 2012-10-08

2012-10-08 Thread Thorsten Behrens
69439567 +-+ All lists 939 159917 Cheers, -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Deputy Chairman of the Board The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Defining a marketing strategy

2012-07-17 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Jean Weber wrote: Anyone can do the same: have a plan and a proposal and apply to Friends for money if TDF doesn't have (or doesn't approve) funding. Hi Jean, and a very big thank you to the Friends here - TDF much appreciates their (and others) help in funding our common cause. Cheers, --

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Draft Conference PR

2012-06-25 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Their reason is that in order to avoid any friction, ODF plugfests should take place in neutral venues, for instance not in LibreOffice Conference or AOO conferences. Like the 2009er plugfest at the Orvieto OOoCon? ;) Cheers, -- Thorsten -- Unsubscribe

[libreoffice-marketing] Trip report Berlin townhall reception

2012-06-12 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi there, this is a quick report from an event Mike and I have participated in Thursday last week - TDF got invited to a Berlin townhall reception, out to all newly-established foundations from the last 12 months. The reception was formally hosted by Berlin's mayor, represented by his

[libreoffice-marketing] Next year: opportunity for professional silk-screen LibreOffice swag production

2012-05-29 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi there, while at LinuxTag last weekend, I chatted with the girl, running the resident swag shop there, nicely located at the main entrance / exit aisle. Her deal is to produce real silk-screened cotton prints (on http://www.basic-wear-gmbh.de/ basics currently), sell them at the venue rather

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice developer digest

2012-05-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Cor Nouws wrote: Now the routing is clear, I hope I can do it fast and regularly. Looking in the git-commits is something I do anyway. Wow, nice work - thanks so much for taking over! Cheers, -- Thorsten -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice developer digest

2012-05-08 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi there, yeah, $subject is not new, but I thought I would run this idea past you folks here again. ;) It would be just wonderful, if we could have a weekly digest on the TDF blog highlighting what has happened in developer land, in layman's terms. Examples of what I have in mind: *

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Recruitment for Base (Was Re: [steering-discuss] Base - a new mailing list?)

2011-09-22 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi David - always helps to Cc people you address, otherwise things may linger in my inbox for a while, depending on where I focus on. David Nelson wrote: On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Ian Lynch ianrly...@gmail.com wrote: I know that the PostgreSQL developers are interested in closer

[libreoffice-marketing] Release of 3.4.3 due on Wednesday - someone wanna draft a blog/announcement?

2011-08-29 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi there, this is a heads-up that, barring any showstoppers found, we plan to release 3.4.3 on Wednesday. Would someone be willing to draft a blog/announcement message, e.g. based on http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/08/17/libreoffice-3-3-4-is-ready-for-download/ or

[libreoffice-marketing] Extension website - broader publicity wanted

2011-08-19 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi there, so it seems Andreas the team made great progress with the extension website, and ask for more broader testing / playing with it. Anyone here wanting to draft some blog post announcing it to the wider public? Links: - http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Extensions_Repository -

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreGraphics Meeting

2011-06-12 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: a friend of Florian and mine pointed us to a quite unique event in the FLOSS world, the LibreGraphics Meeting (http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org) . The 2011 edition just ended but since we do have a graphics application (Draw), it could be interesting to join that

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] branding colors - missmatch

2011-01-20 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Christoph Noack wrote: There is still another problem. You desided to use a Vegur-font as a standard font. Unfortunatly this font does not have all nessessary characters (f.e. no ä, ü, ö, ß) - so it is not possible to use this font for text. This was not a very good idea Let's