[libreoffice-marketing] Donate button on the download pages

2013-01-12 Thread Leif Lodahl
Hi *, I know this has been discussed before, but I think its important to follow up on in the marketing group. Soon we are releasing LibreOffice 4.0. I'll suggest that we put a donate-button on all download pages before the release of 4.0. We will most likely have a lot of visitors in the first

[libreoffice-marketing] Call for Speakers Is Open for OSCON 2013

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
FYI, Speaking at OSCON is a great way to share what you know with your peers, while getting projects, ideas, and your company in front of a savvy and connected audience. In 2013, there will be roughly 400 speakers at OSCON. Should you be one of them? If you have a new idea, a better way to

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Call for Speakers Is Open for OSCON 2013

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2013-01-12 07:32, Marc Paré a écrit : FYI, Speaking at OSCON is a great way to share what you know with your peers, while getting projects, ideas, and your company in front of a savvy and connected audience. In 2013, there will be roughly 400 speakers at OSCON. Should you be one of them? If

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Donate button on the download pages

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Leif, Le 2013-01-12 07:04, Leif Lodahl a écrit : Hi *, I know this has been discussed before, but I think its important to follow up on in the marketing group. Soon we are releasing LibreOffice 4.0. I'll suggest that we put a donate-button on all download pages before the release of 4.0.

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice news in an Indian Newspaper

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Kannan, Le 2013-01-11 12:09, Kannan Moudgalya a écrit : A newspaper story on our work gives good publicity to LibreOffice: http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2013/jan/100113-found-blueprint-for-a-computer-literate-india.htm Kannan Thanks! Italo and Charles: this is another item that

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Table Confederations Cup 2013

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Klaibson, Thanks for uploading it to our wiki site! Italo and Charles: this item could be mentioned on our blog. Le 2013-01-11 08:46, Klaibson Ribeiro a écrit : Hi. The table is in the url https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Tabela_Copa_das_Confederações_2013.ods Good week. On

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Table of african football championship 2013

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Klaibson, Le 2013-01-11 10:47, Klaibson Ribeiro a écrit : Good evening. But a release of the LibreOffice community focused on football, between 19 January and 10 February, will take place at the African Nations Cup. To better monitor the championship, was launched over a table to accompany

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-users] Ping Fridrich Strba - re Visio Filters

2013-01-12 Thread Fridrich Strba
Thanks, message received. Nice to see a happy user. I would like to have the file to investigate the position issues. Cheers Fridrich Sent from Samsung Mobile Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: Hi Tom, Le 2013-01-11 14:58, Tom Davies a écrit : Hi :) Good news about the Visio import

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Table of african football championship 2013

2013-01-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Marc Paré wrote on 2013-01-12 14:22: Italo, Charles and Florian, am I missing some details? no - as long as we can have a feed with only the English content, all is well. :) Florian -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Table of african football championship 2013

2013-01-12 Thread Klaibson Ribeiro
Hi. No problems, the next content will be in the Language English. I'm creator other blog, the www.libreofficefordummies.com, for tips in the language english. Good weekend. On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: no - as long as we can

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: IMPORTANT !!! NEW Marketing Call Doodle January

2013-01-12 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello everyone, On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:46:22 -0500 Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: http://doodle.com/v62vd3u23y3ag79z Based on the input we received I'd like to set the call to Thursday the 17th, 7 pm CET (Berlin-Rome-Paris) wich means 6 pm London or noon NY time. The call details are

[libreoffice-marketing] Marketing Strategy confcall

2013-01-12 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hi, Based on the input we received I'd like to set the call to Thursday the 17th, 7 pm CET (Berlin-Rome-Paris) wich means 6 pm London or noon NY time. (http://doodle.com/v62vd3u23y3ag79z ) The call details are these. Dial in using this list of available numbers

[libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Kannan Moudgalya
Dear All, I would like to re-open the discussion on this topic, which was discussed a couple of weeks back. I already mentioned in a previous mail that we offer LibreOffice workshops for clerical and support staff of many organisations, such as government offices and universities, free of

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Jay Lozier
On 01/12/2013 01:00 PM, Kannan Moudgalya wrote: Dear All, I would like to re-open the discussion on this topic, which was discussed a couple of weeks back. I already mentioned in a previous mail that we offer LibreOffice workshops for clerical and support staff of many organisations, such

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 01/12/2013 01:00 PM, Kannan Moudgalya wrote: Dear All, I would like to re-open the discussion on this topic, which was discussed a couple of weeks back. I already mentioned in a previous mail that we offer LibreOffice workshops for clerical and support staff of many organisations, such

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Ian Lynch
On 12 January 2013 19:18, webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.comwrote: On 01/12/2013 01:00 PM, Kannan Moudgalya wrote: Dear All, MS Office is more powerful than LibreOffice for one main reason, it is bloated with so many features that it takes in-depth guides to know they even

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Paolo Debortoli
From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P webmas...@krackedpress.com To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office On 01/12/2013 01:00 PM, Kannan Moudgalya wrote: Dear All,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello everyone, Before this thread turns into yet another fruitless (and endless) discussion, may I remind you that we have the 4.0 to prepare and that we will have a marketing conference call on the 17th. We already have open action items. For instance we're still looking for volunteers who

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Immanuel Giulea
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Also we are looking for volunteers who can help with mapping out the overall LibreOffice community. What do you mean by mapping out the overall LibreOffice community?? Immanuel -- Unsubscribe

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Immanuel, Le 12.01.2013 21:42, Immanuel Giulea a écrit : On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Also we are looking for volunteers who can help with mapping out the overall LibreOffice community. What do you mean by mapping

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Immanuel Giulea
Hello Charles, On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: how is it structured, what native-language teams work, the workflows, the superstructure and informal structures, etc. All that with as many contacts and names possible. Sophie had

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Table of african football championship 2013

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Florian and Klaibson, Le 2013-01-12 09:16, Florian Effenberger a écrit : Hi, Marc Paré wrote on 2013-01-12 14:22: Italo, Charles and Florian, am I missing some details? no - as long as we can have a feed with only the English content, all is well. :) Florian Florian: Thanks for

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Charles, Le 2013-01-12 15:46, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Hello Immanuel, Le 12.01.2013 21:42, Immanuel Giulea a écrit : On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Also we are looking for volunteers who can help with mapping out the

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-users] Ping Fridrich Strba - re Visio Filters

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Fridrich, I think you would have to send him the request personnally, it's NoOp on the user list [gl...@sbcglobal.net]. He message can be found here [http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.user/26765] Cheers, Marc Le 2013-01-12 08:41, Fridrich Strba a écrit

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Immanuel, Marc, Sophie has the first material and she's in cc. Best, Charles. Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com a écrit : Hi Charles, Le 2013-01-12 15:46, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Hello Immanuel, Le 12.01.2013 21:42, Immanuel Giulea a écrit : On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Charles-H.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Immanuel, Marc, Sophie has the first material and she's in cc. Best, Charles. Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com a écrit : Hi Charles, Le 2013-01-12 15:46, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Hello Immanuel, Le 12.01.2013 21:42, Immanuel Giulea a écrit : On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Charles-H.

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-12-01 15:32, Marc Paré a écrit : I am adding this suggestion from Michael Bauer as a funding wishlist item: * Print-media marketing for medium to small languages It would be really good if there was a small budget that targeted small to medium language print media. Not technical print

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-12-01 15:33, Marc Paré a écrit : I am adding this suggestion from Michael Bauer as a funding wishlist item: * Run LO surgeries We've discovered with our language that the majority just use their computers out of the box, whether it's Microsoft or Mac, and are often reluctant to install

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-16 10:21, Marc Paré a écrit : Hi Jean, Le 2012-10-14 10:29, Jean Weber a écrit : I would add a supply of brochures, single sheets printed in colour on both sides. Could be trifold. Otherwise this sounds much like my basic conference kit, though I've never had the luxury of a

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-14 10:31, Marc Paré a écrit : Establish a small fund for direct advertising in strategic media in a region of the world where there is an identified lack of use of the LibreOffice suite. For example, in Canada, there is an annual conference Teaching and Learning Innovations

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-12-01 15:32, Marc Paré a écrit : I am adding this suggestion from Michael Bauer as a funding wishlist item: * Print-media marketing for medium to small languages It would be really good if there was a small budget that targeted small to medium language print media. Not technical print

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
I am updating the Funding Priorities wiki page and will include the suggestion of advertising in Facebook from Charles. I know that he has already talked to someone about this. Cheers Marc -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
I have updated the wiki page for this. You may find it here: [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Funding_Priorities] I will be adding the result of the other mailing lists in the next day or less. Cheers, Marc -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

[libreoffice-marketing] Funding Priorities List update and need help

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi everyone, As you have probably noticed, I have gone around and updated the Funding Priorities wiki page. My apologies for the delay ... too much good food and drikn ovr Chritmsa! So, I have updated our section. There seems to be a large amount of people on this list, so I am asking from

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Marketing Strategy confcall

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi everyone Le 2013-01-12 10:32, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Hi, Based on the input we received I'd like to set the call to Thursday the 17th, 7 pm CET (Berlin-Rome-Paris) wich means 6 pm London or noon NY time. (http://doodle.com/v62vd3u23y3ag79z ) The call details are these. Dial in using

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Marketing Strategy confcall

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Hi everyone, Le 2013-01-12 10:32, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Hi, Based on the input we received I'd like to set the call to Thursday the 17th, 7 pm CET (Berlin-Rome-Paris) wich means 6 pm London or noon NY time. (http://doodle.com/v62vd3u23y3ag79z ) The call details are these. Dial in using

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice vs. MS Office

2013-01-12 Thread Kannan Moudgalya
Dear Charles, The main argument of my post is that LibreOffice can be used a lot more effectively compared to MS Office, as excellent and free training programmes are available for the former. Sorry that I did not make this point stand out in my post. I posted this as an input to the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Kannan Moudgalya
As I don't know in what form additions or modifications are expected on this wiki page, I am writing to the list. As at present we have an Indian Government supported project to promote FOSS, we can contribute to the ongoing marketing effort in the following two ways: 1. Our artists can