Re: [libreoffice-marketing] low turnout on chat sessions
Hi, Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2014-04-14 13:51: I have not tried it but I really think it may be part of the answer to the issue. I'll let the list know about my impressions. IMHO, even if it's more work for the moderator, combining various media is best - some dislike phone, some dislike IRC, some want to use Hangouts. If those can be combined, e.g. by connecting phone and Hangouts, and someone reading IRC feedback to the phone line, it might yield more attention. Not sure if that is worth the efforts, though... As for advertising the session on the social networks, I must admit I have mixed feelings about it. The session should appeal to active members of the community, people all around the world who engage into specific activities on LibreOffice. Would social networks only attract curious people more than actual contributors? That is my "fear", but perhaps there are other opinions on this? Given participation is so scarce, I'd give it a try, and if it doesn't work out, let's not do it again for next time :) Florian -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] low turnout on chat sessions
Hello Daniel,Florian, Le 2014-04-14 13:40, Daniel A. Rodriguez a écrit : What about using the platform mentioned by Eliane in another thread, mconf.org. As states its homepage: has a web portal that provides access to web conferences, shared documents, spaces and more; a load balancer that allows the system to scale to thousands of users; a web conference system and a mobile web conference client. I have not tried it but I really think it may be part of the answer to the issue. I'll let the list know about my impressions. As for advertising the session on the social networks, I must admit I have mixed feelings about it. The session should appeal to active members of the community, people all around the world who engage into specific activities on LibreOffice. Would social networks only attract curious people more than actual contributors? That is my "fear", but perhaps there are other opinions on this? Thanks, Charles. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] low turnout on chat sessions
What about using the platform mentioned by Eliane in another thread, mconf.org. As states its homepage: has a web portal that provides access to web conferences, shared documents, spaces and more; a load balancer that allows the system to scale to thousands of users; a web conference system and a mobile web conference client. ___ Escuelas Libes Comunidad LibreOffice Argentina www.escuelaslibres.org.ar www.libreoffice.org.ar ♦ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] low turnout on chat sessions
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > Hi, > > Yesterday we had to cancel the marketing irc chat session on the spot, due > to the very low number of participants (3, including me). The conversation > was interesting but was going much beyond the agenda itself. > While this is disappointing, it's about the third time this happens. > Interestingly enough, I'm always thinking that there's something wrong with > the schedule of the chat session. So the last three sessions were scheduled > at different times of the day. It does not seem to help or to affect the > participants' turnout in any way. > > I would be interested to know why this is the case. Below are a few possible > factors: > - many people are confused by IRC -> should we restart to do marketing chats > on the phone? I seem to remember the turnout was higher on the phone but I > might be wrong. > - people are shy - IRC is supposedly letting many people sit in the > background and not have to express themselves in public. > - language barrier? > - the discussion topics are not interesting > - the information about the chat session is not spread around enough > > What do you think ? What do you propose? > > Looking forward to your input, > > Charles. Most times I do not join because the time is bad for me. This chat was starting at midnight my time. Some chats are at better times, but often I am not somewhere that I can get online. I will not join a phone chat. IRC works for me. --Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] low turnout on chat sessions
Hi, first of all, thanks for organizing and running this! Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2014-04-14 10:56: I would be interested to know why this is the case. Below are a few possible factors: For me personally, right now it's the workload that doesn't allow me to participate - otherwise I would, preferring the phone. Maybe spreading the word via social media and our blog might make sense? Florian -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-marketing] low turnout on chat sessions
Hi, Yesterday we had to cancel the marketing irc chat session on the spot, due to the very low number of participants (3, including me). The conversation was interesting but was going much beyond the agenda itself. While this is disappointing, it's about the third time this happens. Interestingly enough, I'm always thinking that there's something wrong with the schedule of the chat session. So the last three sessions were scheduled at different times of the day. It does not seem to help or to affect the participants' turnout in any way. I would be interested to know why this is the case. Below are a few possible factors: - many people are confused by IRC -> should we restart to do marketing chats on the phone? I seem to remember the turnout was higher on the phone but I might be wrong. - people are shy - IRC is supposedly letting many people sit in the background and not have to express themselves in public. - language barrier? - the discussion topics are not interesting - the information about the chat session is not spread around enough What do you think ? What do you propose? Looking forward to your input, Charles. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
