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>Hello Justin, > >Well, I think it would be better if SpreadOOo was focusing on >promoting OOo, not playing games like duplicating forums and mailing >lists of NL projects. You may not be aware of that, but NL project >who had needs that the SourceCast site was not able to provide have >been opening local websites already. And they don't need SpreadOOo >unless they wish to generate some extra-marketing and buzz, which is a >good thing by the way. You will also notice that this point validates >Robert Votja's opinions on international sites. I agree! Best Louis > >Charles. > >On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 22:01 +1000, Justin Clift wrote: >> Sophie GAUTIER wrote: >>> Hi Frando, >>> >>> Before answering you, I need to speak with my community. As we have >>> already a lot of spreadingwork going on with the outcoming of >>> OOo2.0, what I see currently in your initiative is quite >>> duplicating our work. However, we could enhance both (your >>> initiative and our work) by puting our efforts together. >> >> Ahhh, ok. I think I might be getting the feel of where people are >> seeing a potential problem. >> >> From what I've seen of Frando, he really is keen to do well by us >> all, and does take on guidance and advice with enthusiasm. >> >> So, if we let him know that (for example) the French Community >> already has a forum site, and doesn't need a French SOO site having >> forums, then of course he wouldn't put them in. That would be >> counter-productive. >> >> I kind of think of things like "Here's a resource being built, how >> would we like it done?" and then try and give suggestions and >> guidance towards that. >> >> Would it make sense for us to make a list of which OOo NL >> Communities have which facilities already available (i.e. Forums, >> Affliate system, etc), so they can be not duplicated, and then >> consider which NL Community groups might *want* some of the things >> that a SOO server can offer? >> >> I'm trying to see things from the perspective of "Each OOo NL >> Community has it's own needs. Some have already been met by them, >> and others might have a use/need for this." >> >> Does that make more sense, or am I still being thick? >> >> Regards and best wishes, >> >> Justin Clift >> >> >>> Please, note that NLC is not only about internationalisation, and >>> MarCon are not NLC even if they could be part of it. >>> >>> Kind regards Sophie >> >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For >additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
