Hi,
>Good point. We can also send them, if they wish the document
>"contributing to OOo" if it's finalized.
Perhaps not initially, though. In my experience, one does not want to
come across as a mere beggar but as someone who has a particular moral
claim to the profits earned by the others. So, it's a slightly
different audience.
However, ....
>
[snip]
>+1 for all this.
>I have another question for you: How do we contact them? Meaning: Let's
>say we write to them and they reply, what do we do next? At what point
>do we advertise this on the bizdev or any other project? Do we point
>them to the list of To-Dos ? Once the first questions and answers have
>been spelled, what process should we follow? Public or still private
>(off-list email exchange)?
1. We contact them by mail.
2. They reply and are either a) evasive (seldom or ever will they be
dismissive; maybe just ignore you); or b) positive and want to
contribute
3. If a) I can re-contact them and try again
4. if b) the contactor can then either 1, point them to me, and I'll
suggest modes of contributions--this depends on what they want to do, of
course--or 2, suggest them her or himself.
What are those modes?
A. We need always developers in the core areas--the primary
components of OOo.
B. We need developers in other areas, in any of the OOo technical
projects.
C. We need QA.
D. We need $$.
The most likely contribution will be either QA or $. If the former,
then send them to QA and alert the QA provisional leads.
if the latter ($), then point them to the Donate page.
Now, Andrew raised an excellent point. They will want to see what they
get for their money. I've been lazy on setting up a sponsors' page but
this is the rought test of what it would look like:
<http://website.openoffice.org/tryouts/my/louis/sponsors.htm>
Note none of those sponsors listed with one exception is sponsoring us;
this page is just a test.
Where would this page be located? A link from MP, probably, this
project, and on the homepage, and from "About Us".
How long would the contract for any sponsorship be?
I do not know. Andrew, any ideas?
Who actually gets the money? Team OpenOffice.org e.V. or its US.
equivalent, Team OpenOffice.org (in creation). Not Sun but yes OOo.
Cheers
Louis
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