Hello I am beginning to digest and act on some of the feedback from what is considered by many, the most successful OOoCon ever :)
Also, it is nearly a year since I posted to this and other OOo lists about Friends of OpenOffice.org (FOOo). See: http://marketing.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=18223 If you browse this thread, you will see that the conversation developed from there. I think it is time we did something about FOOo by following up some of the comments from OOoCon and previous discussion about improved communication and assisting people to let others know what they are doing, i.e. how they are contributing to OpenOffice.org. Friends of OpenOffice.org are essentially advocates. If you look at page six in my presentation (http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2004/presentations/thursday/CDMarketing.pdf) you will see that an advocate is someone that is willing to encourage others to obtain OpenOffice.org, that is, strongly recommend. I would like to encourage and support our advocates or friends, and encourage other first time visitors and end-users of OpenOffice.org to take the steps to becoming an advocate. I have discussed a number of activities with you previously, but the one common thread is that we don't often know what you our friends are doing. Some of us have blogs, some subscribe to lists and discuss issues there, but I know if I want to find the best person to say tell me about mail merge for example, I hunt through archived mail and conference papers to try and remember the person I want to contact. To initiate FOOo, I would like to suggest that we begin to discuss it more on [EMAIL PROTECTED], but move the discussion to a new list so that new friends can join us and contribute their ideas. Also, there will be some more activities and tasks that will be posted here shortly as we lead up to the launch of 2.0. So it may get a little busy. As a first FOOo activity, I would like to invite friends to create a wiki page to let us know how they are using OpenOffice.org, if they are contributing to OpenOffice.org - where and how, and if they have assisted a friend or colleague, group or organisation to use OpenOffice.org, what were the difficulties and highlights of the experience. Secondly, collate or create information to assist people new to OpenOffice.org and other OSS to find and integrate the other applications they need on their computer. For example, assist people to find an alternative email programme, assist them to find support and help on these programmes by introducing them to other projects and communities. Be a friend and introduce them to other people :) All the best Jacqueline McNally Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
