Hi Russell, WorldLabel.com wrote: > Hi > > Some ideas and thoughts. Pls excuse my writing as I am dyslexic
I know how that goes as I have the same problem. >> reusable, sign for around $51.00. I say reusable so that it can be used > for, >hopefully, other events during the year. > > Yes, we should try for the ALA conference every year or alternate year. We > can also exhibit at a ALA regional event in between the national ALA > conference. It would be a good idea to try and get other "larger sponsors" > to help with this effort. Showing face consistently at these exhibits can > only help show that we are really around and serious. One hit might not have > much impact. I agree that we need to start having a presents at these and other like events. > Some signage for ODF would also be good. I think Louis is correct, ODF is a > tactical tool to help OOo get adopted. A display showing the success of > ODF adoption in other countries including OOo and/or a presentation I think > would be beneficial. In fact, it might surprise many to see just how wide > spread the adoption of ODF is and hence make our effort more convincing. I agree, but how to incorporate it in the sign? > Open Access is a popular movement amongst many Librarians and getting > stronger. It is obvious that the dominant Office Suite restricts Open > Access. This might be one point/theme we would want to put emphasis on. I have just mailed out 30 disk to a university in PA for an Open Source panel discussion that is planed for next month. I hope to be able get the poc there to help develop some marketing ideas for other such groups. > In general, I believe we would have better success pitching the adoption of > OOo at the conference to poorer rural libraries that visit the booth, than > large ones with huge IT teams i.e. NY Public library I believe your right and that is who we need to reach. Andy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
