Sophie Gautier wrote:
> >French is also global. It convers countries in Europe, Africa, Latin
> >America and one Canadian province.
>
> You forget Lebanese community ;)
Cool! :-)
> >I don't know how the French team deals with this issue. I guess you can
> >have sub-lists for that:
> >
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> no, we should avoid those distinctions. Marketing contacts are here for
> that purpose and could use a dedicated project list for that. This is
> not difficult to put flags in your message when you have to organize
> something in one region or another and several in the same time.
Ok. I see your point. The NL is really not about geographical location.
That's one of the beautiful things about it and we should keep it that
way.
> >You could subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] only :-)
>
> no, this is definitly not a good idea and all what we have tried to
> avoid with native-lang project, MarCon are here for that. Geographical
> representation is really not the purpose.
I see your point completely. I'm convinced. :-)
The fact that NL is not based on political boundaries is great, and we
should aim to maintain and encourage that.
> I feel as you that a home for the EN project would be a good idea. I
> feel also that you should define more your community. If we speak about
> MP, what should be different ? your material, your flyers ? Is it
> because you feel that a NL project has more liberty in his project and
> can answer more directly to his members ?
Yes. That's now I feel.
As for flyers and material, it would be good to separate "global"
marketing material from grassroots work. I think that not having this is
part of why so many people are so frustrated in the English lists. I'll
illustrate:
If an NL project (e.g. Romanian NL) decided to make a business card, you
wouldn't see the huge argument that happened on marketing just now. People
would realize that it is just a local, grassroots thing. But in En it was
different:
* Most people were thinking "this is a small, little project, let's
do it".
* A few people were thinking "this is a marketing plan for the entire
world community".
Inevitably, a major argument came out. Having an English NL would make it
clear if something is a major course change for all OOo, or if it's just
something small a couple of guys decided to do. And they would be treated
different (they should be treated different).
Cheers,
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