On 10 July 2011 02:41, Takeshi Abe <t...@fixedpoint.jp> wrote: > Hello Florian, all, > > On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:43:18 +0200, Florian Effenberger < > flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > back in the OpenOffice.org times, we had a comprehensive list of so > > called MarCons (http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html), > > marketing contacts for various languages and regions. They acted as a > > local point of contact for the press and for local events (outside > > channel), but also were in charge of translating press releases, > > distributing them and coordinating with the local communities (inside > > channel). They also represented their language groups in the marketing > > confcalls and on the conference. > Great idea, thanks a lot for your initiative. > > > > > As discussed in the latest marketing conference calls, we would like to > > have something similar for LibreOffice, to work together more > efficiently. > > > > Right now, we have four media spokespeople for The Document Foundation > > (http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/), who are eligible of > > representing the foundation in the press. The number of official TDF > > contacts should be rather limited, as they represent the legal entity of > > the foundation at large in the press, so I would not do any major > > changes to these four people. > +1 > > > > > For LibreOffice, i.e. the project and the software, no official contacts > > exist so far, and I would like to change that, and I envision a similar > > scheme as we had with OpenOffice.org. At the moment, only a few language > > groups translate press releases, and there seem to be some confusion on > > who is "eligible" of representing LibreOffice. In order to have a better > > press appearance, I think it is crucial that we have defined > > responsibilities, publically known contacts, and some processes in > > place. One of these processes would be to regularly take care of the > > press release translations. We will also set-up an internal space where > > press contacts and other items could be shared amongst the contacts. > > > > My (rough) idea for the moment is that each language group names one or > > ideally two marketing representatives, preferably through voting. Those > > contacts should already engage themselves in the global marketing > > mailing list, and if there are no objections from the wider community, > > we should set them in place on a publically available website. > +1 for two representatives per language, because it will help each > local community to avoid so-called a single point of failure and > to encourage them to work together collaboratively. > > Cheers, > -- Takeshi Abe > > > > > We can discuss about the details, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on > > the basic idea first. > > > > Thanks! > > Florian > > > > -- > > Florian Effenberger <flo...@documentfoundation.org> > > Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation > > Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 > > Skype: floeff | Twitter/Identi.ca: @floeff > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted >
+1. One thing I'd like to see is a quarterly report. Just a quick list of actions or activities during the last quarter and any future plans for each marcon in a central place eg a wiki. This would ensure ideas and practice spreads between marcons and also makes each think wit a bit of focus about what they have taken on. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
