On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Apr 11, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> On Apr 11, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >>> >>>> Social media outreach, via Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc., is an >>>> important part of outreach to users. Although the Apache developer >>>> community is firmly rooted in mailing lists, we know that our users >>>> live in a different world. If we want to engage with them we need to >>>> use the tools that they use, and communicate the way they communicate. >>>> >>>> Now that we're very close to the AOO 3.4 release, I'd like to start >>>> with a project Twitter account, under PPMC control. >>>> >>>> By "under PPMC control" I mean something similar to how we treat the >>>> project blog: >>>> >>>> -- Any PPMC member, upon request, can have write access. >>>> >>>> -- We can use the project's official logo in conjunction with the account. >>>> >>>> -- We would promote the account on our project's website. >>>> >>>> -- We would generally treat the account as an official voice of the >>>> project, not as a personal account. >>>> >>>> I'm not saying we need to pre-review and and approve every "tweet" >>>> sent through the account. But we should set expectations that the >>>> account is to be used in a professional fashion, upholding the >>>> standards of this project, not used to settle personal disputes, to >>>> promote personal business, etc. >>>> >>>> There are already several Twitter accounts that use the OOo name or >>>> trademarks: >>>> >>>> http://twitter.com/#!/openofficeorg --- This account has 1571 >>>> followers. But it is not sharing any AOO status, no links to blog >>>> posts, announcements, etc. Who controls it? Are >>>> we able to get it under PPMC control? Can we rebrand it as Apache >>>> OpenOffice? >>>> >>>> http://twitter.com/#!/openoffice -- This account seems unused. Only one >>>> tweet. >>>> >>>> http://twitter.com/#!/freeopenoffice -- spammer account. Links to >>>> http://www.downloadopenofficefree.com/. >>>> >>>> http://twitter.com/#!/ApacheOO -- I created this account, though have >>>> never used it. Unfortunately, "Apache OpenOffice" is too long for a >>>> Twitter account name. So "ApacheOO" is the closest I got. I would >>>> offer this account to the PPMC if we are not able to get use of the >>>> http://twitter.com/#!/openofficeorg account. >>>> >>>> Proposed actions: >>>> >>>> 1) I'll send note (or Tweet) to http://twitter.com/#!/openofficeorg >>>> acccount, asking if the owner would be willing to make the account >>>> available to the AOO PPMC for project use. If we get a favorable >>>> response then we would start using that account, rebrand it, promote >>>> it, etc. >>>> >>>> 2) If there is no favorable response to the above, then we would go >>>> forward with promoting the http://twitter.com/#!/ApacheOO account. >>>> >>>> 3) The PPMC could decide, at a later point, to invoke Twitter's >>>> trademark policy to register complaints about accounts that misuse our >>>> trademarks in ways that harm our users: >>>> https://support.twitter.com/articles/18367. But I don't see an >>>> imminent need for that. >>> >>> (4) Make the project's twitter feed show up as part of www.openoffice.org's >>> main page. See http://www.apache.org/ Latest activity for an example about >>> how this is done using the Apache CMS. >>> >> >> There is an RSS feed associated with each Twitter account. So we could >> also integrate that into an "OpenOffice Planet" if we decide to create >> that. > > I'm not talking about a planet. I'm talking about twitter content on the main > page updated every hour. >
I know you are not talking about a planet. I am. And so were others on a previous thread. That is why I mentioned it. -Rob > We can similarly show the most recent svn commits on the project site. > > Regards, > Dave > >> >> -Rob >> >>> Regards, >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -Rob >>> >
