On Sun, 2012-04-15 at 18:25 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:08 PM, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 17:43 +0200, Roberto Galoppini wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> 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. > >> > > >> > >> An option could be to agree on a simple guideline for that, so that > >> everyone knows how to handle it. I'm thinking not only about the style of > >> communication, but also about who to follow, how to engage in > >> conversations, improve outreach, 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? > >> > > >> > >> That could be a good starting point, I think. It seems like if you're the > >> only one who can send DM to the actual owner's account. > >> > >> > >> > > >> > http://twitter.com/#!/openoffice -- This account seems unused. Only one > >> > tweet. > >> > > >> > >> I'd try to get that it too. It's better than ApacheOO, and you might want > >> to put the full name in the Settings > Account > Name. > >> > > Hi Roberto, Rob > > > > I just did so now, and followed up with an email to the account contact > > in the whois database for the domain listed, the linked sub-domain has > > been dead for a while IIRC, though the main site is alive - anyway, I'll > > report back when (or if) I hear anything back. > > > > Hi Drew, > > It has been 5 days now. Have you received any response from that domain > owner?
No nothing. > > If not, I'm ready to go with a new account: https://twitter.com/#!/apacheoo a good account name for an announcement stream, even with the other IMO. //drew > I have it configured with the BirdHerd service, so up to 10 PPMC > members will be able send tweets via that account. > > -Rob > > > > //drew > > > > > > <snip> > > >
