On Tuesday, 24. April 2012 at 21:58, Rob Weir wrote: > It is late for this idea, since we are probably only a week away from > release AOO 3.4. But I think it is important to connect the dots on > this. Is anyone willing to help with this over the next few days? > > I'd like to have a page on the website to help enthusiastic OpenOffice > users help us share the good news about Apache OpenOffice 3.4. It > would enable the individual blogger, or even a user who is an active > social networking user, to help spread the news about the AOO 3.4 > release. > > As we know, enthusiasm is not always matched by time-to-spare, > graphical skill, or deep knowledge about what is in the 3.4 release. > So putting this kind of information together, in one place, where it > is easy to consume and reuse, will be wonderful. > > Ideally, the page would have the following kind of content: > > 1) An AOO 3.4 "download" logo, that a blogger can use to link to > download.openoffice.org. We have some proposed icons (from Drew) > here: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Logo+Proposals > > Maybe we can agree on one of these and get some common sizes rendered. > We probably need translations as well. > > 2) A short description of what Apache OpenOffice 3.4 is, from > perspective of a brand new user. A paragraph or two, with some screen > shots. Something a blogger can reuse or adapt. Again, we'll need > translations as well. > > 3) A short description of what is new in Apache OpenOffice 3.4, from > perspective of an existing OOo users. Again, screen shots, and > translations. No one has time to do original research. Best to have > the basic facts already written up and allow the blogger to reuse the > information and add their own color commentary. > > 4) Some interesting factoids about how AOO 3,4 was made. Maybe touch > on the new hosting of extensions/templates, # of lines of code > changed, the change to Apache license, etc. What are the "fun facts"? > > 5) Any YouTube videos we want to link to? > > 6) A contact where they can go for more information. Probably ooo-dev. > > 7) Anything else? > > Note that this is almost like a press kit or a reviewers guide, but > targeting community supporters of AOO rather than accredited > journalists. But a similar idea. Respect that they don't have time to > dig this information out of a dozen places in our wiki. If we want it > to happen, we need to make it easy for them. > > So who's in with this? We don't have time to debate this for a week. > But if 2 or 3 others are willing to help, starting today, on these > items, then I think we can pull it off. Maybe get it all done, in > English, targeting end of week, and then work on translations early > next week? > Hi Rob,
great idea and I will try my best to help but I have to travel back to Germany this week and my time will be limited. I will already have problems to trigger the IPMC vote in time ;-) Ok hopefully no problem here but I will definitely benefit from the outcome... Juergen
