Rob, Good stuff, sign me up.
This is a great way to crowdsource. Regards, Kevin On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > I think we should have an official Facebook "fan page" in time for the > release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4. I think this is critical, since the > average end user does not subscribe to mailing lists, or even use > Google+ or Twitter. But almost every user, current and potential, > does use Facebook. So it is our best opportunity for engaging with > users. > > Here is the proposed page: http://www.facebook.com/ApacheOO > > I need your help in managing and running this page. I'm offering to > hand total control of this page over to the PPMC. If anyone (from the > PPMC) wants to be co-admin on this account, please send me an email > address associated with your Facebook account. You can send this to > me via private email if you prefer. > > So, is anyone willing to help? > > Also, if you are not a PPMC member, but would still like to help, this > is very welcome as well, from all volunteers: > > 1) "Like" the page > > 2) Share the page with your friends > > 3) If you find interesting stories or tips related to OpenOffice, post > them on our Wall > > 4) If you have interesting photos or stories of the history of > OpenOffice, add them to our Timeline > > 5) Visit the page regularly and add comments to posts, and generally > help with any user questions. > > With this page, we'll have a good set of social media accounts ready > for the AOO 3.4 launch, including Google+, Twitter, Identi.ca and > Xing, a Facebook group (which is different than a FB fan page), as > well as a Brazilian Twitter and Indenti.ca account. > > Note that with Facebook every page admin is equal and even has the > ability to remove other admins, including removing me. So I have > absolutely no exclusive special privileges. I'm reserving nothing. > I'm giving the page over entirely to the PPMC. > > Finally, please know that I've made every effort to get the existing > OpenOffice.org FB page made available for our use. I've asked > repeatedly [1][2] for this, as well as provided detailed technical > steps [3] needed to make this transition. I think it was worth the > effort to try to make that work, but sadly, this has failed to occur. > However, we still have enough time (barely) to have a new page ready > for the AOO 3.4 launch, and to promote this page and turn it into > another way in which we can engage with our users in the future. So > I hope I have your support. > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119297 > [2] http://markmail.org/message/27wxv4h2mwpahyel > [3] http://markmail.org/message/p5z5o2g74qe6rl6j > > Regards, > > -Rob >
