Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS projects

[Charles-H. Schulz]

Hi,

Le 2013-07-31 20:00, Tom Davies a écrit :

Hi :)
Timing is always tricky and always "could be better" but worrying
about that just means nothing gets done. I think the best answer to
that is to have another one. Hopefully the bad-timings might
eventually cancel out. Perhaps make it a regular event? Say 1/year? or
1/6months? or always such that the beta release appears halfway
through or something?



well each team needs to figure it out with the others, so we should just 
let people get it right :-)




I meant it would be great for different teams to promote themselves by
posting to the Users List maybe 1/month. Perhaps the same one each
time or perhaps letting the Users know of some recent victory. It
might also be good to make a general announcement posted to the Users
List to let them know of all the teams but i think such a general
announcement might just be too confusing for people.


I agree, that would be a good idea. Wether we put up a wiki page or just 
post something and perhaps take questions would help us gather new 
volunteers in the mid term. Let's try to implement that around September 
/ October, and even more importantly, let's see how it can be replicated 
for native-language communities who might be interested in getting more 
volunteers and sending more volunteers to the -English speaking- teams 
of the community.


Best,

Charles.


Regards from
Tom :)


-
FROM: Charles-H. Schulz 
TO: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
SENT: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 14:28
SUBJECT: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community
on FOSS projects

Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:05:16 +0100 (BST),
Tom Davies  a écrit :


Hi :)
I think the QA team's recent competition was good for building up

the

community spirit.


Well the contest could have had a much better timing and more
volunteers (because of the timing issue).



People on the User List seem to quite like it when they get

invited

to join in other lists or other teams.


Indeed they should not hesitate to join but only if they feel they
can
contribute (technically or otherwise).


They don't always join in
straight away because it's a bit intimidating and they seem to

think

they will need coding skills to join in elsewhere. Obviously

posting

too often would be annoying. Perhaps 1/month? more often? less?


You mean posting one time a month on the marketing list or reminding
people on the users list that they could join various teams?

Best,

Charles.



Regards from
Tom :)







From: Charles-H. Schulz 
To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 13:29
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building

community

on FOSS projects


Hello Marc,

Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:14:33 -0400,
Marc Paré  a écrit :


As part of the marketing team, we often get so busy that we

forget

that part of our responsibility is to not only foster growth in

the

use of our product, but, and of large importance, that of

fostering

growth and building community.

As it seems that we are all taking a well-deserved break after

the

release of v.4.1, this particular article has appeared on the
OpenSource.com website. It makes for a good read and is quite

well

written from the point of view of detailing some "tips" on
building community.

I just thought that some of you would want to have a look at

it,

as, IMO, we have strayed a bit away from building community and
this may in fact inspire those of us who contribute and remind

us

to encourage others, who are sitting on the sidelines on our
mailing lists, that there is a place for everyone in our
TDF/LibreOffice communities and that any contribution, small or
large, are most appreciated.

You can read the article by Nicole C. Engard here:



http://opensource.com/life/13/7/10-secrets-open-source-communities
[1]




Good catch! And thanks for bringing back an important topic on

the

table: our community is what we do and who we are, and the

primary

mission of the marketing team is to act as an information bus

across

our community - and to as well as from the "outside".

BTW, let me remind everyone that you can comment on the agenda of

our

marketing workshop in Milano here:
http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/marketing [2]

Thank you,


Charles-H. Schulz
Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation,
Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint [3]
Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24.

--
To unsubscribe e-mail to:
marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?




http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/

[4]

Posting guidelines + more:
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette [5]List archive:
http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ [6]All

messages

sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot 

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS projects

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
Timing is always tricky and always "could be better" but worrying about that 
just means nothing gets done.  I think the best answer to that is to have 
another one.  Hopefully the bad-timings might eventually cancel out.  Perhaps 
make it a regular event?  Say 1/year?  or 1/6months?  or always such that the  
beta release appears halfway through or something?  

I meant it would be great for different teams to promote themselves by posting 
to the Users List maybe 1/month.  Perhaps the same one each time or perhaps 
letting the Users know of some recent victory.  It might also be good to make a 
general announcement posted to the Users List to let them know of all the teams 
but i think such a general announcement might just be too confusing for people. 
 
Regards from 
Tom :)  





>
> From: Charles-H. Schulz 
>To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org 
>Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 14:28
>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS 
>projects
> 
>
>Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:05:16 +0100 (BST),
>Tom Davies  a écrit :
>
>> Hi :)
>> I think the QA team's recent competition was good for building up the
>> community spirit.  
>
>Well the contest could have had a much better timing and more
>volunteers (because of the timing issue). 
>
>> 
>> People on the User List seem to quite like it when they get invited
>> to join in other lists or other teams. 
>
>Indeed they  should not hesitate to join but only if they feel they can
>contribute (technically or otherwise). 
>
>
>> They don't always join in
>> straight away because it's a bit intimidating and they seem to think
>> they will need coding skills to join in elsewhere.  Obviously posting
>> too often would be annoying.  Perhaps 1/month?  more often?  less?  
>
>
>You mean posting one time a month on the marketing list or reminding
>people on the users list that they could join various teams?
>
>Best,
>
>Charles. 
>
>> 
>> Regards from 
>> Tom :)  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >
>> > From: Charles-H. Schulz 
>> >To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org 
>> >Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 13:29
>> >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community
>> >on FOSS projects
>> > 
>> >
>> >Hello Marc,
>> >
>> >Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:14:33 -0400,
>> >Marc Paré  a écrit :
>> >
>> >> As part of the marketing team, we often get so busy that we forget
>> >> that part of our responsibility is to not only foster growth in the
>> >> use of our product, but, and of large importance, that of fostering
>> >> growth and building community.
>> >> 
>> >> As it seems that we are all taking a well-deserved break after the 
>> >> release of v.4.1, this particular article has appeared on the 
>> >> OpenSource.com website. It makes for a good read and is quite well 
>> >> written from the point of view of detailing some "tips" on
>> >> building community.
>> >> 
>> >> I just thought that some of you would want to have a look at it,
>> >> as, IMO, we have strayed a bit away from building community and
>> >> this may in fact inspire those of us who contribute and remind us
>> >> to encourage others, who are sitting on the sidelines on our
>> >> mailing lists, that there is a place for everyone in our
>> >> TDF/LibreOffice communities and that any contribution, small or
>> >> large, are most appreciated.
>> >> 
>> >> You can read the article by Nicole C. Engard here:
>> >> 
>> >> http://opensource.com/life/13/7/10-secrets-open-source-communities
>> >> 
>> >
>> >Good catch! And thanks for bringing back an important topic on the
>> >table: our community is what we do and who we are, and the primary
>> >mission of the marketing team is to act as an information bus across
>> >our community - and to as well as from the "outside".
>> >
>> >BTW, let me remind everyone that you can comment on the agenda of our
>> >marketing workshop in Milano here:
>> >http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/marketing
>> >
>> >Thank you,
>> >
>> >
>> >Charles-H. Schulz 
>> >Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation,
>> >Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany
>> >Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
>> >Legal details: h

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS projects

[Charles-H. Schulz]

Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:05:16 +0100 (BST),
Tom Davies  a écrit :

> Hi :)
> I think the QA team's recent competition was good for building up the
> community spirit.  

Well the contest could have had a much better timing and more
volunteers (because of the timing issue). 

> 
> People on the User List seem to quite like it when they get invited
> to join in other lists or other teams. 

Indeed they  should not hesitate to join but only if they feel they can
contribute (technically or otherwise). 


> They don't always join in
> straight away because it's a bit intimidating and they seem to think
> they will need coding skills to join in elsewhere.  Obviously posting
> too often would be annoying.  Perhaps 1/month?  more often?  less?  


You mean posting one time a month on the marketing list or reminding
people on the users list that they could join various teams?

Best,

Charles. 

> 
> Regards from 
> Tom :)  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > From: Charles-H. Schulz 
> >To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org 
> >Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 13:29
> >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community
> >on FOSS projects
> > 
> >
> >Hello Marc,
> >
> >Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:14:33 -0400,
> >Marc Paré  a écrit :
> >
> >> As part of the marketing team, we often get so busy that we forget
> >> that part of our responsibility is to not only foster growth in the
> >> use of our product, but, and of large importance, that of fostering
> >> growth and building community.
> >> 
> >> As it seems that we are all taking a well-deserved break after the 
> >> release of v.4.1, this particular article has appeared on the 
> >> OpenSource.com website. It makes for a good read and is quite well 
> >> written from the point of view of detailing some "tips" on
> >> building community.
> >> 
> >> I just thought that some of you would want to have a look at it,
> >> as, IMO, we have strayed a bit away from building community and
> >> this may in fact inspire those of us who contribute and remind us
> >> to encourage others, who are sitting on the sidelines on our
> >> mailing lists, that there is a place for everyone in our
> >> TDF/LibreOffice communities and that any contribution, small or
> >> large, are most appreciated.
> >> 
> >> You can read the article by Nicole C. Engard here:
> >> 
> >> http://opensource.com/life/13/7/10-secrets-open-source-communities
> >> 
> >
> >Good catch! And thanks for bringing back an important topic on the
> >table: our community is what we do and who we are, and the primary
> >mission of the marketing team is to act as an information bus across
> >our community - and to as well as from the "outside".
> >
> >BTW, let me remind everyone that you can comment on the agenda of our
> >marketing workshop in Milano here:
> >http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/marketing
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >
> >Charles-H. Schulz 
> >Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation,
> >Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany
> >Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
> >Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
> >Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24.
> >
> >-- 
> >To unsubscribe e-mail to:
> >marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?
> >http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> >



-- 
Charles-H. Schulz 
Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation,
Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24.

-- 
To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
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

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS projects

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
I think the QA team's recent competition was good for building up the community 
spirit.  

People on the User List seem to quite like it when they get invited to join in 
other lists or other teams.  They don't always join in straight away because 
it's a bit intimidating and they seem to think they will need coding skills to 
join in elsewhere.  Obviously posting too often would be annoying.  Perhaps 
1/month?  more often?  less?  

Regards from 
Tom :)  





>
> From: Charles-H. Schulz 
>To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org 
>Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 13:29
>Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS 
>projects
> 
>
>Hello Marc,
>
>Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:14:33 -0400,
>Marc Paré  a écrit :
>
>> As part of the marketing team, we often get so busy that we forget
>> that part of our responsibility is to not only foster growth in the
>> use of our product, but, and of large importance, that of fostering
>> growth and building community.
>> 
>> As it seems that we are all taking a well-deserved break after the 
>> release of v.4.1, this particular article has appeared on the 
>> OpenSource.com website. It makes for a good read and is quite well 
>> written from the point of view of detailing some "tips" on building 
>> community.
>> 
>> I just thought that some of you would want to have a look at it, as, 
>> IMO, we have strayed a bit away from building community and this may
>> in fact inspire those of us who contribute and remind us to encourage 
>> others, who are sitting on the sidelines on our mailing lists, that 
>> there is a place for everyone in our TDF/LibreOffice communities and 
>> that any contribution, small or large, are most appreciated.
>> 
>> You can read the article by Nicole C. Engard here:
>> 
>> http://opensource.com/life/13/7/10-secrets-open-source-communities
>> 
>
>Good catch! And thanks for bringing back an important topic on the
>table: our community is what we do and who we are, and the primary
>mission of the marketing team is to act as an information bus across
>our community - and to as well as from the "outside".
>
>BTW, let me remind everyone that you can comment on the agenda of our
>marketing workshop in Milano here:
>http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/marketing
>
>Thank you,
>
>
>Charles-H. Schulz 
>Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation,
>Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany
>Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
>Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
>Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24.
>
>-- 
>To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org
>Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
>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
>
>
>
>
-- 
To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
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

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS projects

[Leif Lodahl]

Hi Marc,
For you with that interest I can warmly recommend the book "The Art of
Community: Building the New Age of Participation" by Jono Bacon:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Community-Building-Participation/dp/1449312063/

Cheers,
Leif


2013/7/31 Marc Paré 

> As part of the marketing team, we often get so busy that we forget that
> part of our responsibility is to not only foster growth in the use of our
> product, but, and of large importance, that of fostering growth and
> building community.
>
> As it seems that we are all taking a well-deserved break after the release
> of v.4.1, this particular article has appeared on the OpenSource.com
> website. It makes for a good read and is quite well written from the point
> of view of detailing some "tips" on building community.
>
> I just thought that some of you would want to have a look at it, as, IMO,
> we have strayed a bit away from building community and this may in fact
> inspire those of us who contribute and remind us to encourage others, who
> are sitting on the sidelines on our mailing lists, that there is a place
> for everyone in our TDF/LibreOffice communities and that any contribution,
> small or large, are most appreciated.
>
> You can read the article by Nicole C. Engard here:
>
> http://opensource.com/life/13/**7/10-secrets-open-source-**communities
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
>
>
> --
> Marc Paré
> m...@marcpare.com
> http://www.parEntreprise.com
> parEntreprise.com Supports OpenDocument Formats (ODF)
> parEntreprise.com Supports http://www.LibreOffice.org
>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe e-mail to: 
> marketing+unsubscribe@global.**libreoffice.org
> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-**
> unsubscribe/
> 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
>
>

-- 
To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
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

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS projects

[Charles-H. Schulz]

Hello Marc,

Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:14:33 -0400,
Marc Paré  a écrit :

> As part of the marketing team, we often get so busy that we forget
> that part of our responsibility is to not only foster growth in the
> use of our product, but, and of large importance, that of fostering
> growth and building community.
> 
> As it seems that we are all taking a well-deserved break after the 
> release of v.4.1, this particular article has appeared on the 
> OpenSource.com website. It makes for a good read and is quite well 
> written from the point of view of detailing some "tips" on building 
> community.
> 
> I just thought that some of you would want to have a look at it, as, 
> IMO, we have strayed a bit away from building community and this may
> in fact inspire those of us who contribute and remind us to encourage 
> others, who are sitting on the sidelines on our mailing lists, that 
> there is a place for everyone in our TDF/LibreOffice communities and 
> that any contribution, small or large, are most appreciated.
> 
> You can read the article by Nicole C. Engard here:
> 
> http://opensource.com/life/13/7/10-secrets-open-source-communities
> 

Good catch! And thanks for bringing back an important topic on the
table: our community is what we do and who we are, and the primary
mission of the marketing team is to act as an information bus across
our community - and to as well as from the "outside".

BTW, let me remind everyone that you can comment on the agenda of our
marketing workshop in Milano here:
http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/marketing

Thank you,


Charles-H. Schulz 
Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation,
Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
Mobile Number: +33 (0)6 98 65 54 24.

-- 
To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
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

[libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS projects

[Marc Paré]

As part of the marketing team, we often get so busy that we forget that 
part of our responsibility is to not only foster growth in the use of 
our product, but, and of large importance, that of fostering growth and 
building community.


As it seems that we are all taking a well-deserved break after the 
release of v.4.1, this particular article has appeared on the 
OpenSource.com website. It makes for a good read and is quite well 
written from the point of view of detailing some "tips" on building 
community.


I just thought that some of you would want to have a look at it, as, 
IMO, we have strayed a bit away from building community and this may in 
fact inspire those of us who contribute and remind us to encourage 
others, who are sitting on the sidelines on our mailing lists, that 
there is a place for everyone in our TDF/LibreOffice communities and 
that any contribution, small or large, are most appreciated.


You can read the article by Nicole C. Engard here:

http://opensource.com/life/13/7/10-secrets-open-source-communities

Cheers,

Marc


--
Marc Paré
m...@marcpare.com
http://www.parEntreprise.com
parEntreprise.com Supports OpenDocument Formats (ODF)
parEntreprise.com Supports http://www.LibreOffice.org


--
To unsubscribe e-mail to: marketing+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
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