Re: [marketing] Marketing budget process WAS:[Request for funding to go to Scale in Los Angeles]

Hi Alexandro, j...@openoffice.org wrote on 2010-01-23 17.08: Well I am not sure why one has to do with the other. I mean, is not like decision makers have to stop to make decisions while they work on a proposal. But we have 4 decision makers, I am sure delegation shouldnt be a problem. Exactl

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

Hi Andy > I agree that we need to start having a presents at these and other like events. Yes, at somepoint we got to try and reach out to the larger corporate sponsors so this can happen. > I agree, but how to incorporate it in the sign? My thought are two signs, a very large bold one for Open

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

WorldLabel.com wrote: > Yes, at somepoint we got to try and reach out to the larger corporate > sponsors so this can happen. Are there any contacts with companies that support or maintain or train Evergreen, Koha or Greenstone? Those are FOSS integrated library systems. It would makes sense to t

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

Lars Nooden wrote: WorldLabel.com wrote: Yes, at somepoint we got to try and reach out to the larger corporate sponsors so this can happen. Are there any contacts with companies that support or maintain or train Evergreen, Koha or Greenstone? Those are FOSS integrated library systems.

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

WorldLabel.com wrote: > Open Access is a popular movement amongst many Librarians and getting > stronger. It is obvious that the dominant Office Suite restricts Open > Access. This might be one point/theme we would want to put emphasis on. Or that OOo and ODF enable OpenAccess. The written mate

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

WorldLabel.com wrote: > In general, I believe we would have better success pitching the adoption of > OOo at the conference to poorer rural libraries that visit the booth, than > large ones with huge IT teams i.e. NY Public library The larger urban libraries would probably benefit most from OOo.

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

Christine Louise Beems wrote: > I strongly recommend ... If I interpret correctly ... +1 for keeping printed handouts and brochures to a minimum (or avoiding) +1 for having hands-on kiosks /Lars - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-u

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

Yes Lars... thank you for summarizing . Thanks also to those who expressed appreciation for my participation on this list. It makes me very happy to know that my thinking is useful and beneficial. I chose to get involved with OOo because I have long been a proponent of Open Source 'philosophic

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

Hello Folks, FYI - updated http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/US/Home/ALA-2010 with final show schedule, some suggestions regarding a booth location, show media..etc. Also updated http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:US/Home/ALA-2010 During the day I'll be updating both pages

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

Hi Lars > The written material produced by University faculty is the university's most valuable and most expensive asset. > The larger urban libraries would probably benefit most from OOo. I would guess then there would be a different approach to discussing OOo and ODF to academic/Institutional l

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

Hi Drew, all, Drew Jensen schrieb: Hello Folks, [...] @Christine, Lars, Andy - sorry, I have not had a good chance to email you directly. @Christine feel free to kick that off if you like, From what I read in this thread I don't like to have the organizational discussions offlist. Here we f

Re: [marketing] American Library Association 2010 Annual Conference

Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hi Drew, all, Drew Jensen schrieb: Hello Folks, [...] @Christine, Lars, Andy - sorry, I have not had a good chance to email you directly. @Christine feel free to kick that off if you like, From what I read in this thread I don't like to have the organizational discu

[marketing] OOo showcard - idea by Christine Beems

Hi all, hello Christine, I'd like to start a new thread with one of your great ideas, Christine. I'm quite sure that not everybody is able to read through the growing ALA thread that covers much more than just the organization of the ALA conf in June. Christine Louise Beems wrote: About printed

Re: [marketing] Marketing budget process WAS:[Request for funding to go to Scale in Los Angeles]

On 1/24/10, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi Alexandro, > > j...@openoffice.org wrote on 2010-01-23 17.08: > >> Well I am not sure why one has to do with the other. I mean, is not like >> decision makers have to stop to make decisions while they work on a >> proposal. But we have 4 decision makers,

Re: [marketing] Re: dial-in details for phone conference

hi all: because of time difference, i will absent tonight marketing teleconference. i expect that florian could record relevant meeting detail, plus upload audio chips later. i hope that it will be successful beginning. 2010-01-25 Xiaohong Dong System Analyst & Engineering Contact

Re: [marketing] Marketing budget process WAS:[Request for funding to go to Scale in Los Angeles]

Hi Alexandro, Alexandro Colorado wrote on 2010-01-25 06.23: Where have we applied a funding cap in the past? I only recall these from OOoCons because of the mass of requests. I heard you saying that you were not comfortable with funding greater than 500 DLS or something similar. Yet not sure

Re: [marketing] Re: dial-in details for phone conference

Hi, dongxiaohong wrote on 2010-01-25 07.10: because of time difference, i will absent tonight marketing teleconference. no problem, I understand that. i expect that florian could record relevant meeting detail, plus upload audio chips later. I'll see that we at least get written minutes