Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Position of the Design Team in the community

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
From: Christoph Noack christ...@dogmatux.com To: marketing@libreoffice.org Sent: Tue, 26 April, 2011 21:05:58 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Position of the Design Team in the community Hi Marc, an interesting thread ... indeed. One little comment

[libreoffice-marketing] Suggestions re: slogans (native language groups)

2011-04-27 Thread Marc Paré
I recently added the language groups bar on the slogans wiki page[1] and am participating on two groups (French and Spanish) with the creation of native French and Spanish native slogans. On the Spanish list, we are having a discussion as to the length of the slogans and I thought it would be

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Position of the Design Team in the community

2011-04-27 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-04-27 10:10, Tom Davies a écrit : +1 to comments posted at the bottom of the thread. The documentation team is also currently writing documentation on work-flow for documents looked after by the documentation team. Certain innovations and things that have happened high up in TDF

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Suggestions re: slogans (native language groups)

2011-04-27 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Rimer Le 2011-04-27 10:18, Riemer Thalen a écrit : Hi Marc, Having been an advertising copywriter for over thirty years, I'd like to participate for a Dutch slogan. Slogans tend to be language-specific. What sounds well and convincingly in one language, might not in another. However,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Suggestions re: slogans (native language groups)

2011-04-27 Thread Italo Vignoli
We have been using freedom has never been so suite which is english specific but very smart (in my opinion). Sorry for top posting. Italo Vignoli Mobile +39.348.5653829 Email italo.vign...@gmail.com On 27/apr/2011, at 17:18, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: Hi Rimer Le 2011-04-27 10:18,

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Suggestions re: slogans (native language groups)

2011-04-27 Thread Riemer Thalen
Hi Marc, Please see my inline responses. 2011/4/27 Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com Hi Rimer Le 2011-04-27 10:18, Riemer Thalen a écrit : Hi Marc, Having been an advertising copywriter for over thirty years, I'd like to participate for a Dutch slogan. Slogans tend to be language-specific.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Suggestions re: slogans (native language groups)

2011-04-27 Thread * William
Hello all ... I hope all of you are doing well, your key life factors are moving along with uncanny aplomb. My realistic understanding is that there will be at least one or two areas .. Where 'things might be better'. OK. I accept that. Think about that idea while you wonder why someone you

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Third Party Logs wiki page

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
+1 Not because i don't like or don't trust them but just because it would be a bottle-neck and be more demanding than rewarding for them. They are an excellent resource and people would be wise to make use of their skills and talents. However, it's not always going to be possible for people

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Suggestions re: slogans (native language groups)

2011-04-27 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Italo Le 2011-04-27 11:36, Italo Vignoli a écrit : We have been using freedom has never been so suite which is english specific but very smart (in my opinion). Sorry for top posting. Italo Vignoli Mobile +39.348.5653829 Email italo.vign...@gmail.com Yes, the slogan is clever. However,

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Suggestions re: slogans (native language groups)

2011-04-27 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Riemer Le 2011-04-27 12:27, Riemer Thalen a écrit : The positioning philosophy should be an worldwide guideline, but the exact wording slogan depends on the language. It seldom works to translate a slogan into another language -- if it is possible at all. An infamous pitfall for creating

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Suggestions re: slogans (native language groups)

2011-04-27 Thread Marc Paré
Hi William My excuses for top posting. Thanks for your insight on slogans. We have already worked on quite a few slogans. The issue that I brought up was how to coordinate a common theme (Riemer has offered his insight on positioning and its elements) and navigating through the problems of

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Position of the Design Team in the community

2011-04-27 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Marc, Tom, all! Am Mittwoch, den 27.04.2011, 09:30 -0400 schrieb Marc Paré: [...] If we can clear up the process and itemize it on a wiki page, then it is to all our advantage. So, I feel we should clarify (for LibreOffice/TDF materials or for any materials looking for TDF official