Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-13 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Kannan, These are great news indeed. It would be great if you could upload some of materials (banners for instance) on the wiki. We have a marketing section as well as a design section. For CDs we have several initiatives, Libreoffice-Box as well as the North American DVD and I think

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-13 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Kannan, These are great news indeed. It would be great if you could upload some of materials (banners for instance) on the wiki. We have a marketing section as well as a design section. For CDs we have several initiatives, Libreoffice-Box as well as the North American DVD and I think

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-13 Thread Tom Davies
To: Kannan Moudgalya kan...@iitb.ac.in; Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com Cc: marketing@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Sunday, 13 January 2013, 11:04 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist Hello Kannan, These are great news indeed.  It would be great if you could upload some

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-13 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Marc, thanks a lot for your work on this! I will soon (probably even today) publish a first budget 2013 proposal to the board-discuss list, or the discuss list. We will then continue discussion with concrete budgets there, and I'd like to invite everyone to join this discussion! I try to

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-13 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2013-01-13 09:01, Florian Effenberger a écrit : Hi Marc, thanks a lot for your work on this! I will soon (probably even today) publish a first budget 2013 proposal to the board-discuss list, or the discuss list. We will then continue discussion with concrete budgets there, and I'd like to

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-13 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Marc Paré wrote on 2013-01-13 16:25: BTW ... I have left a note on each mailing list re: their wishlist items (most lists had no items, this, even after I sent them a second reminder). I also left them a link to the wiki page in case they would like to add any items on their own. thanks

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-12-01 15:32, Marc Paré a écrit : I am adding this suggestion from Michael Bauer as a funding wishlist item: * Print-media marketing for medium to small languages It would be really good if there was a small budget that targeted small to medium language print media. Not technical print

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-12-01 15:33, Marc Paré a écrit : I am adding this suggestion from Michael Bauer as a funding wishlist item: * Run LO surgeries We've discovered with our language that the majority just use their computers out of the box, whether it's Microsoft or Mac, and are often reluctant to install

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-16 10:21, Marc Paré a écrit : Hi Jean, Le 2012-10-14 10:29, Jean Weber a écrit : I would add a supply of brochures, single sheets printed in colour on both sides. Could be trifold. Otherwise this sounds much like my basic conference kit, though I've never had the luxury of a

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-14 10:31, Marc Paré a écrit : Establish a small fund for direct advertising in strategic media in a region of the world where there is an identified lack of use of the LibreOffice suite. For example, in Canada, there is an annual conference Teaching and Learning Innovations

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-12-01 15:32, Marc Paré a écrit : I am adding this suggestion from Michael Bauer as a funding wishlist item: * Print-media marketing for medium to small languages It would be really good if there was a small budget that targeted small to medium language print media. Not technical print

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
I am updating the Funding Priorities wiki page and will include the suggestion of advertising in Facebook from Charles. I know that he has already talked to someone about this. Cheers Marc -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems?

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Marc Paré
I have updated the wiki page for this. You may find it here: [https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Funding_Priorities] I will be adding the result of the other mailing lists in the next day or less. Cheers, Marc -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2013-01-12 Thread Kannan Moudgalya
As I don't know in what form additions or modifications are expected on this wiki page, I am writing to the list. As at present we have an Indian Government supported project to promote FOSS, we can contribute to the ongoing marketing effort in the following two ways: 1. Our artists can

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-12-03 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Marc, Marc Paré wrote on 2012-12-02 19:22: I am adding this suggestion from Charles H. Schulz as a funding wishlist item: thanks a lot for your work on collecting this data! Just a quick note: It would be helpful if the proposals contained 1. someone who is responsible for managing the

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-12-03 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-12-02 13:22, Marc Paré a écrit : I am adding this suggestion from Charles H. Schulz as a funding wishlist item: Buy a sponsored link on Facebook[1] Cheers, Marc [1] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentation.libreoffice.marketing/6561 Contact person: Charles H. Schulz

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-12-03 Thread Florian Effenberger
Marc, thanks so much for all your work - it's really truly appreciated! :) Marc Paré wrote on 2012-12-03 17:13: Thanks, I will make sure that there are contact names. I was hoping that this would help in forming a sense of teamwork on the mailing lists. -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-12-01 Thread Marc Paré
I am adding this suggestion from Michael Bauer as a funding wishlist item: * Print-media marketing for medium to small languages It would be really good if there was a small budget that targeted small to medium language print media. Not technical print media but normal print media. Especially

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-12-01 Thread Marc Paré
I am adding this suggestion from Michael Bauer as a funding wishlist item: * Run LO surgeries We've discovered with our language that the majority just use their computers out of the box, whether it's Microsoft or Mac, and are often reluctant to install or uninstall stuff. Even when they know

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-20 Thread Rob Snelders
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, As far as I think LibreOffice has a big shortage on Marketing, I don't want to disrespect the marketing-team of LibreOffice, but I think there are to few people doing marketing, and the tools they have are limited. I think we can make a huge

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-20 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Rob Le 2012-11-20 09:04, Rob Snelders a écrit : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, As far as I think LibreOffice has a big shortage on Marketing, I don't want to disrespect the marketing-team of LibreOffice, but I think there are to few people doing marketing, and the

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-19 Thread Marc Paré
Hi everyone, Just to clarify. We are really looking for your team's wishlist and it must be of budgetary consideration. This is not a wishlist for new UX-designs, new logos etc. The wishlist should really be discussed with your other team members so that we can get a better view of the needs

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-18 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Tim Le 2012-11-17 18:36, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit : I was wondering about events LIKE Scale, and not Scale itself. I know that Jean a the crew that deal with Scale are good at getting what they need for their table, but there are events like Scale that could use help. That is way I

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-18 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Marc, * Marc Paré wrote (14-10-12 16:31) Establish a small fund for direct advertising in strategic media in a region of the world where there is an identified lack of use of the LibreOffice suite. [...] I think it is a good idea. But I would extend it a bit, or think about conditions. In

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-18 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Marc, Marc Paré wrote on 2012-11-17 10:18: Note to Florian -- no other group has discussed or suggested any wishlist on the mailing list. The marketing team is the only group discussing this. have you recently sent a reminder to the projects@ mailing list, just to be on the safe side?

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-18 Thread Marc Paré
Hi everyone, Just a reminder to your teams about this. We are seriously looking at different teams' wishlists. Please do take a little time out of your busy schedule and speak to your teams about any funding for items that you think may be of importance to your team or the enhance the

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-11-18 08:12, Florian Effenberger a écrit : Hi Marc, Marc Paré wrote on 2012-11-17 10:18: Note to Florian -- no other group has discussed or suggested any wishlist on the mailing list. The marketing team is the only group discussing this. have you recently sent a reminder to the

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-11-18 06:39, Cor Nouws a écrit : Hi Marc, * Marc Paré wrote (14-10-12 16:31) Establish a small fund for direct advertising in strategic media in a region of the world where there is an identified lack of use of the LibreOffice suite. [...] I think it is a good idea. But I would

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-18 Thread Marc Paré
Please do not respond to this thread. We are already working on 4 items on another thread. If at all possible, let's keep the thread un-broken. Cheers, Marc Le 2012-11-18 09:32, Marc Paré a écrit : Hi everyone, Just a reminder to your teams about this. We are seriously looking at different

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-17 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-14 10:31, Marc Paré a écrit : Establish a small fund for direct advertising in strategic media in a region of the world where there is an identified lack of use of the LibreOffice suite. For example, in Canada, there is an annual conference Teaching and Learning Innovations

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-17 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-14 09:53, Marc Paré a écrit : Le 2012-10-14 06:24, Bjoern Michaelsen a écrit : While I agree that this is an important topic, I think it is not one that can easily be bootstrapped effectively with small amount of money. IMHO, the important part is forming a 'critical mass' to ignite

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-17 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 11/17/2012 04:18 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2012-10-16 10:21, Marc Paré a écrit : Hi Jean, Le 2012-10-14 10:29, Jean Weber a écrit : I would add a supply of brochures, single sheets printed in colour on both sides. Could be trifold. Otherwise this sounds much like my basic conference kit,

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-17 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Tim, Le 2012-11-17 11:45, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit : SCALE 11X show/event is coming in a few months. I wonder what they would list for items needed for that type of show? I know they hand out DVD professionally made for that event. What would be that type of costs and would TDF/LO

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-17 Thread Jean Weber
On 18/11/2012, at 4:58, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: Hi Tim, Le 2012-11-17 11:45, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit : SCALE 11X show/event is coming in a few months. I wonder what they would list for items needed for that type of show? I know they hand out DVD professionally made for

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-17 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
I was wondering about events LIKE Scale, and not Scale itself. I know that Jean a the crew that deal with Scale are good at getting what they need for their table, but there are events like Scale that could use help. That is way I stated planned to have in the 2013 and 2014 budgets for

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-10 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-11-09 09:22, Florian Effenberger a écrit : Hi Marc, Marc Paré wrote on 2012-10-29 19:20: Here is the link to the original post that mentions the link(s)[1]. The wiki seems to be down for now and I don't believe that anything was added to the wiki page. wiki should already be back to

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-11-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Marc, Marc Paré wrote on 2012-10-29 19:20: Here is the link to the original post that mentions the link(s)[1]. The wiki seems to be down for now and I don't believe that anything was added to the wiki page. wiki should already be back to normal now, we managed to fix the issues. :-) I

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-29 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, slowly managing my conference's e-mail backlog, I just wanted to ask where we stand. :-) Already an update? I've seen various mails with proposals, but lost track a bit. :/ Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-29 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Marc Paré wrote on 2012-10-29 10:55: I have checked all the other sections and no other sections on the project has suggested any wishlist items except for the marketing section. This is it! thanks for that! I think that once there is a start on a section's wishlist, then the others

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-29 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Marc Paré wrote on 2012-10-29 10:55: I have checked all the other sections and no other sections on the project has suggested any wishlist items except for the marketing section. This is it! thanks for that! I think that once there is a start on a section's wishlist, then the others

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-16 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Tim, Le 2012-10-14 10:59, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit : Could there be more online material thatcan be downloaded and printer locally? Create a list of materials - with their files links - in one place that will be all that a local promoter needs? The current marketing site does not have

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-16 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Jean, Le 2012-10-14 10:29, Jean Weber a écrit : I would add a supply of brochures, single sheets printed in colour on both sides. Could be trifold. Otherwise this sounds much like my basic conference kit, though I've never had the luxury of a retractable banner (I intend to get one, now

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-16 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-14 10:31, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : How does this sound? +1... (am not commenting about all the good stuff but will mention it in Berlin during the marketing session). Best, Charles. Thanks. Not sure what you mean by mentioning it during the marketing session. I was

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-16 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-14 11:35, Jay Lozier a écrit : +1, excellent idea for marketing/advertising to people who might appreciate LO but are not part of the FOSS community. At some of these conferences do they have vendor booths or technical talks? Yes, vendor booths are encouraged, and technical talks

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-14 06:24, Bjoern Michaelsen a écrit : While I agree that this is an important topic, I think it is not one that can easily be bootstrapped effectively with small amount of money. IMHO, the important part is forming a 'critical mass' to ignite a self-sustaining community there. My

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread Marc Paré
I would like to suggest to prepare kits for under-serviced regions where LibreOffice has not made any inroads. The kits could contain the following (localized (language) versions where applicable): * banners for booth (2 banners, one for the back wall and one for a side wall) * one

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread Jean Weber
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: I would like to suggest to prepare kits for under-serviced regions where LibreOffice has not made any inroads. The kits could contain the following (localized (language) versions where applicable): * banners for booth (2

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread Marc Paré
Establish a small fund for direct advertising in strategic media in a region of the world where there is an identified lack of use of the LibreOffice suite. For example, in Canada, there is an annual conference Teaching and Learning Innovations Conference[1] where a $50 advertisement in their

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: Le dimanche 14 octobre 2012 à 10:11 -0400, Marc Paré a écrit : I would like to suggest to prepare kits for under-serviced regions where LibreOffice has not made any inroads. The kits could contain the following (localized (language) versions where applicable):

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread webmaster-Kracked_P_P
On 10/14/2012 10:11 AM, Marc Paré wrote: I would like to suggest to prepare kits for under-serviced regions where LibreOffice has not made any inroads. The kits could contain the following (localized (language) versions where applicable): * banners for booth (2 banners, one for the back wall

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread Jay Lozier
On 10/14/2012 10:31 AM, Marc Paré wrote: Establish a small fund for direct advertising in strategic media in a region of the world where there is an identified lack of use of the LibreOffice suite. For example, in Canada, there is an annual conference Teaching and Learning Innovations

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 Good ideas there.  I like the targeted adverts for specific events and specific groups such as teachers, lecturers and such.  Regards from Tom :)  --- On Sun, 14/10/12, Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-14 Thread Tom Davies
cheap then i think it's crucial to jump on the opportunity where-ever it is.  Reaching a bunch of people that influence others is a key.  Regards from Tom :)  --- On Sun, 14/10/12, Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com wrote: From: Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Funding Wishlist

2012-10-13 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2012-10-13 16:45, marc.p...@libreoffice.org a écrit : Hi everyone, In trying to better assess the TDF/LibreOffice funding requirements, we are compiling a wishlist of funding request particular to your team's needs. While there is no guarantee that this will get you funding for any