Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Australia-New Zealand marketing group?

On Wednesday 13 Oct 2010 11:20:01 Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> If someone thinks Canada is a small market, try Australia -- or New
> Zealand! Even together, we're not a large mob. On the other hand, we
> really don't fit in with the other English-speaking markets in many
> ways, and we do have relevant local events and organisations to
> consider, such as Linux.conf.au. So a local marketing group could be
> useful -- assuming there are enough of us to form a group.
>
> I am not offering to be a marketing contact; I'm much too busy with
> documentation, and I don't like talking being a media contact anyway.
> I do enjoy being a booth being at events and helping out behind the
> scenes, and of course as an opinionated senior citizen I can be relied
> on to offer my opinion (or in some cases, "stir" as we call it).
>
> Other than Graham Lauder from NZ, I have no idea how many Aus-NZ people
> are active here at TDF. I did notice Alex Fisher's strongly negative
> comments on the OOo Marketing list.
>
> Graham and others, what do you think?
>
> Cheers, Jean


Hi Jean

I think that's a brilliant Idea.  

In fact how about a Western Pacific group. Looking at reasonably close 
timezones,  say from WA time to IDT. That includes China Standard Time so 
brings Peter Junge in Beijing into the mix as well as Singapore Shanghai and 
Japan and all of Oz and NZ of course over a five hour span.  Add another hour 
past IDT and we add Hawaii as well 

Thinking on a larger scale, that makes Singapore or Darwin or Shanghai or Ho 
Chi Minh or Seoul or Honolulu excellent sites for a Zone conference.  :)

Is Jonothan Coombes still active about the place.

Cheers
G 

-- 
Graham Lauder,
OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ
http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html

OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant.

INGOTs Assessor Trainer
(International Grades in Open Technologies)
www.theingots.org

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