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

I would love to be marketing contact for the U.S.
On Oct 12, 2010, at 5:55 PM, Graham Lauder wrote:

> 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 
>
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