Re: [libreoffice-marketing] list name for the US group

On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 21:10 +0200, Bernhard Dippold wrote:
> Hi Marc, *
>
> Marc Paré schrieb:
> > [...]
> >
> > Just a note to see if there had been a decision about this? Are we going
> > with the sole US group or n.amer. group? Or are people still thinking
> > this one out?
> I think we covered the most important points in this discussion - at 
> least for North America.
>
> In my eyes we didn't come to a common standing by now, but most of us go 
> towards the same direction:
>
> Local marketing is not (only) language specific, but is relevant for a 
> certain area.
>
> Dedicated marketing mailing lists could help here.
>
> There are differences in the areas that should be covered (continent / 
> countries).
>
> This is a point we should come to a more or less common agreement.
>
> In my personal eyes this should be consistent and comprehensible for 
> comparable areas all over the world. Therefore I'd plead for areas with 
> a common internal market.
>
> I don't know if there is a common market between the North American 
> states - if not, I'd vote for marketing@us.libreoffice.org as well as 
> their local counterparts in Canada and Mexico. If we go with 
> marketing@n.amer.libreoffice.org (or n_amer to avoid misinterpretation 
> of "n" as sublevel of "amer") this would mean to drop this list and 
> create three new ones, if local marketing in Canada and Mexico will 
> become more active.

Hi,

Sorry for the delay here.

I was thinking about this and more importantly I was reading emails.

OpenOffice.org it seems to me was structured very much along language
lines and I would suppose that this will naturally happen here also.

These language demarcations where originally, I believe, focused on
translation efforts however it seems to me that they broadened out to
encompass many more functions. It helped that in many cases there was a
strong correlation between language and geography.

Some of the emails that stood out in my review:

- One by Goran Rakic and his remarks about the _Turkish_ community
deciding to join TDF.

- The exchange between Ian and Jean regarding Australia and New Zealand,
particularly Ian's comment about time zones and extending that _region_
to include the state of Hawaii. An idea that actually makes plenty of
sense IMO. 

- Ben's email regarding the similarities between the US and Canada with
regards to the use of English. (not sure what we do with Quebec)

- Alexandro's reminding us of the large Hispanic population,
particularly in the south west region of the USA.

- The email from Florian regarding the de mailing lists and his desire
not to have too many mailing lists just yet, should not be overlooked.

You know what - I'm having a hard time coming to a real decision for
myself (as I can't decide for the group naturally) I can see reasons to
go both ways, regional and national.

I am leaning towards a USA list even with all the good points by Ben and
Marcus and Alexandro. 

Bernhard however is correct in that this has implications for the
foundation overall - so can I toss out for others to comment on more.

Thanks

Drew



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