[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Can we put marketing titles under our names?

Hi Italo, all,

Italo Vignoli wrote:
Marc Paré wrote:
> > > Just in case that I had not made this evident in my previous posts. I do
> > > still hope to write/call some Canadian organisations in the hope of
> > > organising the Canadian Marketing section of LibO but having an
> > > identifying title would help.
I wrote:
> > In your case I think everybody agrees to state that you have already contibuted to
> > our project in a very substancial way. So I for one would call you "Marketing Team
> > Member" and allow you to use this title in communication with other organizations.
> > This title should be able to add at your signature and on business cards we'll have
> > to design, so they represent our branding.
> >
> > To avoid misunderstandings, I'd like to add another line to the signature or
> > business card:  "If you want to contact an offifcial spokesperson of the community
> > behind LibreOffice, please contact info@documentfoundation."
>
> I think that this could be a "transitional" solution, especially for US 
> and Canada where community roles in the past have not been considered 
> too much.
>
> In Europe community roles are quite clear, and - as I said - I do not 
> need to state in my signature that I am a volunteer for OOo because all 
> my stakeholders already know my position (when you are described as Mr 
> TDF I do not think you need additional recognitions).

At fairs it turns out quite handy if you can hand over a business card even if you 
don't have an official representing position as you, Italo.

In these cases I like to have a business card with with official branding, but clearly 
stating that I'm not an official representative, but just a community member.

> From time to time this approach allows an easy switch from discussing the product 
to information about the community and invitation to join...

Best regards

Bernhard




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