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

Le 2010-11-02 09:36, James Walker a écrit :
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Matthew Copple<mcopple@kcopensource.org>wrote:
>
> > The structure, membership process, and governance of the Foundation
> > need to be worked out quickly. The announcement of the TDF created a
> > momentum of recognition in the community that is only going to last
> > for a finite time. Once that buzz fades away, our ability to be heard
> > above the background radiation fades with it. In short, everyone reads
> > page 1 of LWN; almost no one reads the announcements page. It should
> > be obvious which page we want our news to be on.
> >
> > Matt
>
> That momentum is already fading,  a major announcement has been made and
> things are still not worked out.
> I have talked to a few people who already feel that TDF is going to move in
> similar ways as what has happened with OOo, only the opinions of the select
> few that started it are going to matter for the time being. I hope I am
> wrong about this, but there does not really seem to be any movement in
> expanding the TDF membership at this point.  The only list of people in TDF
> that I can find is the list of SC members, and deputy members.  Are there
> more members then those listed, and how soon do you plan to have more?
> Reading through the mailing list there are a dozen or two people that have
> been very active and came over almost from the announcement of the
> foundation, none of these people are coders but there contributions have
> been very good.
>
> We have accomplished something that we could not do in years with OOo, in
> just a few days, and that is get a better organized presence in North
> America, but that seems to have stagnated at this point also, maybe that is
> just my view, and maybe now it is going to take getting 3.3 out before we
> see anymore real growth.
>
>
> I will end this now, as I feel like I am rambling.
>
> James Walker

Hi James:

In appearance it may look like it has stagnated, but in N. America (I am 
new to all of this) it looks like we are really starting with pretty 
well, a bar bones infrastructure. The few of us then have to bear the 
weight of this and work at making it better. If we want more members in 
N.America, then it is up to us to get them.

The news of LibreOffice and the TDF has gone out, for the people for 
whom are in the loop of opensource software news, they have made their 
choice and made the move. You will probably find that after these few 
weeks that the amount of membership joining the LibO has pretty well 
slowed to a trickle. Now it's a matter of getting the brand out into the 
news arena and making sure that the regular OOo user, who does not keep 
in touch with OOS news reports, is made aware of the choice and of the 
convincing arguments as to why they should switch from OOo to 
LibreOffice. We are now in competition with the Oracle OOo suite.

Marc





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