Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Regional LibO CD/DVD fulfillment

Hi Marc,

On Thu Dec 09 2010 12:33:39 GMT-0800 (PST)  Marc Paré wrote:
> Hi Andy, sounds great! IMO, we still need someone from the SC to chime 
> in on the discussion and give us the TDF opinion.

The TDF, IMO, should approve the distribution project but not any one or 
group of distributors.  The list should be to help possible users find a 
supplier not promote one over another.

> Re: graphics ... I know that the design team is working on this, but the 
> logo is still a little way in coming. I don't believe that we will have 
> a new logo till next version. We will just have to use what is there to 
> start off with.

See Design list as I have made a query there on the 'Official' logo status.

> In my mind, it would be great if we could all agree to the same page 
> format on our individual websites. This would provide a more familiar 
> site to returning users.

To be part of the message I am working on for the website list.  My 
thinking is a copy of the CSS files and build a framework that any 
supplier site could use, with slight modifications.

> I am not sure about the costs, I am a little worried that, especially 
> for the US, if we go on a big marketing push, that offering free CD/DVD 
> copies may be a little too expensive. I am in Canada so, maybe a little 
> less ... although, Novell sent 3 DVD copies of StarOffice to every 
> school in the province of Ontario. That would most have likely been in 
> the hundreds of copies, if I were to copy this with LO.

I would not just mail to a school.  I would rather contact someone and 
find out how many would be needed/used.  I have a school that I sent 30 
disk for them to use as lending disk from their computer labs.  Another 
time I mailed 20 disk to a club to give to computer students that were 
taking a class.

> BTW, would you know in what packages (envelopes) you were sending these 
> out. We could work out these little details on the wiki too. Was the 
> postage cost the same or did you have to get the envelope weighed? Was 
> it in the general mail system or was it by parcel post or registered 
> mail? You could tell us of the process you went through to mail out a 
> CD/DVD copy.


I use 6.5 by 9.5 inch clasp envelopes that I pickup from an office 
supply store.  I use slim style cases, but others seem to use regular 
CD/DVD sleeves, to hold the disk.  When I started I would take the disk 
to the local post office and have them weighted.  Now I just put on the 
stamps and mail them from home.  When having them weighed the cost was 
either 98 cents or $1.52, it depended on the clerk and how they saw the 
package.  Since I started mailing from home I put a 1.00 US stamp and 
just mail them.  I have not had any problems with returned for postage 
yet so that is what I stick with.  The disk are mailed through the US 
Postal Service first class, the size and weight being close to that of 
one of the fancy sound greeting cards that you see that plays music or 
sound clip when opened.

For those that need more than one disk per address there are other 
options depending on the quantity need.

All total it cost me less than $1.50 to burn, label, package and mail a 
single disk.  I use Imation disk that I buy in bulk when I catch them on 
sale at the office supply store, $10.00 for 100 disk.  The cases I get 
from a discount store, $5.00 for 25 cases.  The labels I get from 
www.worldlabel.com, 100 sheets/200 labels for $12.95 + shipping, and 
they have templates for OOo/LibO.  The envelopes I do not remember right 
off but $5.00 for 100 envelopes sounds about right.  I keep only two or 
three disk on hand ready to mail so that I do not have wasted disk if 
there is a new version released.  As an added service I drop _one_ email 
to those that have ordered/reordered disk since the last major release.

HTH
Andy

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