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

Le 2010-12-09 16:44, Andy Brown a écrit :
> 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.

Yes, sorry, that is what I meant. :-)

> > 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.

Thanks.

> > 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.

Yes. That is a great idea.

> > 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.

I can only speak from the experience at my school where I teach. The 3 
CD's were left in the Librarian's care. I promoted the use of the suite 
and it was most popular with the staff and some parents. The fact that 
Sun was promoting a help support line sold it. On the other hand, OOo 
was easily adopted by the students. From my point of view, it was still 
a success. But yes, always better to pre-qualify your disc distribution.

> > 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
Thanks for all of this.

Marc


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