Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

Hi :)
Yes, 
I think the problem of "middle-men" (or women) is more a theoretical risk that 
is likely to be worked-around naturally.  

Regards from
Tom :)




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From: Florian Effenberger <floeff@documentfoundation.org>
To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Tue, 16 August, 2011 10:46:30
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Building a network of marketeers

Hi,

luizheli@gmail.com wrote on 2011-08-16 02:51:
> In practical terms, require all who wish to contribute are fluent in English
> seems rather elitist. I'm not ashamed to admit that my English is awful when
> you need to talk. But I am reassured when I need to read or translate any text
> in English or even write. Here in Brazil we have several people with fluency
> in English, which can be "filters". I trust these people!! And I think it's
> past time to treat Brazil as a trouble spot. Things have worked very well
> here.
> I agree with Florian when he says that leave this decision to the local
> community and would like to apply for this job I've always done since the
> days of OpenOffice.org.

let me make it a bit clear.

I consider it *crucial* that at least one of each local representative speak 
English fluently. If we have only local representatives not capable of speaking 
English, communicating with these groups will be a real problem. So, at least 
one fluent English speaker per group to me is really *mandatory*.

She or he can, of course, then act for the others as "gateway".

In a nutshell: From the project's side of view, I would require one English 
speaking contact, and would leave the rest up to the local groups.

Does that sound like a senseful compromise?

Florian

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