Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Funds available for marketing LibreOffice

Tom,
Expect *who* to comply? And comply with what?
--Jean

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 11:14, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi :)
> Ahh, i got really muddled about what was being asked.  I think it sounds reasonable to ask for 
> the money that was raised by the community that has now mostly moved to LibreOffice but i don't 
> think we can expect them to comply.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Sun, 11/3/12, Dave Johnson <davefilms.us@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Dave Johnson <davefilms.us@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Funds available for marketing LibreOffice
> To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Sunday, 11 March, 2012, 1:00
>
> Can a marketing person request a printed LO user guide instead of money? I
> am approaching a Church School to adopt L O vice MSO. A book to show them
> in my presentation will help.
> On Mar 10, 2012 6:24 PM, "Jean Weber" <jeanweber@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tom,
> > Are you supporting or objecting to having local groups request some of the
> > money that Friends of OpenDocument is holding?
> >
> > Jean
> >
> > On 11/03/2012, at 8:55, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi :)
> > > I thought the plan was to have "local teams", such as the Brazilian, or
> > the French or wherever, all administering their own finances and then
> > giving maybe a flat rate as "Affiliation fees" or some such and then maybe
> > a percentage too.
> > > My personal feeling is that Local teams need to work towards being
> > self-sufficient and it would be great if they can cover their own sundry
> > costs without always having to discuss minutia and waiting for TDF's BoD to
> > approve a sundry expense.  I don't see any problem with Local Teams being
> > affiliated to both OOo and LO at the same time now.  I guess some funds may
> > need to be restricted to one or the other but that is something for the
> > bookkeeping records and end-of-year financial accounts.
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Sat, 10/3/12, ol klaus-jürgen weghorn <ol@sophia-louise.de>
> > wrote:
> > > From: ol klaus-jürgen weghorn <ol@sophia-louise.de>
> > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Funds available for marketing
> > LibreOffice
> > > To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
> > > Date: Saturday, 10 March, 2012, 8:18
> > >
> > > Hi Jean, all,
> > >
> > > Am 10.03.2012 05:13, schrieb Jean Weber:
> > >
> > > > Instead of giving the LO money to The Document Foundation
> > > > for general expenses, we think it is better to make it available to
> > > > cover expenses that The Document Foundation can't or won't
> > > > deal with. Some examples might be the cost of marketing
> > > > materials (including copies of the user guides) for tables at events,
> > > > attendance at events aimed at potential and actual customers
> > > > (librarians, educators, etc), or just about anything that would be
> > > > valuable for spreading awareness and growing the community
> > > > and the customer base.
> > >
> > > 2 thoughts:
> > > - maybe interesting for the BoD-ml (board-discuss@documentfoundation.org)
> > too.
> > > - maybe some part of the money for a travel refund (see point 12 of the
> > BoD-tasks [1]? "We are not yet in a position to pay these"
> > > [1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Tasks
> > >
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Grüße
> > > k-j

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