Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Brochure type: Community

On 06/06/2013 05:17 AM, Jean Weber wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Jean Weber <jeanweber@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:
> > > Let's get started on a list of points for this brochure as it is our next priority.
> > >
> > > * our community offers developer meets (so far localized)
> > > * we have gone to sprints
> > > * QA meets
> > > * QA bug hunt marathons
> > > * support from the TDF to pay for members attending/representing TDF/LibreOffice
> > > * use of IRC, Skype, Google etc. tools for some text or face to face encounters
> > > * IRC used by our most active and contributing developers
> > > * groups such as marketing make use of collaborative work for PR's and webpages
> > >
> > > Hmmm, do you think it would be best to break this down to the different
> > > teams and list what collectively they bring to the community?
> >
> > I'm now mulling over what I think would be useful to include in this
> > particular brochure. I'll add my points here on this thread and also
> > put them on the wiki page.
> >
> > --Jean
>
> Time to get back to work on this brochure! I see there has been no
> discussion here nor anything added to the wiki page. I know we've all
> been busy with other things (in my case, helping the Docs team finish
> two books and get them published), but we should move along with this.
> I hope with those books off my mind, I can spare some thought cycles
> for this brochure. Random off-the-top-of-my-head thoughts are below.
>
> Hoping to hear from others as well. What do *you* think should be
> mentioned or featured?
>
> Can we borrow ideas from other communities, such as Ubuntu?
>
> I'll repeat a comment that I made on another thread: we need to answer
> some unspoken questions, *from a potential contributor's point of
> view*: So what? Who cares? What's in it for me?
> Others include: Why LO and not some other project? (There are so many,
> large and small, not necessarily having anything to do with office
> productivity.) What can *I* do, especially if I'm not a hacker?
>
> Some "what's in it for me" items include:
> * gain experience and create work items to show potential employers
> * networking: meet people
> * mentoring: learn from more experienced people OR teach others, pass
> on skills and knowledge
> * have fun
>
> Include some specific team examples:
> * developing (coding)
> * user support
> * documentation
> * QA
> * translation & localization
> * others from http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/
> * perhaps more detail for hackers, taken from this page?
> http://www.libreoffice.org/developers/
> * mention easy hacks (both dev & others)
>
>   --Jean

Just to clarify. . .

This brochure if about community support.  Developers and other types of 
community supporting - such as a community based email-based and 
web-based user support "service".

Is that correct, or am I reading it wrong.

I have to looked into that brochure due to a back log of repair work and 
a couple severe bouts of my recurring illness.  Yet, I would be happy to 
help, if and when I can, with this brochure.

question:  Do you think there is a place in this brochure stating that 
there are regional groups that are actively supporting LO in their 
regions of the world?




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