Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Developer-specific brochure

On 29/06/2013, at 1:07, "Charles-H. Schulz" <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:

> Le Fri, 28 Jun 2013 11:04:00 -0400,
> Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> a écrit :
>
> > Le 2013-06-27 16:42, Jean Weber a écrit :
> > > I would really like to have a brochure aimed specifically at
> > > developers for use at OSCON (Open Source Conference) in July, but
> > > I'm not a developer so I don't know what is most relevant and
> > > important to include.
> > >
> > > I could start with info from http://www.libreoffice.org/developers/
> > > and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development and then ask for
> > > comments and improvements from developers. Not sure there is time
> > > for this, but it's certainly a brochure that is needed for other
> > > conferences, so someone's got to start on it sometime.
> > >
> > > I'll see what I can do over the next few days. No promises; a lot is
> > > going on in Documentation right now.
> > >
> > > --Jean
> >
> > What we really need on this one is for a developer on the marketing
> > to take the lead on this and to put up a bulleted list of items that
> > should be included in such a brochure and we can take care of the
> > "marketing" filler text.
> >
> > Maybe this could be an item put on the ESC committee list of items of 
> > discussion for a more complete discussion of the contents of that
> > brochure.
> >
> > I think it would be cutting it really short for OSCON, but yes, this 
> > should really be on our next "hit list" of brochures.
> >
> > After the dev brochure, I was hoping to work on an "accessibility" 
> > brochure as we are still in need of gaining more devs interest in
> > that particular branch of our project. This is particularly important
> > for large scale installations (whether in a business environment or
> > academic environment). I think this brochure will be a little
> > challenging to work on.
>
> <Contrarian mode>
> But this begs the question: do developers really read these brochures? 
> I'm afraid we're getting swamped in designing brochures as if everybody
> actually ready them...
>
> </Contrarian mode>
>
> Thanks,


I've been thinking along much the same lines as Charles. While it's useful and often important to 
have fact sheets on specific topics or aimed at specific audiences, a trifold brochure may not be 
the most appropriate format in all cases. 

For OSCON, I think I will slightly amend the page from the website and/or or wiki and print a 1 
page handout in portrait orientation instead if a trifold brochure. Then when debs ask me questions 
(as they did at SCALE) I have something to hand them with more technical info. Yes, I'll run it by 
the list first. 

--Jean


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