Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Article on building community on FOSS projects

Hello Marc,

Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:14:33 -0400,
Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> a écrit :

> As part of the marketing team, we often get so busy that we forget
> that part of our responsibility is to not only foster growth in the
> use of our product, but, and of large importance, that of fostering
> growth and building community.
>
> As it seems that we are all taking a well-deserved break after the 
> release of v.4.1, this particular article has appeared on the 
> OpenSource.com website. It makes for a good read and is quite well 
> written from the point of view of detailing some "tips" on building 
> community.
>
> I just thought that some of you would want to have a look at it, as, 
> IMO, we have strayed a bit away from building community and this may
> in fact inspire those of us who contribute and remind us to encourage 
> others, who are sitting on the sidelines on our mailing lists, that 
> there is a place for everyone in our TDF/LibreOffice communities and 
> that any contribution, small or large, are most appreciated.
>
> You can read the article by Nicole C. Engard here:
>
> http://opensource.com/life/13/7/10-secrets-open-source-communities

Good catch! And thanks for bringing back an important topic on the
table: our community is what we do and who we are, and the primary
mission of the marketing team is to act as an information bus across
our community - and to as well as from the "outside".

BTW, let me remind everyone that you can comment on the agenda of our
marketing workshop in Milano here:
http://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/marketing

Thank you,


Charles-H. Schulz 
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