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

Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:05:16 +0100 (BST),
Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> a écrit :

> Hi :)
> I think the QA team's recent competition was good for building up the
> community spirit.  

Well the contest could have had a much better timing and more
volunteers (because of the timing issue). 

> People on the User List seem to quite like it when they get invited
> to join in other lists or other teams. 

Indeed they  should not hesitate to join but only if they feel they can
contribute (technically or otherwise). 


> They don't always join in
> straight away because it's a bit intimidating and they seem to think
> they will need coding skills to join in elsewhere.  Obviously posting
> too often would be annoying.  Perhaps 1/month?  more often?  less?  


You mean posting one time a month on the marketing list or reminding
people on the users list that they could join various teams?

Best,

Charles. 

> Regards from 
> Tom :)  
>
>
>
>
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: Charles-H. Schulz <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org>
> > To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org 
> > Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 13:29
> > Subject: 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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