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

Hi :)
Timing is always tricky and always "could be better" but worrying about that just means nothing 
gets done.  I think the best answer to that is to have another one.  Hopefully the bad-timings 
might eventually cancel out.  Perhaps make it a regular event?  Say 1/year?  or 1/6months?  or 
always such that the  beta release appears halfway through or something?  

I meant it would be great for different teams to promote themselves by posting to the Users List 
maybe 1/month.  Perhaps the same one each time or perhaps letting the Users know of some recent 
victory.  It might also be good to make a general announcement posted to the Users List to let them 
know of all the teams but i think such a general announcement might just be too confusing for 
people.  
Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Charles-H. Schulz <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org>
> To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 14:28
> Subject: 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 
> > > Co-founder & Director, The Document Foundation,
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