[libreoffice-users] Re: Engaging Users in the LibreOffice Project

On 11/1/13 7:04 AM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Thank you for choosing and using LibreOffice!
>
> My name is  Charles-H. Schulz and I'm one of the co-founders of the
> Document Foundation.  Many people who contribute to the LibreOffice
> project discussed the need for us to understand how we could enroll
> "regular" users (whatever that means) to the LibreOffice  project.
>
> You obviously know that LibreOffice is Free Software and that it comes
> with  rights and freedoms for you. But besides that LibreOffice is a
> software development project populated by a community of people who
> contribute their time and skills (and many skills are required, not
> just the technical ones!) on a volunteer or on a paid basis.
>
> But when we come to think of it, these people started somewhere, one
> day, to contribute, and while they all have their own reasons, we (the
> people in charge of "marketing") thought that everybody has the ability
> to contribute. The question is: how  can we make it 1)interesting 2)
> accessible 3)easy to understand what the various tasks are 4)possible
> to spread the word about it?
>
> ... And this is where you come in the picture. We worked on a short
> survey that's anonymous (we don't require your name nor your email) and
> we would really like it if you could take a few minutes of your time to
> answer these questions. As you will see they are all about
> understanding how we could include users of LibreOffice and turn them
> into contributors. The survey is here:
> https://survey.documentfoundation.org/index.php/574531/lang-en
>
> We hope you're having a great time and thank you again for using
> LibreOffice!
>
> Best regards,

I went to do the survey, didn't complete it.  From going through the 
pages, too many places didn't allow me to provide feedback on my 
interests as well as concerns before becoming involved.  On a couple of 
pages, I would like to have selected more than one.

IMO, surveys such as this are essentially slanted, and could give you 
the answers you want to hear, not the ones you should hear.

Lastly, after clicking the Exit and Clear survey button, in the 
following window, the close this window button did not work, even in 
Safe Mode for Firefox.

--
Ken

Mac OS X 10.8.5
Firefox 24.0
Thunderbird 17.0.8
LibreOffice 4.1.2.3


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