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

*ditto*

-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Erwin [mailto:dale@casaerwin.org] 
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 6:04 PM
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Engaging Users in the LibreOffice
Project

On 11/1/2013 2:05 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
> 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.

I agree about the survey.  The multiple-choice type answers did not 
reflect my answers.  However, I had no trouble closing the window 
without completing the survey.

-- 
Dale Erwin
Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03
Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU
http://leather.casaerwin.org


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