Re: [us-marketing] Introductions

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Benjamin Horst <bhorst@mac.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I've been a part of the OOo and now LibO communities for at nearly 10 years
> now. I remember watching the purchase and open sourcing of StarOffice by Sun
> back in 2000, and hoping I could get it on my Mac soon. That took a while,
> but I'm happy it happened!
>
> I live in New York City, but was in LA and Boston before that.
>
> I wrote "The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org," which was published in 2004,
> and have worked on promoting, documenting and other tasks in my time with
> the project. I raised money from volunteers and used it to buy a full page
> ad on the back of the free Metro newspaper in NYC for the release of
> OpenOffice.org 2.0.
>
> I work for a web development firm as a project manager, and have experience
> with many CMSs and the web design and development process. I've been active
> lately on the website discussions where I suggested platforms for our wiki
> (Foswiki, though it was not selected) and main website (Drupal). Those
> discussions have been challenging. :)
>
> I'm interested in marketing/promotion/evangelizing LibO in the USA and
> Canada and in education, because I think these are areas where it could be
> quickly adopted to the benefit of many, many people. As a former student
> myself, I could not have spared even $100 to buy an office software package,
> and I want people in that situation today to know they do not have to.
>
> Looking forward to working with you all! I have a list of promotional ideas
> I'd like to share soon. I think we should pick one or two specific projects
> and make them happen!
>
> -Ben
>
>
> Benjamin Horst
> bhorst@mac.com
> 646-464-2314 (Eastern)
> www.solidoffice.com
Ben,

I would be very interested in your ideas, I hope that you will share them
soon, I would love to get started sooner, rather than later.

James

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