[us-marketing] Re: LibreOffice North American Community meeting - April 2011

Hi everyone:

Le 2011-04-15 12:27, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit :
> On 04/14/2011 10:24 PM, drew wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I would like to ask for a few minutes of your time and to make a
> > proposal to the community here - for both I just turned the camera on,
> > it's a ~six minute video.
> >
> > http://www.facebook.com/v/1840388402746
> >
> > The doddle poll mentioned can be found here:
> > http://doodle.com/76xtkw3m42793zqq
> >
> > There is no wiki page setup, as I write this email, but that will be
> > done and folks could add items to the agenda.
> >
> > Thanks again for your time and your consideration,
> >
> > Drew Jensen

Thanks for the video and suggestions.

> International English - I thought Jeff is working on that for us. I
> thought they were going to
> start with our work and modify it to match their server files/folders.
>
>
> Next Weekend - That is Easter Weekend.
> I may be gone for one of two days, most of the days, for family
> obligations.
> Do we really want to do this on a holiday weekend?

Also agree. Would one week later work? Falling on Easter weekend 
complicates things.

> Timezones? What hour of the day/night on the East Coast would translate
> best for the people on the west coast of NA and SA, plus anyone from
> Europe?
>
> Product Line - Always a good Idea.
>
> Do you want the link to the laser "printed" pencils?
> 24 single color or 72 random colors unit sizes.
> 30 uppercase characters.
>
> Used these for a rail historical group at rail shows, and still use them
> as handouts
> for AktionClub-Elmira.org [Name and URL versions].
>
> Same company has military-style "dog-tags" in several colors.
> They have the sporting event "cow-bells" in several colors.
>
> I have use photo mugs to get around the single color text/logo printing
> that some companies require. Make one image [they call it photo] with
> logo, text, and some images, for a Railroad related mug.
>
> I have a company that does a nice job for embroidered logos on clothing
> and "ink printing" options as well. Free setup is included for the
> embroidered
> logos. I think that is better than a printed option, since it does not
> wear "down"
> as quickly as ink printed items [like some of the sweat-shirt and
> tee-shirt items I have]

I am not sure and can't seem to find it in my notes yet, but had we not 
agreed on an American company for this already, and it was also able to 
serve up the Canadian market.

> Would it be nice to have a green color for our wearable items since the
> DVD and web site is a green style? That way we would keep the same color
> scheme. I wear blue shirts for Aktion Club - since it is their color;
> Navy Blue, White, and Gold. Light blue and/or gold paper is used for
> their brochures. Light blue for their thank you notes and cards. They
> wanted to use their color scheme whenever it was possible. We could do
> so as well.
>
> -----------
>
> Do you know any figures on how many people now use LibreOffice?
>
> OOo use to keep track of this based on the number of downloads from
> their site, and the same for Mozilla's browser. It would be nice to be
> able to state that 100 thousand, or 1 million, etc., people are now
> using LibreOffice.

This was discussed a while ago and it centered on the registration page 
(remember the old one used for OpenOffice?). The LibreOffice 
registration page is now voluntary (or am I wrong?) and we could as for 
the stats from this. There should also be some "Download" stats 
available from the "Downloads" page on the site. If not, we should 
really be tracking this. We need this for marketing purposes.

> -----------
>
> The DVD insert
> We may need to place the system requirements on the insert sheet[s].
> Many packages have it printed on their boxes, but I do not think we
> should change the back cover panel of the DVD case. Since we should have
> it listed somewhere, it could be "next to" the instructions on how to
> use the DVD.
>
> The letter size insert "draft template" I listed
> http://libreoffice-na.us/pamphlet-insert-6-panel--letter.odt
> was just to show the idea of margin setup. Using letter paper [or legal]
> we need to cut it down from 8.5 inches to no more than 7.5 inches, if it
> is to fit inside of the DVD case. I think it could be between 7 and 7.25
> inches so there is room in the case if you do not cut the paper to an
> exact height. I do not have a good paper cutter, so I do not have an
> easy way to cut the pages to an exact width.

If you pre-print a stack, you may be able to call a printing company 
that has a real paper cutter who will then cut the paper to size for a 
nominal charge. My father used to own a printing company and he would do 
this free of charge for his clients or charge very little for others.

> Do you have access to an inkjet printer that prints directly onto the
> CD/DVD media? I am going to try and borrow one from a friend for some
> copies. These printers usually cost about twice as much as the standard
> print/scan/copy ones I buy.
>
> ------------
>
> That is all I can think of for discussion in a week or two.

We should also consider talking about ways to increase membership for 
the LibreOffice US/Can marketing teams. We need more members.

Cheers

Marc




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