Re: [us-marketing] Re: US/Can Marketing wiki page clean-up

On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 09:57 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press
Productions wrote:

> On 05/14/2011 09:18 AM, Carl Symons wrote:
> > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 6:02 AM, drew<drew@baseanswers.com>  wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 08:25 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press
> > > Productions wrote:
> > > > On 05/14/2011 01:53 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
> > > > > Hi everyone
> > > > >
> > > > > I've corrected problems with the tables on both US and Can
> > > > > sections[1]. I've also simplified the menu as it was just showing too
> > > > > many unnecessary items and complicated the menu for no reason. I have
> > > > > also added the language bar on the US-marketing pages as some of these
> > > > > need to be translated into ES and FR.
> > > > >
> > > > > NB: Florian has replaced the wiki WYSIWYG editor and the new editor
> > > > > now works correctly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Let me know if there are any problems with any pages on the marketing
> > > > > wiki pages.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers
> > > > >
> > > > > Marc
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/US-Marketing/Members
> > > > What is the "State Leaders"?
> > > Good question - my .02 would be to remove that verbiage.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Drew
> > I added a blurb about the leadership structure. It is not too early to
> > be thinking about world domination and the requisite hierarchy B^)
> > Otherwise, I agree with Drew.
> >
> > Just something to think about...
> > What should these positions be called...troika, archbishop, cardinal
> > and various presbytery would be kinda cool. Dear Leader and everyone
> > else for those so inclined. With the armada of paper airplanes, it
> > would be appropriate to have the LibreAirForce--lieutenant, captain,
> > major, colonel, general. LibreOffice<  >LibreAirForce...yeah!
> >
> > How about something like a user-selectable ranking scheme?
> I like the idea of having a list of volunteers by State or Region.
> That way people could see where the nearest volunteer is to their location.
>
> If we get a volunteer list of 50 to 200 people this way, we may be able 
> to see if there is enough people in an area to support going to some 
> event.  These events may not be strictly Linux expos, but business 
> related so we could get a table and let these business people know about 
> our great free office suite.  As one business man told me Thursday, he 
> does not know from day to day if he will have enough clients that wants 
> printing done, to cover the bills and pay for his family's needs.  He is 
> down to to one employee, himself, when he use to have 3 or 4 workers.  
> So he liked the idea of something free.
>
> Another business, a used book store, had OOo 2.x installed for those 
> people who send to her "documents that need it".  She used Windows and 
> her son uses Linux.  She has broadband in her store and dial-up at 
> home.  So I gave her a copy of the NA-DVD a few weeks ago.
>
> I still think having a list of people/businesses where you can get a 
> copy of a CD or DVD of the current package would help spread the message 
> that LibreOffice is in the Office market.  I know many businesses that 
> do not download software.  The must have a CD or DVD copy to use, or 
> they will not use it.  Also there are many people out there who cannot 
> download the package due to limited bandwidth or download speed [think 
> dial-up service speeds].  It would take too long to do the downloading 
> with those limitations.  This would be a good service to provide for 
> them.  That is one reason I got involved in the NA-DVD project, to 
> create a DVD that has everything that we could think of that a user 
> could use and place it on one DVD for them to use.  Right now we have 
> the Win/Linux/Mac DVD [3.1 GB] and a Win-only [1.4 GB] version.  If I 
> was able to do a business out of my apartment, I would provide such a 
> service, but the rules on subsidized handicapped apartments will not 
> allow it.  The cost of an OOo CD/DVD used to be about $10 - $15, on 
> average including shipping.  That was a few years ago.  You can ship to 
> any state in the USA for about $5 or less and the media and cost of 
> making the discs may be about $2 or $3.  Then, if there is a profit, 
> maybe some of it could be donated to "the cause" of marketing 
> LibreOffice in the region or country that service it in.
>
> Any ideas about a service to send a CD/DVD to potential users?  We give 
> them away at events, but with such a service we can get more copies to 
> of the suite out to those who want it.


I think the idea of local contacts is a good one. In large states like
NY and Ga you would want contacts scattered across the state. Such in
Texas someone Houston might like the idea of a local who they can
contact.

I prefer the title Grand Aardvark
-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com



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