On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 08:53 +0200, Erwin Tenhumberg wrote: > > Yeah, so I went and did it myself. > > Which is perfectly fine, since you did not act as an OpenOffice.org > "official", and the articles had great impact! Congratulations! > > Any official OpenOffice.org response however, should follow > OpenOffice.org guidelines, e.g. have people review and > official statement.
But this particular case highlights a problem. News is immediate in many cases. This is perhaps the biggest thing since the Munich case and this thread started on Wednesday. The marketing list has been pretty quiet for months and recently we have had 210 posts on some fairly important issues such as who can and can't speak for OOo, which shows and conferences we should and should not attend and how we deal more effectively with PR. I'm a bit surprised that in 210 posts, none have been from the marketing leads. If the only members of the hierarchy that post to the marketing list are Louis and Erwin, it undermines confidence in the marketing project leadership. What decisions will be taken as a result of these discussions and who takes them? > Anybody can propose an official article or press release, > but should be prepared to make modifications based on > community feedback. But we also need people to be able to speak immediately. Its not just press releases, its being able to take opportunities. One of the strengths of Open Source in general is that it isn't - or shouldn't - be constrained by the same bureaucratic mechanisms as a Cathedral. > Individual/personal statements outside of the OpenOffice.org > project/community context however, don't have to follow > these guidelines, i.e. if people don't act as OpenOffice.org > officials and hopefully don't say nonsense, they are free to > write, say and blog what they want. > > BTW, the news about MA's decision haven't spread in Germany > yet, So maybe someone who speaks German should make sure it happens ;-) > but I'm pretty sure they will get picked-up today. Why not be certain? Regards, -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
