If the leads wanted to do this I would be happy to be involved in California.
On 9/4/05, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 11:19 -0400, swhiser wrote: > > > > > It's ideal. By the time Office declares support for OpenDocument (say, > > next summer leading up to Vista's & Office 12's releases), we will have > > the necessary toe-hold, but a coordinated messaging campaign that open > > standards have taken up the lead is essential...not a campaign reactive > > to Microsoft's message. That requires leadership and coordination. > > Calm, collected, determined and certain are the demeanors that win the > > day -- and this will play out all through 2005 and 2006. The story will > > be: "Which state now has joined Mass? Wow! Here comes Michigan, now New > > Jersey, super: California!" We can't just sit here, we need to get every > > State CIO's office informed. This is a perfect challenge for our > > distributed volunteer ranks. > > > > Who's going to take up the standard and lead? > > Ideally we would have a trusted marketing volunteer in each state that > could be the initial contact. Once some interest was shown they could > bring in the "Cavalry" with additional support from the Marketing Leads > and specialists in ODF such as Gary Edwards. > > Do we have people in every state? If its down to one or two individuals > to try and contact the CTO for each state its a fairly big job. > -- > Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ZMSL > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Adam Moore Community Volunteer OOo blog: AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com <http://AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com>
