On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: . . .
>>> >>> > >>> >>> > Levels in which we might do things: >>> >>> > >>> >>> > Level 1 -- Do nothing but watch for abuses. If someone wants to >>> sell >>> >>> > a CD, then they are free to do it, per the license. They can >>> >>> > advertise on eBay, their website, etc., but they have no permission >>> to >>> >>> > use the trademarks. Nothing special on our website. >>> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > >>> >>> > Level 2 -- We allow a listing on our website (or wiki) of those who >>> >>> > offer CDs. But we make no attempt to verify anything. It is all >>> >>> > "caveat emptor". We put in disclaimers on the page so users know >>> that >>> >>> > we have not vetted anything. >>> >>> > >>> >>> > Level 3 -- We review requests for listing and approve them only if >>> >>> > they meet our qualifications, which might include proper use of >>> >>> > trademarks, a link back to our website, etc. This is similar to what >>> >>> > we did with consultants. >>> >>> > >>> >>> > Level 4 -- Like Level 3, but for those distributors who meet our >>> >>> > qualifications we offer a special logo they can use, something like >>> a >>> >>> > "Community Distributor". >>> >>> > . . . >>> >> > It seems there is at least some consensus of moving ahead with a CD vendor > page similar to the consultants page: > > http://www.openoffice.org/bizdev/consultants.html > > so, Rob, if you feel inclined to work on #1 and #2 from your suggestions > above, please feel free to draft up something for us to review. Then move > on to #3? > We might be able to jump directly to #3. We don't need to do #1 or #2 first. I've started to draft the "Distributor Best Practices" page here: http://www.openoffice.org/distribution/best-practices.html I think in the end we need three pages: 1) The main page, which is the listings page. 2) The Distributor Best Practices page 3) An instructions page for would-be distributors, of how to get listed. It might grow over time to include links to ISO's, CD labels, etc., in the future. These pages would be cross-linked. > So, we don't have to un-reroute what we've already done with the old > distribution area, I'm inclined to put this new CD page(s) in bizdev also. > > I'm hoping we can just implement this with xml and xslt. I'll do some > testing in a day or so. > That could be done now or later on. It is OK to start with a static HTML page (not MDText) and prototype the design and even go live with it, and then add the XSLT automation to generate it later. Depending on the number of listings automation might not be needed. Do you want to mock up a distributor listings page? Regards, -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
