Hi Mike and Italo To clear up any confusion, my comment about not receiving any reply to previous questions about audiences referred to an exchange on this list on Dec 1, where no one responded to my question, so nearly three months ago. This wasn't 24 hours. I'm glad things seem to be moving this time.
As per my previous email, I'll develop some messaging per audience, based round the previous comments and other material on the website, to circulate. When it's done, it will be a kind of library of approved content for designers and other people to drop into what they're doing so the messaging is consistent and volunteers aren't spending time reinventing the wheel. Hope that's clear. Matt On Thu, 26 Feb 2026, at 5:31 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > Hi Matt, contributing to open source projects in the area of marketing is not > like consulting to a regular business, so please expect delays and/or replies > which may look weird. Most of the people in the project do not have any kind > of marketing background, and in some cases see marketing as an issue rather > than an opportunity. > > In addition, many people are volunteers, and people who are paid like Mike > and me do not work full time, and do cover all continents, talking with > journalists, supporting local communities, handling branding issues, > preparing announcements, managing marketing budgets, speaking at conferences, > representing TDF at global level (EU, governments, NGOs, ...), writing blog > posts, preparing slide decks for events, writing the Annual Report, and > organizing LibreOffice Conferences. > > I may have missed some tasks, but I am definitely involved almost on a daily > basis on all the above tasks. Mike is focusing on slightly different tasks, > but the overall workload is the same. All this, with a marketing budget close > to zero euro (if compared to any competitor's marketing budget). > > So, please be patient. In open source projects, patience is one of the most > important assets of good contributors. > > All that said, I think it makes sense to have a call in early March to > discuss about future marketing activities. > > Best regards, Italo > > On 2/25/26 13:29, [email protected] wrote: >> And again... All goes quiet. That's why I can't help. >> >> On Tue, 24 Feb 2026, at 10:55 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> I'd be interested to know about audiences too, as a copywriter keen to >>> help out. I've asked before but there's been no answer. >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> On Tue, 24 Feb 2026, at 1:03 PM, Sebastian Brower wrote: >>>> Hi Mike, >>>> >>>> Thanks for sending those links. I took a look at the schools and university >>>> flyers and i think they are really good - Especially the modern design. I >>>> have some areas I believe I can improve upon and would love to take a shot >>>> myself. Any source files would be a great help. Also would you mind letting >>>> me know the target audience for the flyer? Are we targeting an average >>>> student or a tech-savvy one? >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> Sebastian >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 2:34 AM Mike Saunders < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Sebastian, >>>>> >>>>> On 20/02/2026 11:29, Sebastian Brower wrote: >>>>> > >>>>>> The main areas that I would like to work on: flyers and graphics >>>>> Great, thanks for offering to help! We have flyers that we hand out at >>>>> events, in various languages, such as: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/04/23/libreoffice-flyers-for-schools-and-universities-help-us-to-hand-them-out/ >>>>> >>>>> And a more modern design: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/15/libreoffice-flyer-for-schools-and-universities-extra-design/ >>>>> >>>>> What do you think? If you'd like to work on improved designs, I can send >>>>> you the source file. >>>>> >>>>> Regarding graphics, we have recently contracted a design agency to >>>>> improve our graphics, creating things more consistent with our branding, >>>>> like: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://blog.documentfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/LO_26_2-light.png >>>>> >>>>> But of course, there's lots to do. Is there anything in particular >>>>> you've seen, that you'd like to work on, or could be improved? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers! >>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >>>> Problems? >>>> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>>> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>>> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ >>>> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >>> Problems? >>> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ >>> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > -- > Italo Vignoli - LibreOffice Marketing & PR > mobile/signal/telegram +39.348.5653829 > email [email protected] -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
