Am 01.06.2013 um 17:28 schrieb Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr>:
> > On Jun 1, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Norbert Hartl <norb...@hartl.name> wrote: > >> >> Am 01.06.2013 um 08:10 schrieb Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr>: >> >>> Hi guys >>> >>> I think that we are doing a poor job selling ourselves. I think that the >>> quality of our community is in >>> general excellent but we do not sell it. I think that we are not using well >>> the association. >>> I think that this is REALLY important for a larger adoption of Pharo that >>> the world >>> knows that we have excellent guys around that can consult. >>> >>> So what do you think? >>> I would use the association in a much clearer way. >> >> I think you need to elaborate here. On this level of detail the only answer >> could be: good idea! I cannot see what you have on your mind when you like >> to use the association in a clearer way. > > I mean that we could use the association as a show room for talented person > "selling" their expertise :) > >> I would like to have consultancy for consultants. I mean I read that >> sometimes that developers are just too shy to sell services with smalltalk >> or do not dare to introduce it to their IT. There should be an instance >> encouraging those people or be just an address to target questions to. > > I would like to show to the world that if they start business around Pharo > they can find experts. Agreed. I think that is important, too. I just like as well help people finding the right arguments (or myth counter arguments) to be able to implement smalltalk in their company themselves. It is the same as programming: You have to unlearn "some truths" first before you can argue a better way. It works for me and people I talk to. And I (and other people, too..I guess) are open to answer questions about this. Norbert
