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Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:57:45 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: draft - Website migration(+) announcement - draft From: Rob Weir To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > On Dec 29, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 6:19 PM, kay.schenk wrote= : >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Rob Weir wrote: >> >> >> >> I wonder whether it would be worth reviving the OpenOffice Newsletter? >> =C2=A0This was sent out to the old announce list. =C2=A0It was erratic t= oward >> the end, but at one point I think it was coming out every month. >> >> Some examples: >> >> March 2011: =C2=A0http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/announce/arch= ive/2011-03/message/0 >> >> December 2010: >> http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/announce/archive/2010-12/messag= e/0 >> >> September 2010: >> http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/announce/archive/2010-09/messag= e/0 >> >> A format like that allows us to bundle a few small posts, news >> clippings, announcements, etc., into a fuller package, maybe with >> greater impact. >> >> For example, we could a series of these over the next few months: >> >> Newsletter #1: =C2=A0Intro to OpenOffice @ Apache. =C2=A0Announcements o= n >> migration, copyleft-free build, start of test effort, links to blog, >> mailing lists, migration status, announcement of pending retirement of >> openoffice.org email addresses and lists, etc. >> >> Newsletter #2 (a month later): availability of test builds for 3.4 >> (hopefully on Windows by then), how to help with test effort, reminder >> on mailing list migration and mail forwarding shutdown. =C2=A0Gathering >> proposals for AOO 4.0. >> >> Newsletter #3 -- coverage of 3.4 release, press clippings, etc. >> >> A newsletter could be put together on the wiki and then the >> announcement can be a link to the online newsletter. >> >> I think this has merit. Can we find a voluneteer? >> >> ps. My earlier attempt at trying to directly post to announce@openoffice= .org is apparently SPAM and therefor rejected. I hope Andrew had some luck.= I'll track this down in a bit. >> >> >> It looks like it went out earlier to the announce list. =C2=A0I see it i= n the archives: >> >> http://openoffice.org/projects/www/lists/announce/archive/2011-12/messag= e/0 >> >> I'm also seeing large numbers of users now signed up to ooo-announce. > > What do you mean by large? > 1700 currently, and another 200 or so coming in every hour. > It is advertised on www.openoffice.org ... > Excellent. > Regards, > Dave > > >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> >> >> > //drew >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------- >> MzK >> >> "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged >> =C2=A0by the way its animals are treated." >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 -- Mohandas Gandhi >> >> >> >> >