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Hi, :-) |
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I'm a member of the LibreOffice community. LibreOffice (LibO) is the |
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office suite project of The Document Foundation (TDF), the |
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community-driven organization that recently forked from the |
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Oracle-managed OpenOffice.org project. |
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TDF/LibO is currently working on its branding and on its artwork for |
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the LibreOffice distribution. We are currently very short of GRAPHIC |
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ARTISTS. |
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Notably, right now, we urgently need creative talent to help us design |
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artwork for our websites. We need to develop a logo, and - hopefully - |
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a MASCOT along the lines of Linux's Tux, to act as a "living" |
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ambassador that achieves lasting recognition of our brand and products |
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in people's minds. |
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But we also need talent to work on icon sets and other artwork on an |
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ongoing basis. |
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A number of Linux distributions have announced their intention to ship |
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LibreOffice with their future releases. We know that they frequently |
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do re-branding work to integrate their chosen office suite in lines |
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with their project's thinking. |
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So we are keen to involve you in our project branding and development, |
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so that we ship releases that better fit your needs. |
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LibreOffice and The Document Foundation could also benefit from |
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MENTORING and from close and ongoing involvement from established |
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Linux projects, especially in these early days when we are developing |
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our infrastructure and organization. |
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Like you, we passionately value and believe in Free Open Source |
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software (FOSS). |
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We very much ask you to get involved in our project and influence our |
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development. We seek your comments and advice and contributions. For |
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this, below you will find a number of links as a starting point: |
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Useful links |
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LibreOffice marketing mailing list: marketing+subscribe@×××××××××××.org |
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The Document Foundation general discussions mailing list: |
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discuss+subscribe@××××××××××××××××××.org |
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LibreOffice developers mailing list: |
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http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice |
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TDF steering committee discussions mailing list: |
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steering-discuss+subscribe@××××××××××××××××××.org |
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LibreOffice user support mailing list: users+subscribe@×××××××××××.org |
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Our Nabble gateway for easy mailing list browsing: |
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http://www.documentfoundation.org/nabble/ |
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The Document Foundation contacts page: |
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http://www.documentfoundation.org/contact/ |
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Mail address distributing to all TDF press and media contacts: |
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info@××××××××××××××××××.org |
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LibreOffice dedicated IRC channel: #libreoffice at irc.freenode.net |
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TDF dedicated IRC channel: #documentfoundation at irc.freenode.net |
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Follow TDF via @docufoundation on Twitter: http://twitter.com/docufoundation |
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Follow TDF via @docufoundation on identi.ca: http://identi.ca/docufoundation |
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Visit the TDF website: http://www.documentfoundation.org |
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Pages showing the project's work in progress |
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http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding |
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http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Ideas |
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Plus, of course, if necessary, you can contact me, too, at the address |
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from which this mail was sent, or via this mailing list. |
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Thank you for your time reading this message. Thank you, also, for |
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your own valuable work in bringing the world Open Source software. |
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David Nelson |
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P.S. Please note that this advocacy is a personal initiative, and is |
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*not* in any way "official communication" by TDF. |