[TYPO3-UG US] US Marketing Plan

[Michelle Heizer]

Hi Olivier,

On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 10:35 +0200, Olivier Dobberkau wrote:
> Hello Michele.
> 
> the moment the association does that all the companies supporting the 
> association will leave. please read the bylaws of the association to 
> understand its sole role: support the product, the market and not the 
> end users.


Yeah, I know -- I was just being facetious. :) I agree that we need to
find a better way to get users to the support they need. It seems like
people on this list have a variety of customers/markets they work with
and I wonder how we can ensure that people who come to the TYPO3 site
are able to find the right consultancy for the job.

> i agree upon that typo3.com needs to be reworked in pointing end
> users 
> to the support schemes, but this will be only able if the separation 
> between community (for free) and association members (paid) can be 
> achieved in a way that is fair for both.

Yes and I think the partnership program idea would work best here. If we
had partner scoring, we could give members of the association a certain
amount of points. It would be pretty fair, because the community could
up their score in other areas. Anyway, this is my late night
thought... :)

Regards,

Michelle