[Typo3-marketing] Marketing at T3BOARD

[Daniel Hinderink]

> Aloah from Vienna!
> 
> At 11:21 10.01.2005 +0100, Daniel Hinderink wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> I sent the presentation to JH, so I guess it will show up on T3BOARD.com
>> soon.
> 
> thanx, Daniel!
> 
>> I have some questions regarding the protocol of the first meeting:
>> 
>> 1. Regarding .com: are these questions answered after the meeting?
> 
> yes, I think so.
> is it correct, that any person, who voluteers on helping at typo3.com goes
> directly toi you as the project leader?

Or just send their suggestions to this list. Michelle has volunteered to
make a draft for the feature list.

>> 2. Re: edu: Claudio Cathomen has volunteered as a new maintainer
> 
> yes, thank you to Claudio! We will finish the details until End of January
> together.
> Claudio will the form his team - one of the team-members will be Kurt
> Dirnbauer, offering an helping hand on the topics moodle and claroline!
> 
>> 3. Jean-Marie Schweizer and his US-born wife Elaine have volunteered to
>> translate the existing texts.
>> @Sander: you have told them that you have already translated some of the
>> texts into english, please inform rthem which of these and send them.
> 
> I do have all the texts from Sander, as well as about 5 reference cases in
> English.
> It's fixed with Jean-Marie, that I will integrate them as hidden pages in
> the existing edu.typo3.com
> As soon as CC and I are finished, we will hand over the translation-ball to
> JMS.

Let me know when the user needs to be created.

>> 4. gov: who would like to help with the contents?
>> 5. Logo-redesign: where should the Logo be placed for download?
> 
> I would suggest on TYPO3.com either in a Press Section or under Support
> Downloads.

That latter would imply we have more downloads to offer. Do we?

> 
>> 6. who will implement the improvements to the logo?
> 
> JMS has already offered to coordinate and I remenmber, that we decided to
> have a list of the facts, why the logo is
> 
>> 7. why should the case studies be made into special documents?
> 
> we (in the Austrian User Group - approx. 230 subscribed members) will
> handle it that way.
> Templates are offered and this is helping to write theses cases for a lot
> of people. Many of them are not used to write stuff like that.
> Our offer has been - use it or leave it. And my imression was, that som
> agencies liked the idea.

My question was more aiming at the reaso for creating special pdf's for
download.
 
>> 8. Re: Flyer: will the text for a TYPO3 flyer not be the same as those on
>> .com? I was told RM only offered to make these under the provision that
>> they would bear the logo of his company (which makes this useless).
>> Sabina, can shed some light on this?
> 
> Hope so.
> The folder should be something between 1-2 pages - highlightening the
> important facts and benefits for customers in general.
> The Austrian TUGA will provide a TYPO3-FACT sheet (with the tech-facts from
> the .com-Site) and a TYPO3-general folder.
> The logo of the agency who wants to use them, will be insertable on it. It
> should be ready to download latest in Feb. 2005.
> If RW wants to provide this anyway - RW: go ahead! (maybe you are faster
> then us ;-))

Sabina has caught the spirit :-)

>> 9. where should the mascot be used? com or .org or both?
> 
> this has to be answered by the persons bringing this topic up. From my
> point of view it was an .org thing.

Most probably.

> 
>> 10. what kind of organisation could be created on a national level for
>> marketing?
> 
> I think Sanders paper can give some suggestions or ideas here - see below:
> 
>> 11. will Sanders paper also state which marketing activities should be
>> organised nationally?
> 
> YES!!! - this is the main goal ;-))

It didn't say so, that's why i asked.

> 
>> 12. when will this paper be available?
> 
> Sander, when can we PLEASE expect that 2-A4-pages paper in Feb?
> 
> 
>> 13. what to do about the pr work misery?
>> Christoph Lindemann offered his help with PR work in Germany, but that is
>> no solution to the Typhead situation, which is not working and should
>> either be taken down or reorganized. Ideas anyone?
> 
> I realized within the last year, how the PR-workflow works/unworks within
> the group.
> Therefore I have decided to start with writing a press paper about the
> results of the boarding-tour.
> It's ready in german by 13:00 today, then it will be reviewd by a
> technician of the Association.
> Within 10-12 hours afterwards it should be translated into english, french,
> spanish, danish and dutch by native speakers.
> As soon as this is ready (wednesday hopefully the latest) the typeheads
> will receive this press-information.
> To all of you: this is my offer - either take it or leave it ... or offer
> something better.

I am curious. I hope Christoph Lindemann will take the opportunity to goive
feedback and show us what he plans to contribute.
 
>> 14. If the marketing list will be closed, where do people learn about the
>> possibility to apply for it? New section on .org?
>> This should probably merge with the common file repository and the place
>> where the logo should be kept.
>> Ideas for a structure and a good technical solution for uploading and
>> sharing files?#
> 
> My input on that will come until end of week ... still thinking.

Robert Lemke is sitting here with me, i will conferr with him as well.

Cheers

Daniel