May 2012 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] ambassador reports
by Jos Poortvliet 23 Feb '25

23 Feb '25

Hi boosters, The marketing team has been brainstorming on how to give ambassadors a tad more attention in openSUSE; motivate them to make a bit more noise; and reward them for what they do. Now we have a few ideas, but for one, we thought it might make sense to use connect. Yes, it could probably be done via the wiki and other ways but I know you guys have a hammer and might see this as a nail :D *what is the problem* the ambassadors _sometimes_ create event reports. We want those reports for several reasons: - to have an idea of what they are doing - to measure how much we do - to motivate others - to SHOW what we do Unfortunately, not so many event reports are made although we're fairly sure many events have openSUSE attendance. This is due to several issues. *First*, not all ambassadors are so connected to us - many are not 'official ambassador' or their English skills are minimal and they are not internationally involved. I will send a follow-up mail with ideas on how to solve that. *Second*, filling in an event report on the wiki is not exactly easy for many. Some send one by mail - which is fine but leaves little record. *Third*, the reports receive little visibility. They are mentioned somewhere in the weekly news if you're lucky and of course on the marketing ML, but that's it pretty much. Numbers in it are not saved, we don't realy do anything with it as there is no real easy record. *The solution?* Ideally, the reports would end up in a central place, some database... And ideally, they would be connected to the ambassadors - so they can build up a trackrecord of events they have visited. Once we have this we can also show reports on eg news.o.o in a feed box on the side for example, or on our homepage. We can analyze and use statistics (for promo), promote events, do monthly articles - all kinds of things. We have an events page on en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassador_events which suffers from similar issues - most people don't create a page because it is not easy and not localized. *connect.o.o* In short. We wonder - would Connect not offer a much better way of handeling events, event reports and the like? Would it not offer a better place for ambassador user accounts (with associated event reports as track records)? Culd it offer an easy place for ambassadors to add info for an event and afterwards add a report & pictures which we can then display in the planet feed (localized, if needed)? In case you think this is relevant, chuck and manu might have some time to help with this both in 'how to do it' (I would also love to think abou that) and the doing itself. Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE and KDE in COSCUP Taiwan
by Max 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Dear ALL: I am Max from Taiwan -- openSUSE ambassador and GNOME foundaion member too. ^__^ It's midnight in Taiwan. But I really happy to say "openSUSE and KDE will have one track( 2 days - 14 slot Presentations) at 18 - 19 Aug 2012 in COSCUP Taiwan" (I am sorry, I just make sure the date and slot today) What is COSCUP? http://coscup.org/2011/en/ COSCUP is the largest annual FLOSS conference organized by local communities in Taiwan. The conference has sessions for new users, enthusiastic promoters, coders or anyone who is interested in cutting-edge FLOSS technologies. The goal is to create a friendly and informative environment for people from different communities to make friends, learn new technologies and inspire each other. Open source software is supported by 3 groups: coders, users and promoters. This conference is aimed at all three groups. No matter whether you are a new user, a passionate promoter, mature developer or anywhere in between, you are welcome at COSCUP, the Conference for Open Source Coders, Users and Promoters! for COSCUP | GNOME.Asia 2010 and COSCUP 2011 there are 1,000 people together. ^__^ This Year (2012) openSUSE and KDE will get involved with COSCUP. We will have one individual track with 2 days. (About 14 presentaions) Date: 18-19 Aug, 2012 Country: Asia -- Taiwan We will have both booth and Conference in COSCUP 2012. We need your participate^^. For some good | interesting topic with openSUSE ( Yes, we will send call for paper as soon as possible <(_ _)> ) For booth -- We need your help. For anything else..... good to openSUSE Best regards sakana -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Chamäleon - Bilder
by Olaf Runge 13 Jun '12

13 Jun '12

Hi, ich weiß nicht, ob ich mit der von mir ausgewählten Mailadresse richtig liege. in meinem letzten Urlaub auf Madagaskar hatte ich Gelegenheit, einige schöne Fotos von Chamäleons dem Logo von openSuSe anzufertigen. als langjähriger Nutzer und Fan der Linux-Distribution openSuSe wollte ich versuchen etwas zum Gelingen des Projektes beitragen und diese Bilder zur Verfügung stellen. Teilt mir einfach mit, ob Interesse besteht, und wie ich diese dann Euch zukommen lassen kann. Ein sehr gelungens Foto füge ich dieser Mail als Anhang bei. Es grüsst Olaf Runge Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Str. 7 53225 Bonn

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[opensuse-marketing] I might be off lsit but ...
by yancy smith 02 Jun '12

02 Jun '12

Does any one know the ambassadors that are going to SELF 2012 .. am a reg but will not be on site all the time and wan to contact the ambs. before if I can <?> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Why openSUSE site shows Debian logo?
by Ilya Chernykh 31 May '12

31 May '12

http://storage7.static.itmages.ru/i/12/0409/h_1333994460_1791153_5bda7e8dae… -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] How about we #AskGeeko on Google+
by Roger Luedecke 31 May '12

31 May '12

I just saw a thing on Google+ where Conan would answer questions. I think we should do something similar, #AskGeeko. Granted, this would be different... no webcam hangout, but would allow people to ask questions, serious and silly from the project. I'll try to answer as the page where possible, and other folks could answer as well. If we are lucky, we may be able to get #AskGeeko to trend. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] stepping away
by jdd 31 May '12

31 May '12

Hello, I have to give more time to my family and so to step away from some of my present occupations. So I will take less occupations in openSUSE :-( this have nothing related to openSUSE - I will continue to use and promote it, but locally sincerely jdd -- http://www.dodin.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Marketing survey
by Alexandre bonhomme 31 May '12

31 May '12

Dear all, I read the wiki pages regarding marketing and strategy. Something remains not clear to me: how to we proceed at openSUSE to turn strategy definition and market share analysis into products and features? Please, is there some place in which I can find this? Thanks Best regards Alexandre -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] inappropriate use of (open)SUSE logo in Mexico
by Miguel Barajas 31 May '12

31 May '12

Hi there, So, there is a Mexican Company (textil) that is using the openSUSE Logo, they has been registered the logo to the mexican intelectual property institute as their trade mark. Here there is the webpage: http://chamy.mx/index.html and the Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ChamybyDesign I'm wondering if SUSE de Mexico (where I use to work) has any issue about it. Anyway, I don't think that this kind of ripoff has to be allowed. Regards! -- Miguel Barajas - GnuOwned Follow me on Twitter @gnuowned openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] 1st openSUSE Installfest "SUSETON" in Queretaro, Mexico
by Miguel Barajas 31 May '12

31 May '12

Hi there, We are seting up a little Installfest in Queretaro, Mexico the Next June 1st: http://suseton.eventbrite.com/ P.D: sorry for the cross post. Regards! -- Miguel Barajas - GnuOwned Follow me on Twitter @gnuowned openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+owner(a)opensuse.org

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