[tdf-discuss] Re: [Forum]How will the forum be organized?

Le 2011-01-10 11:56, sophie a écrit :
> Hi Drew,
> On 10/01/2011 19:41, drew wrote:
> [...]
> > Slightly off topic but it is part of this issue: As to the question of a
> > single monolithic view of the project, all things LibreOffice will be at
> > one domain, this is a basic assumption that I an not willing to adhere
> > to.
> >
> > There is great value in a networked view, I am not advocating a lack of
> > concern for the trademark, that will be from time to time necessary and
> > is part of our responsibilities, but I am most vigorously arguing
> > against a view that all things should flow into a single point, rather
> > that we build an organization that flows outwards, we support the
> > efforts and initiatives of others that make use of this Free Open Source
> > application we build.
> I think there is a different view also coming from the native language
> groups because I think of the lack of 'marketing the community' we have
> met in the past.
> The forum is a great support and resource for users, but we also have to
> think on how to get new members contributing to the project.
>  From our experience in the FR community, but I think it's also true for
> other languages, the forum didn't help us here. I'm not accusing
> anybody, be sure it's absolutely not my idea, I just point that we need
> to think about it and find solutions. We should be able to have more
> contributors also coming from the forum.
> I don't know how, because I can't participate to forum, but I think it
> participates to the idea of splitting the resources Stefan was talking
> about. And it is may be more visible in language communities because we
> need resources for QA/Doc/L10n, etc, where it is done by the overall
> community en English language.
> Again, this is not to open flames against the forum, it is just to state
> an issue we have met for some times now and open a reflexion on the way
> to solve it in our project.
>
> Kind regards
> Sophie

Before you read the next lines, I have to say that I will most likely 
not be using the right terminology and hope you understand my point(s).

Well, then, would both Drew and Sophie be against having the forums 
passing through the main LibreOffice.org site and the "Forums" page with 
the forums being themed in such a way that they appear to belong as a 
"LibreOffice" site. This way, the forums would still have their 
independence, the different admins will still be the same. The only 
difference is that the forums could cooperate and theme to blend into 
the site.

This would make it easier to community build as most users would 
eventually believe that their forum has equal weight on the site. It 
would give everyone a sense of belonging.

We could then setup a LibreOffice.org official forum for official 
announcements and whatever would not be covered under the international 
language forum.

Do you think this would be acceptable?

A metaphor to this is LibreOffice forums would be the same as the EU 
states (nl forums) dressed up in the EU flag (LibreOffice site); the 
same metaphor as the US States (nl forums) dressed up in the US flag 
(LibreOffice site); the African States ... etc.

The point I would like to make is that if people get a sense of 
belonging, then it is easier to improve and build community. It is also 
easier to speak as one voice when you feel like you belong.


Marc


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