marketing conference call

Hello,

much time has passed since the last marketing conference call, and this
is not the only reason to start this year with coordinating our
marketing efforts for 2012. ;-)

Italo and me would like to invite all of you to participate in a phone
conference to discuss on what we have achieved so far, and on what the
plans for this year will be. After we have built a good basis, and after
we achieved many milestones as a strong community, it is time to reach
out for more, and also to listen to each other, to hear about the
situation, successes and needs in the various projects around the globe.

Everyone is invited - experienced marketeers as well as interested
"newbies". The call's language will be English, and I expect it to last
one hour, if needed also longer. To have enough time to plan on an
agenda and to prepare, we would like to aim for a date in the last two
weeks of January. I made some proposals on

        http://www.doodle.com/d95dn5k3xc2k5s2g

and would like to ask all of you to indicate your availability there, in
case you would like to join (which we hope! ;). The date with most
possible participants will be chosen then and announced soon.

Looking forward to hearing all of you, wishing us a successful and
healthy year 2012, filled with lots of positive surprises! ;)

Florian

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On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:30 +0100, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> Everyone is invited - experienced marketeers as well as interested
> "newbies". The call's language will be English, and I expect it to
> last
> one hour, if needed also longer.

Hi,  I'm one of those "interested newbies" who has been lurking for the
past few weeks.  One of the things I love about participating in the
FOSS world is the ability to create barrier-less meetings by going
online.  Not only by being able to read everything, but also by the use
of meetbots that automatically record transcripts and minutes.    I
recognize however that many people do prefer the convenience of
telephone conferences.

As I am hearing-impaired, I would like to ask what do you intend to
provide as a workaround for those of us who are unable to cross this
barrier and be fully participatory?

Bryen M Yunashko



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Hello Bryen,

Bryen M Yunashko wrote on 2012-01-12 17:15:
thanks for your message and your interest!

What we do already is two things:

First, we have a meeting room at the IRC chat in parallel to the phone
conference. Mainly, for sending out links and text snippets, but of
course, it can also be used for aiding hear impaired people, i.e. for
summarizing discussion and acting as a "gateway".

Second, we keep MP3 records and minutes of all calls, so they can be
listened to afterwards.

However, honestly spoken, I have not much experience in the needs for
hearing impaired, so any advice you can give is highly welcome! What
could we do for you to make attending the calls easier? Is there any
help we can provide?

Would be an honour to have you on the call!

Florian

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