To whome i may concearn, I (Warren Camilleri) am currently looking for sponsors to assist me in promoting OSS in malta, since i am a loyal Libreoffice.org user and member (Maltese translator & marketing lead) i am currently working on the following TDf projects:
mt.libeoffice.org and the Maltese Libreoffice DVD for distribution for windows computers 90% popular in Malta. Since marketing here is expensive and i am volunteering to your project on behalf of my community which we are currently are gearing up to promote and support Open source software and other Open-source projects we where asked by few companies that would accept our request to programing the discs for windows, mac and Linux,duplicating the dvds with labels and printing of adverts if we could add thier logos to the site as for example "Mt.Libreoffice.org is brought to you with the help of OSSMALTA (my group) Brand A, Brand B, Brand C which will link to their site, looking at a legal marketing perspective this keeps my group and the document foundation out of any legal battles that would infringe local tax and VAT laws, since the work was done on a sort of a barter platform. In the Maltese islands, my community is and has always been ready to represent your project libreoffice.org that was founded off the openoffice.org community, which i was apart of as the Maltese MarCon. i would also like to point out that since the local goverment just signed an agreement with microsoft. Microsoft has brought the BSA, allot of local companies are looking for open and "free" alternatives which makes it the ideal time for us to promote. which brings me closer to concluding this respest with the following facts: Malta is a small nation of 400,000 - 500,000 inhabitants, located south of Sicily and north of Libya, most local companies where involved in libya's econom. With Libya's current civil war soon to be over, we are ready to assist them in setting up a community and in joining the libreoffice.org project prior to Microsoft's move to Libya. Making a move in Malta on behalf of the foundation it will strengthen the TDF in libya aswell as the libyan population are very respectful of the Maltese nationals as we have helped them in the past and present on numerous occasions. >From my end as always looking at the marketing perspective I believe that this will be a great win for the document foundation with cutting costs for promotions, and local companies would benefit from being named by a large community. I am not here to sell the companies to the document foundation but rather request permission to place their logos on the localized site, dvd, fliers should any one have any question i am ready to answer them by e-mail/skype. As for those of you who are wondering if I'll be attending the paris conference or not, sadly I won't due to the fact that I can't afford it personally (unless it is sponsored), if i am granted permission for placing companies logo's on the thanks page / sub footer i would ask a local airline(one based or flys to and from the island) if they would help. best regards, Warren Camilleri -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
