Italo Vignoli is one of the founders of The Document Foundation, and has been a member of the first Steering Committee and then of the first Board of Directors until 2014. He has been active in marketing since the launch of the project, and has created the LibreOffice certification project from scratch. He is a member of the staff, in charge of certification and now also of marketing and public relations.…
21 May 2015
First LibreOffice 5.0 Bug Hunting Session starts Tomorrow
Berlin, May 21, 2015 – The first LibreOffice 5.0 Bug Hunting Session starts tomorrow at 08AM UTC, to catch bugs and regressions on the first beta of the software, available from this link: http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/. The session will last until May 24, 2015.
On those dates, mentors will be available from 08AM UTC to 10PM UTC to help less experienced volunteers to triage bugs, on the QA IRC channel and via email on the QA mailing list.…
20 May 2015
Behind the scenes at TDF: Localization and Native-Language Projects
Sophie Gautier has been a member of the OpenOffice.org project since its beginning, and then a founding member of The Document Foundation and LibreOffice. She is extremely active in the Francophone and international community, and is a staff member of The Document Foundation. She takes care of the French translation of LibreOffice (interface and help), is a member of LibreOffice certification committee and is a leading member of the quality assurance project.…
18 May 2015
TDF Internship Opening (#201505-01) – Marketing & PR
The Document Foundation (TDF), the charitable entity behind the world’s leading free office suite LibreOffice, seeks a
Marketing & PR Intern
to start work as soon as possible.
The role, which is scheduled for 10 hours a week and an internship time of 3 months, includes amongst other items:
Public Relations Responsibilities
- Assist with building and maintaining media lists for different geographies
- Assist with developing, drafting, writing and distributing press releases and other PR materials such as backgrounders and newsletters
- Assist with media relations, including pitching, researching and scheduling interviews if needed
- Assist with collection of pictures of project members, free software events, hackfests, and conferences
- Assist with building and maintaining relationships with relevant media
- Assist with following-up with members of the media to ensure publication
- Assist with tracking of press coverage, and creating monthly clipping reports
- Assist with proofing written materials for style, grammar, etc.
07 May 2015
LibreOffice 4.4.3 is ready
Berlin, May 7, 2015 – The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 4.4.3, the third minor release of the LibreOffice 4.4 “fresh” family, with over 80 fixes over LibreOffice 4.4.2. New features introduced by LibreOffice 4.4 are listed on this wiki page: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.4.
The Document Foundation suggests to deploy LibreOffice in enterprises and large organizations with the backing of professional support by certified people (a list is available at: http://www.documentfoundation.org/certification/…
04 May 2015
LibreOffice Conference Call for Papers
Berlin, May 4, 2015 – LibreOffice Conference will be held in Aarhus, Denmark, on September 23-25, 2015, at the Urban Media Space and is hosted by the Aarhus Municipality. The Document Foundation invites members and volunteers to submit proposals for papers.
Proposals should be filed by July 15, 2015, in order to guarantee that they will be considered for inclusion in the conference program.…