Forum OpenACS Q&A: Marketing needs you...

I am subscribed to the openoffice discuss list at the moment and I just received an email discussing marketing. OpenOffices is about to release 1.0 soon so they are organizing a volunteer marketing team. Maybe we can use some of their ideas with the release of OpenACS 4.5...

OpenOffice.org enthusiasts:
 
With the pending release of OpenOffice.org 1.0, the Marketing Project
 needs your help to make a big splash. If you're not a programmer
 and have been looking for a way to make a contribution to
 OpenOffice.org, Marketing is a great way to do it (along with the
 Documentation project, of course!).
 
Any level of time commitment is valuable. Even if you don't have
 time to sift through the e-mail on the Marketing list, you can help
 out with some of the tasks below once or each time we contact you. 

To join us:  http://whiteboard.openoffice.org You can join the
  project and receive a digest of the mailing list if you don't have
 time to read it all.

Remember, Microsoft has a billion dollars in commercial advertising.
  We have volunteers. In the long run, I believe that lots
 of volunteers -- and a superior product -- will make us
 successful worldwide. But only if you help.

Contact information is indicated below.  Please do NOT reply to the
 Discuss list.
 
MARKETING NEEDS CONSULTANT CONTACTS:
On Monday, March 11, we will release a survey to software consulting
 companies worldwide to guage the interest and availability of
 commercial support for OpenOffice.org. We need you to help us build a
 list of consulting companies to contact, from single-person tech
 support shops to large IT service corporations. Please supply the
 following data with each  contact (we will NOT be able to survey
 incomplete suggestions):
SEND CONTACTS TO:  agliodbs@openoffice.org
SUBJECT:  Consultant Contact
INCLUDE: Company Name: 
        Contact Name: 
        Contact E-mail:
        Language: 
        Country & Region: 
ALSO INDICATE: Are you willing to contact the consultant in advance of
 our e-mail?
(the text of the e-mail we will send is available at
 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org --> documentation)
 
MARKETING NEEDS TRANSLATORS AND COPY-EDITORS:
The Marketing Project has a constant need for translators and
  copy-editors in every one of the 27 languages supported by
 OpenOffice.org (except English, which we have covered!). Do as
 little as one press release or survey a month, or join us and
 the Documentation project and excercise your language skills! 
  E-MAIL agliodbs@openoffice.org SUBJECT: Translator
 
MARKETING NEEDS POINT PEOPLE:
 If you have a little more time, and a yearning to talk to the press
 and the public, we need people in each country and/or language who can
 be the designated e-mail contact for press and government
 agencies seeking information about OpenOffice.org.  If you are willing
 to be a point person, please join the Marketing Mailing List and
 introduce yourself (see http://whiteboard.openoffice.org to join).
 
MARKETING NEEDS PRESS CONTACTS:
 You probably received Sam Hiser's request for press contact names
 last week. Well, he still needs more!  This includes international
 contacts. 
E_MAIL: sam.hiser@reelamerica.com SUBJECT:  Press Contacts
 
Thank you so much for your willingness to help. Together, we can
 make OpenOffice.org well known and respected throughout the world.

-Josh Berkus
 Co-Lead Volunteer
 OpenOffice.org Marketing Project