On Jun 1, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Norbert Hartl <norbert@hartl.name> wrote:

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> Am 01.06.2013 um 08:10 schrieb St�phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>:
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>> Hi guys
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>> I think that we are doing a poor job selling ourselves. I think that the quality of our community is in
>> general excellent but we do not sell it. I think that we are not using well the association.
>> I think that this is REALLY important for a larger adoption of Pharo that the world
>> knows that we have excellent guys around that can consult.
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>> So what do you think?
>> I would use the association in a much clearer way.
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> I think you need to elaborate here. On this level of detail the only answer could be: good idea! I cannot see what you have on your mind when you like to use the association in a clearer way.

I mean that we could use the association as a show room for talented person
"selling" their expertise :)

> I would like to have consultancy for consultants. I mean I read that sometimes that developers are just too shy to sell services with smalltalk or do not dare to introduce it to their IT. There should be an instance encouraging those people or be just an address to target questions to.

I would like to show to the world that if they start business around Pharo they can find experts.
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> Norbert
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