[board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of MC role
I, Muhammet Kara, elected member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung Bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2020. Signed: Muhammet Kara Ich, Muhammet Kara, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung Bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2020. Unterzeichnet: Muhammet Kara On 9/16/20 2:42 AM, Franklin Weng wrote: Dear Muhammet, Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for your election into the Membership Committee. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the MC by answering to this message with a "Reply all". With best regards, Franklin Weng on behalf of The Document Foundation Board of Directors Text: I, Muhammet Kara, elected member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung Bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2020. Signed: Muhammet Kara Ich, Muhammet Kara, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung Bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2020. Unterzeichnet: Muhammet Kara -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] MCC questions ..
Hi Michael, Andreas, dear members of BoT, On 9/4/20 2:17 PM, Michael Meeks wrote: Hi Andreas, On 03/09/2020 19:59, Andreas Mantke wrote: b) TDF currently has 221 members and none of them asked any question to the candidates! That's something to think long and hard about. What does this mean to the democratic culture of the foundation. It was created to get the members / contributors a voice and a say. Fair enough =) good point - here are a few questions I came up with. Please note - it is trivial to ask more questions in a few minutes than can be answered in a lifetime - but here are a few things I'd love to know from each candidate: What is the right list for that ? board-discuss I hope. * many MC members say they want to expand the membership. Given that LibreOffice is rather static in terms of its number of those involved in development: coding, UX, translation, documentation etc. + how do you plan to gain lots of new contributors ? + Do you think we expand the membership by accpting more marginal contributions for membership cf. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership_Role#Contributing First of all. I don't think lowering the threshold for membership is a good idea. Bringing people who doesn't contribute to the project regularly, and who probably doesn't follow what's going on, into TDF membership wouldn't bring any value into the project/community, and might even be considered harmful, I think. So I have two main ways in mind for expanding the membership base: 1- Finding the ones who are already contributing silently, but who are not aware of the importance of the membership, or who doesn't see themselves "worthy" for membership. (Yeah, I've seen such people. They usually don't think what they do is enough for membership. But their contributions are very valuable in fact.) I have already found & invited tens of contributors during my current term in the MC. Some regular code contributors and long-time translators are among them. I keep an eye on various sources to spot those contributors, but I especially focus on the code contributors & translators because it is more efficient use of time for me (because of my experience/expertise in those areas) as a former translator and current developer. 2- Reaching out to people, especially the young ones, to bring fresh blood into the project/community, mostly through organizing & running events, and helping mentor/onboard/welcoming the newcomers to the project. I think, of course without neglecting the general public, focusing on the universities & colleges is the most efficient way of gaining new contributors and increasing our project's chances of survival in the future. For example, I have been applying/experimenting-with a cascaded/layered strategy about this lately: Reach out to as many as possible students/people via large-scale events like conference & presentations etc, to ansure exposure to FLOSS concepts and familiarity with LibreOffice & TDF. That is the first contact. Then through the connection you got, try to engage them in active contribution events like workshops & bug-hunting-sessions etc. And hope for the best. :) One example of what is described above is the LibreOffice Developer Bootcamp (large scale, with weekly lessons & assignments), and the LibreOffice Development Workshop (small-scale) we run after that. We gained several active contributors from this series, including translators, and developers (2 of GSoC 2020 students of LibreOffice are from here). Now we -yes, started as I, but now it is we :)- are planning for the next run of this series. + what effect do you expect that to have on the project ? 1- Improved sense of belonging for the active contributors, and an increased chance for a longer contribution period. 2- A more vibrant/lively community with many active contributors, and hopefully some positive effect on the sustainability of the project. (Volunteer contributors may also become full-time/paid open source developers, so a double win for the community.) * If you've stood before, approximately how many people have you encouraged to apply for membership ? Tens of people. Probably less then 50. * How many applications have you voted against ? Can't tell. Maybe less than 10? Based on my experience, the approval & rejection decisions have been mostly made unanimously in the MC. I guess that's because opinions and evidence are shared before the voting, so if there is strong evidence against (or lack of any evidence altogether) an application, it gets rejected, and if evidence is in favor of the application, then it gets approved. Of course, there are also edge cases, which are the most difficult ones. So, I expect the "voted-against" number to be similar (but not exactly the same) for all members of the current MC. * Do you believe we should have a
Re: [board-discuss] Questions To MC Candidates
Hi Andreas & all, On 8/31/20 9:06 PM, Andreas Mantke wrote: Hi Uwe, all, Am 29.08.20 um 06:39 schrieb Uwe Altmann: Hi Andreas Am 28.08.20 um 08:18 schrieb Andreas Mantke: (...) b) What is your personal take on a 'cooling down' periode between being a member of leading bodies of the foundation, regarding the first sentence in the statutes § 12? This seems only of interest in case a member of the BoD wants to get a member of the MC to prevent or influence a pending lawsuit against himself. It is surely desirable to have prevented such a possibility by our statues - but nothing is perfect. And some kind of self-commitment will not prevent such a case. On the other hand the time schedule of the board and mc elections is a bit cumbersome for such an operation. Maybe a look into the second sentence of § 12 is also of interest here. The MC initiate and supervise the board elections. a) Could lead to a conflict of interest? It is hard to say 'never' to such things with many aspects, but I can't think of a general case right now. One needs to resign from the MC before nominating for the BoD elections, and he/she is out of the MC loop immediately. And it is no longer possible to have an effect on the election process any more. b) Is not showing solidarity (if MC membership is canceled or suspended), because more work on less shoulder? It depends. In terms of the number of the MC members, role of the resigning member etc. But I wouldn't expect it to have any significant effect on the process of the BoD elections. It is mostly an automated/technical process. Regards, Muhammet Regards, Andreas -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] Questions To MC Candidates
Hi Andreas, On 8/28/20 9:18 AM, Andreas Mantke wrote: Hi, I have two first questions to the candidates: a) regarding the mission of the MC (§ 12 of the statutes) have you already participated in board calls during the last two years as external (non-member)? Yes, a few times. But I usually skim through the minutes, and read the interesting (to me, as a member of BoT & MC) parts in detail. b) What is your personal take on a 'cooling down' periode between being a member of leading bodies of the foundation, regarding the first sentence in the statutes § 12? Didn't think about it specifically before, but after checking the statutes again based on your question, and reading through some of the replies, Uwe's take makes sense to me. Regards, Muhammet Regards, Andreas -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Self nomination for the Membership Committee: Muhammet Kara
Dear members & Board of Directors of The Document Foundation, I would like to nominate myself for the next MC of TDF. I am Muhammet Kara from Turkey, member/translator/developer/advocate of various FOSS projects since early 2000s, and I have been contributing to LibreOffice in various ways since 2016, including code contributions, translation, qa work, marketing/advocacy, taking part in the Design Team as a developer. And I'm also a LibreOffice certified developer, primarily working on the core & online code bases professionally. Although I would like to see LibreOffice and other FOSS projects flourish in every aspect, I like primarily focusing on attracting more young people (especially developer candidates from universities) to our community, and helping maintain/increase its diversity. I have also been serving in the current Membership Committee as a deputy member since 2018, trying to act in the MC as per the goals I described during my candidacy in 2018. I especially tried to bring some value to the MC, as someone who is on both the development and the less technical sides of the project. And I would like to continue in that direction, hopefully with some additional experience I have gained so far, if I am elected again. Some other FOSS projects I contribute(d) to: GNOME, KDE, The (GNU) Translation Project, Fedora. Some links for more info: * Personal blog: http://muhammetkara.com/ * Twitter: https://twitter.com/muhamm3tkara * GitHub profile: https://github.com/mrkara * A video interview: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2018/12/02/video-interview-muhammet-kara-on-the-libreoffice-community-and-migrations-in-turkey/ * A report on the Libreoffice Developer Bootcamp: https://www.collaboraoffice.com/community-news/enthusiast-students-building-libreoffice-ankara-bootcamp-report/ My official candidacy statement: " By leveraging my experience in the current MC, and in various development mentoring and community building activities, I would like to continue doing my part also in the next MC. I'll keep focusing on diversity, and making our processes smoother for all; and I'll continue trying to find new ways for bringing more young people to our community as I have been trying to do so far. " My name: Muhammet Kara E-mail adress: k...@libreoffice.org Corporate affiliation: Collabora I'm part of the LibreOffice developers team of Collabora. I will provide information on all future changes as soon as possible. Regards, Muhammet Kara -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Affiliation Change - Muhammet Kara, deputy member of the MC
Hello, It is already public knowledge, but let me publicly announce it here just in case since I am a deputy member of the Membership Committee: Now, I am part of the Collabora Productivity team, and my affiliation is not Pardus but Collabora. Best, Muhammet Kara
Re: [board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of MC role
Hi Cor, Thank you! Looking forward to see you all in Tirana! Cheers, Muhammet On 09/19/2018 06:12 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Muhammet, My warm congratulations with your election as member of the MC. Wishing you a good time & thanks a lot for your contributions! Cor Muhammet Kara wrote on 19-09-18 09:56: I, Muhammet Kara, elected Deputy Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018.
[board-discuss] Self nomination for Membership Committee: Muhammet Kara
Hi all, I would like to nominate myself for the next MC of TDF. I am Muhammet Kara from Turkey, member/translator/developer/advocate of various FOSS projects since early 2000s, and I have been contributing to LibreOffice in various ways since 2016, including code contributions, translation, qa work, marketing/advocacy, taking part in the Design Team as a developer... Although I would like to see LibreOffice and other FOSS projects flourish in every aspect, I have a secret agenda of attracting more developers (especially cs students from universities) to our community, and helping maintain/increase its diversity. -Oh, it is no more a secret! :)- Some other FOSS projects I contribute(d) to: * GNOME o GNOME Turkish Translation Team (coordinator) o GNOME Engagement Team (member) * KDE o Retired translator * The (GNU) Translation Project o Translator * Fedora o Bug reporting o Advocacy o Translation Some links: * Personal blog: http://muhammetkara.com/ * Twitter: https://twitter.com/muhamm3tkara * GitHub profile: https://github.com/mrkara * Open Hub account: https://www.openhub.net/accounts/mkara * Gerrit: https://goo.gl/XyK7pE My statement: " A member of this great community from Turkey. Working on LibreOffice as a developer, marketer, tester, translator... Trying to spread the love of FOSS around here, by running workshops, giving talks and coordinating local teams, in the hope of bringing fresh blood into our community. I would be happy to play my part in making this already great community even greater. If elected, I will focus on diversity, and making our processes smoother for all. " My name: Muhammet Kara E-mail adress: k...@libreoffice.org Corporate affiliation: Pardus I will provide information on all future changes as soon as possible. Regards, Muhammet
