[board-discuss] Elections Board of Directors soon to start - have your token? - links to more candidates information!

2017-12-04 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear members!

As you probably may have seen, the mail with the tokens and invitation to
vote
for the new Board of Directors has been sent out earlier today.

It was sent with subject
  "Your Document Foundation 2017 Board Elections Voting Token"
and the sender is
  "electi...@documentfoundation.org"
Use this information in case you do not see the mail. And please check
the spam folder too, of course.

In case you don't have the mail and thus no token to vote, please send a
message to electi...@documentfoundation.org. We'll take action to solve
that.
End of the elections is 2017-12-12, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (i.e. the end of day
12).
So no need to panic, but please don't forget it!

We also add a note on the STV voting system we use. Please realize that
it tries to optimize to make your first choice most likely to be on the
board, with subsequent choices being much less probable (unless your
earlier choices are very popular). As such the order of your choices
really is important.
For more details please read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

Please note that the current Board of Directors remains in charge until
the end of Saturday 17th of February, so the new will be in charge from
Sunday 18th of February. In other words, one day earlier than previously
announced.
That upcoming term will then (regularly) end on February 17, 2020, so we'll
have
elections of the Board of Directors again before that date.

Should you still have some remaining question: please feel free to send a
mail to
board-discuss@documentfoundation.org
(as explained here
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04006.html
under "Discussions with the candidates…").

Follows the list of candidates with links to all their candidacy mails, to
make all easy accessible.
(The order is purely alphabetical, on surname.
More details on
https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2017-board/candidates.html):
 = = =
Uwe Altmann
Affiliation: unaffiliated
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04045.html

Thorsten Behrens
Affiliation: CIB software GmbH
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04047.html

Eric Ficheux
Affiliation: Nantes Métropole
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04043.html

Osvaldo Gervasi
Affiliation: The University of Perugia, Italy
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04039.html

Jan Holešovský
Affiliation: Collabora
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04029.html

Marina Latini
Affiliation: Studio Storti Srl
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04041.html

Michael Meeks
Affiliation: Collabora
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04037.html

Björn Michaelsen
Affiliation: unaffilated
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04034.html

Cor Nouws
Affiliation: Nou&Off
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04010.html

Simon Phipps
Affiliation: unaffiliated
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04036.html

Eike Rathke
Affiliation: Red Hat, Inc.
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04040.html

Daniel Armando Rodriguez
Affiliation: unaffiliated
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04046.html

Franklin Weng
Affiliation: Software Liberty Association Taiwan
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04032.html
 = = =
Thanks to all of you, members and candidates, for participating in these
elections.

Regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Marina,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee

"
I, Marina Latini, elected Director of the Board of The Document
Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Marina Latini

Ich, Marina Latini, gewähltes Vorstandsmitglied der The Document
Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts
"The Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Marina Latini
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Thorsten,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee


"
I, Thorsten Behrens, elected Director of the Board of The Document
Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Thorsten Behrens

Ich, Thorsten Behrens, gewähltes Vorstandsmitglied der The Document
Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Thorsten Behrens
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Michael,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee


"
I, Michael Meeks, elected Director of the Board of The Document
Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Michael Meeks

Ich, Michael Meeks, gewähltes Vorstandsmitglied der The Document
Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts
"The Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Michael Meeks
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Eike,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee


"
I, Eike Rathke, elected Director of the Board of The Document Foundation,
hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Eike Rathke

Ich, Eike Rathke, gewähltes Vorstandsmitglied der The Document Foundation,
nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The Document
Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Eike Rathke
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Cor,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee


"
I, Cor Nouws, elected Director of the Board of The Document Foundation,
hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Cor Nouws

Ich, Cor Nouws, gewähltes Vorstandsmitglied der The Document Foundation,
nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The Document
Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Cor Nouws
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Bjoern,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee


"
I, Bjoern Michaelsen, elected Director of the Board of The Document
Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Bjoern Michaelsen

Ich, Bjoern Michaelsen, gewähltes Vorstandsmitglied der The Document
Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Bjoern Michaelsen
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Franklin,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee


"
I, Franklin Weng, elected Director of the Board of The Document Foundation,
hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Franklin Weng

Ich, Franklin Weng, gewähltes Vorstandsmitglied der The Document
Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Franklin Weng
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Jan,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee


"
I, Jan Holesovsky, elected Deputy Director of the Board of The Document
Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Jan Holesovsky

Ich, Jan Holesovsky, gewähltes Ersatz-Vorstandsmitglied der The Document
Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Jan Holesovsky
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Simon,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee


"
I, Simon Phipps, elected Deputy Director of the Board of The Document
Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Simon Phipps

Ich, Simon Phipps, gewähltes Ersatz-Vorstandsmitglied der The Document
Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Simon Phipps
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Osvaldo,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate with you for
your election as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Merry Christmas and an Happy New Year!
Kindest regards,
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee


"
I, Osvaldo Gervasi, elected Deputy Director of the Board of The Document
Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018.

Signed: Osvaldo Gervasi

Ich, Osvaldo Gervasi, gewähltes Ersatz-Vorstandsmitglied der The Document
Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Osvaldo Gervasi
"


[board-discuss] Results of 2017 elections for Board of Directors

2017-12-20 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear members, dear community,
I hereby announce the final results of The Document Foundation's Board of
Directors elections 2017. With the challenging phase having ended, the
following results are now the final ones.

Elected as member of the Board of Directors, in this order are:
Marina Latini, Michael Meeks, Thorsten Behrens, Eike Rathke, Cor Nouws,
Bjoern Michaelsen, Franklin Weng.

Elected as deputies of the Board of Directors are: Jan Holesovsky, Simon
Phipps, Osvaldo Gervasi.

Many thanks to all the candidates who stood for election and to all the
voters, who have demonstrated their engagement in our Foundation.


My congratulations to all the elected. By separate mail each one will be
invited to accept the new role as Member or Deputy of the Board of
Directors.

The newly elected Board of Directors will only be in charge beginning from
February 18, 2018.
But to help the transition, the current Board of Directors will include
them in the decision making process from now on.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] MC meeting minutes 2018-06-27

2018-07-17 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Minutes of the Membership Committee meeting for 2018-Q3 filing.

1. Call to order & Roll Call

The meeting took place on 2018-06-27.
Membership Committee Members present: Gabriele Ponzo, Miklos Vajna, Gustavo
Pacheco, Stephan Bergmann, Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn


2. New Members

The Membership Committee has received Membership Applications since the
last review of the Membership Rolls, has reviewed these Applications in
light of the requirement as defined in the Statutes of The Document
Foundation, and has decided that the status of Member of The Document
Foundation will be granted to the following persons, for a period of 1
(one) year effective the first day of the third quarter of 2018:

Mohamed Trabelsi
Aschalew Arega
José Gatica
Andika Triwidada
Steen Eskild Rønnow
Sam Tuke
Ahmad Haris
Saroj Kumar Dhakal
Battsengel Ichinnorov

Approved by unanimous roll call vote.


3. Membership Renewals

The Membership Committee has received Membership Renewal requests since the
last review of the Membership Rolls. Memberships that are not renewed in a
timely manner are deemed to have lapsed.
The Membership Committee has reviewed these Renewal requests in light of
the requirement as defined in the Statutes of The Document Foundation and
decided that the following persons have their status of Member of The
Document Foundation extended until the end of the second quarter of 2019.

Jan-Marek Glogowski
Jean-Baptiste Faure
Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn
Björn Michaelsen
Lior Kaplan
Sverrisson Sveinn í Felli
Andreas Mantke
Irmhild Rogalla
Miklos Vajna
Christian Lohmaier
Jesper Laugesen
Kohei Yoshida
Simon Phipps
Michael Schinagl
Thomas Hackert
Klaibson Natal Ribeiro Borges
Andras Timar
Florian Reisinger
Eliane Domingos de Sousa
Takeshi Abe
Christian Kühl
Marc Paré
Gustavo Pacheco
Harri Pitkänen
Jean Hollis Weber
David Tardon
Gerald Geib
Jochen Schiffers
László Németh
Regina Henschel
Sanjib Narzary
Valter Mura
Mahendra Kumar Yadava
Juan Carlos Sanz Cabrero
Valdir Barbosa
Ellen Pape
Jean Spiteri
Heiko Tietze
V Stuart Foote
Noel John Grandin
William Gathoye
Baurzhan Muftakhidinov
Andreas Kainz

Approved by unanimous roll call vote.

4 Adjourning

All business being concluded, the meeting was closed on 2018-06-27.


Meeting minutes approved:

Miklos Vajna Keeper of the minutes
Gabriele Ponzo Chairman
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] Self Nomination for next TDF's Membership Committee: Gabriele Ponzo

2018-08-14 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear members of The Document Foundation, I'm writing to submit my self
nomination as candidate for the next Membership Committee.

It's always an honor to be in the MC, but also a pleasure because it gives
the opportunity to work with really fantastic and active people to help TDF
and our community to grow and keep healthy. For this reason I just have to
say many thank you's to all the people of current MC, BoD and staff of TDF.
Trying to grow our community ends up to let also grow myself a lot!


Here's my 75 words statement:
I'm already part of the current MC and it's been the second term, during
which I've been honored to become chairman as I currently am. My willing
for the next term is to foster inclusiveness in terms of gender, but also
trying to represent both our projects: LibreOffice AND Document Liberation.
Listening to members from both and trying to involve new people from all
over the world, especially where we're not yet or not enough represented.

Full name: Gabriele Ponzo

e-mail: i...@gps.tr.it

Affiliation: GPS (self employee)


Re: [board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of MC role

2018-09-18 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
I, Gabriele Ponzo, 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, 2018.

Signed: Gabriele Ponzo


Ich, Gabriele Ponzo, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees
der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb
der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an.
Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018.

Unterzeichnet: Gabriele Ponzo

Il giorno mar 18 set 2018 alle ore 17:21 Cor Nouws <
cor.no...@documentfoundation.org> ha scritto:

> Hi Klaus-Jürgen,
>
> Congratulations! Great to see you in the MC again.
> & what should I tell you about the MC..? Enjoy ;)
>
> Cor
>
> K-J LibreOffice wrote on 18-09-18 17:14:
> > I, Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn, elected Member of the Membership Committee of
> > The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung
> > bürgerlichen Rechts.
>
>
>
> --
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Re: [board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of MC role

2018-09-19 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Thank you and see you soon!

Il mer 19 set 2018, 08:16 Cor Nouws  ha
scritto:

> Hi Gabriele,
>
> Really glad to see you again as member of the MC.
> Congratulations & enjoy your work there :)
>
> Cor
>
> Gabriele Ponzo wrote on 18-09-18 19:30:
> > I, Gabriele Ponzo, elected Member of the Membership Committee
> > of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role
>
> --
> Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors
> The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
> Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
> Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
>
> GPD key ID: 0xB13480A6 - 591A 30A7 36A0 CE3C 3D28  A038 E49D 7365 B134 80A6
> mobile  : +31 (0)6 25 20 7001
> skype   : cornouws
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> twitter : cor4office
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>
>


[board-discuss] Board of Directors elections announcement

2019-10-18 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Community,

we hereby officially announce the upcoming elections for the next Board of
Directors of The Document Foundation.

As per § 7 II of our statutes, [1] the Board's term lasts two years. The
current board started its duty on February 18, 2018. Therefore, it remains
in charge until the end of February 17, 2020, so the new board will be in
charge the day after that, which is February 18, 2020.

That upcoming term will then (regularly) end on February 17, 2022, so the
next elections of the Board of Directors will take place before.

As per § 6 III, only members of the Board of Trustees of The Document
Foundation, as well as current members of any of its bodies, are eligible
to be elected into the Board of Directors, and the election is overseen by
the Membership Committee (§ 7 II).

The active electoral right is reserved to those who have been members of
the Board of Trustees before this announcement (§ 7 II).

§ 6 III also states that members of the Board of Directors or their
deputies may not be members of the Membership Committee and vice versa.
This means that current members of the Membership Committee are eligible to
be elected, but with the acceptance of their new role they lose their
current role in the MC. For clarification, they have to step down from the
Membership Committee, with effect no later than to the beginning of the new
term of the Board of Directors, the minute before accepting to become a
member of the Board of Directors.

There is one more notable limitation: per § 8 IV of the statutes, a maximum
of 1/3 members of the Board of Directors is allowed to work on an
employment basis for the same company, organization, entities, affiliates
or subdivisions.

Nomination of candidates fulfilling the above requirements, as well as self
nomination is welcome. In total, at least seven Board of Directors members
are required, and given there are enough candidates, up to three deputies
can be elected (§ 7 II). As deputies are on duty quite often,
we encourage many candidates to participate.

Re-election of current members of the Board of Directors is explicitly
permitted (§ 7 II).

Please send nominations and self-nominations via e-mail to
electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Membership Committee in
private) and also (!) to board-discuss@documentfoundation.org (which is a
public mailing list).

We kindly ask nominees who would like to stand for elections to provide a
maximum 75 words statement on their candidacy as continuous text (so no
bullet lists or multiple paragraphs). In addition, please also provide your
full name, e-mail address and your corporate affiliation, if any.
Specifically, please indicate all information regarding § 8 IV of the
statutes.

Discussions with the candidates and questions to them as well as questions
about the elections should take place on the public
board-discuss@documentfoundation.org mailing list. For details on how to
use the mailing list, see
https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/

Eligible voters will receive further details via e-mail prior to the start
of elections, including a summary of the candidates, details on how to
access the voting system, and instructions on how to independently verify
the vote count. Please ensure the Membership Committee has your recent and
correct e-mail address on file. For questions, you can reach the Membership
Committee in private at electi...@documentfoundation.org

Following the time line set forth in § 7 II, requiring a 45 day advance
notice, we hereby announce the following time line for the elections:

2019-10-18: announcement of the elections; and start of the nomination
phase

2019-11-27, 24:00 CET/UTC+1: end of the nomination phase (one week
before the election starts, as per § 7 II)

2019-12-05, 00:00 CET/UTC+1: official start of the elections (at least
45 days after announcement of the elections, as per § 7 II)

2019-12-12, 24:00 CET/UTC+1: end of the elections

2019-12-13: announcement of the preliminary results and
acknowledgement of role

2019-12-14, 00:00 CET/UTC+1: start of the challenging phase

2019-12-19, 24:00 CET/UTC+1: end of the challenging phase
afterwards: official announcement of the final results

Be advised that the newly elected Board of Directors will only be in charge
beginning from February 18, 2020. The current Board of Directors will
however include them in the decision making process, to ease up the
transition.

Challenges to this announcement with respect to the deadlines outlined have
to happen no later than seven (7) days after this announcement, via e-mail
to electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Membership Committee
in private).

Challenges to the preliminary results of the election have to happen until
the deadline set forth above, via e-mail to electi...@documentfoundation.org
(which reaches the Membership Committee in private).

On behalf of the Membership Committee,
Gabriele Ponzo

[1] 

[board-discuss] REMINDER: Board of Directors nomination phase ending today

2019-11-27 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear member,
as you should know, the nomination phase for the election of the next Board
of Directors is open, but it's going to end today.
So if you haven't done yet, please consider to nominate yourself for that
important but really amazing role. You have time until the end of today
(Berlin time, please see the original
election announcement for all details).

By the way, in the nomination message candidates are asked to give a max.
75 words statement, also used on the website where the candidates are
presented.

In writing a motivation, one can think of topics such as: what you want to
achieve, ideas on growing TDF-membership, ideas on where TDF could be in
five years, ... And of course there is time-frame for Q&A with all
candidates.
We hope this explanation will help to give all candidates equal chances to
give their motivation in the detail they like.

Follows a reminder of the deadlines:
Nomination phase
 start: 2019-10-18
 end:   2019-11-27, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 27 - TODAY) <---

Elections:
 start: 2019-12-05, 00:00 CET/UTC+1 (beginning of day 05)
 end:   2019-12-12, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 12)

Announcement preliminary results
2019-12-13

Challenging phase
 start: 2019-12-14, 00:00 CET/UTC+1 (beginning of day 14)
 end:   2019-12-19, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 19)
Then afterwards: announcement of the final results.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] Elections Board of Directors soon to start - have your token? - links to more candidates information!

2019-12-04 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear members!

Within the end of today (CET) the mail with tokens and invitation to vote
for the new Board of Directors will be sent out to all of you.

It will have this subject:
"Your Document Foundation 2019 Board Elections Voting Token"
and the sender will be:
"electi...@documentfoundation.org"
Use this information in case you will not see the mail.
And please check the spam folder too, of course.

In case you won't find the mail by the end of today, and thus no token to
vote, please send a message to
electi...@documentfoundation.org.
We'll take action to solve that.

End of the elections is 2019-12-12, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (i.e. the end of day
12).
So no need to panic, but please don't forget it!

We also add a note on the STV voting system we use. Please realize that it
tries to optimize to make your first choice most likely to be on the board,
with subsequent choices being much less probable (unless your earlier
choices are very popular). As such the order of your choices
really is important.
For more details please read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

Please note that the current Board of Directors remains in charge until the
end of Monday 17th of February, so the new will be in charge from Tuesday
18th of February.
That upcoming term will then (regularly) end on February 17, 2022, so we'll
have elections of the Board of Directors again before that date.

Should you still have some remaining question: please feel free to send a
mail to
board-discuss@documentfoundation.org
(as explained here
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04342.html
under "Discussions with the candidates…").

Follows the list of candidates with links to all their candidacy mails, to
make all easy accessible.
(The order is purely alphabetical, based on surname).
More details on
https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2019-board/candidates.html):
= = =
Lothar K. Becker
Affiliation: .riess applications GmbH
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04347.html

Thorsten Behrens
Affiliation: CIB software GmbH
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04357.html

Nicolas Christener
Affiliations: Adfinis SyGroup, WineBarrel GmbH, Medelexis AG
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04355.html

Philippe Hemmel
Affiliation: Arawa, La Mouette
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04358.html

Jan Holešovský
Affiliation: Collabora
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04345.html

Michael Meeks
Affiliation: Collabora
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04362.html

Cor Nouws
Affiliation: Nou&Off, Collabora
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04356.html

Daniel Armando Rodriguez
Affiliation: unaffilated
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04343.html

Sam Tuke
Affiliation: unaffiliated
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04364.html

Emiliano Vavassori
Affiliation: unaffiliated
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04353.html

Paolo Vecchi
Affiliation: Omnis Systems Ltd, Omnis Cloud Sarl
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04354.html

Franklin Weng
Affiliation: Software Liberty Association Taiwan
Full statement at
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04346.html
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] Board of Directors elections are running - did you receive your token?

2019-12-08 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear members!

As you should know, the BoD elections are already running and you have time
to vote until 2019-12-12, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (i.e. the end of day 12). So no
need to panic, but please don't forget it!

A mail with tokens and invitation to vote has been sent out to all of you
on Wednesday 4 around 15:00 (CET) with this subject:
"Your Document Foundation 2019 Board Elections Voting Token"
and the sender was:
"electi...@documentfoundation.org"
Use this informations in case you do not see the mail.
And please check the spam folder too, of course.

In case you don't find this mail please send a message to
electi...@documentfoundation.org.
We'll take action to solve that.


We also add a note on the STV voting system we use. Please realize that it
tries to optimize to make your first choice most likely to be on the board,
with subsequent choices being much less probable (unless your earlier
choices are very popular). As such the order of your choices
really is important.
For more details please read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

Please note that the current Board of Directors remains in charge until the
end of Monday 17th of February, so the new will be in charge from Tuesday
18th of February.
That upcoming term will then (regularly) end on February 17, 2022, so we'll
have elections of the Board of Directors again before that date.

Should you still have some remaining question: please feel free to send a
mail to
board-discuss@documentfoundation.org
(as explained here
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04342.html
under "Discussions with the candidates…").

The list of candidates with links to all their candidacy mails, is visible
here
https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2019-board/candidates.html):

Thank you for the attention and for the time you'll dedicate on voting.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] Preliminary Results of 2019 Elections for next TDF Board of Directors

2019-12-13 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
 Dear members,

This is the announcement of the preliminary results of the voting for the
next Board of Directors.
First of all: many thanks to all people who ran for elections!
The number of members who voted is 140, so 64 members did not.
In fact the total amount of eligible voters was 204, therefore 68.6% have
voted.

I'd also like to say thanks to all the voters.
Elections are the most significant moment for a member, what let them
differ from anyone else in our community.

With the preliminary results, elected as member of the Board of Directors
are the candidates, in this preference order:
01. Michael Meeks
02. Thorsten Behrens
03. Franklin Weng
04. Daniel Armando Rodriguez
05. Cor Nouws
06. Lothar Becker
07. Jan Holešovský

08. Emiliano Vavassori
09. Nicolas Christener
10. Paolo Vecchi

These results were calculated using the same tooling and rules as usual:
OpenSTV (http://www.OpenSTV.org/ -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_single_transferable_votes#Meek).

The above preliminary results are in conflict with § 8 IV of our statutes (
https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf), as three candidates -
Michael Meeks, Cor Nouws and Jan Holešovský - have the same affiliation.
The membership committee will discuss with the elected candidates the
options to resolve this conflict, which will likely affect the final
results. We will update the members and the general public on this soon.

Before these results can be final, we have the challenging phase from
2019-12-14, 00:00 CET/UTC+1 (beginning of 14 - tomorrow) until 2019-12-19,
24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 19).
As member you are invited to check your votes as explained after the
voting, and with the anonymous token given at that time. It's only you who
have that token. The results, for all members who voted to verify, are here
https://elections.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=12

In case you think there is any irregularity or if there are other
questions, please contact the Membership Committee as soon as possible, and
anyway no later than 2019-12-19, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of 19), through
electi...@documentfoundation.org

For reference, details of the whole election process are in the first
announcement, to be found here:
https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg04342.html

As Chairman of the Membership Committee, as soon as this conflict will be
resolved, I will ask all elected candidates to officially accept their
election.

I'll send a link to download my output from STV algorithm computation,
together with an infographic I've made to ease its understanding.
I hope to have done a useful job, stay tuned.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] Final results of 2019 elections for Board of Directors

2020-01-07 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear members, dear community,
I hereby announce the final results of The Document Foundation's Board of
Directors elections 2019.
With the challenging phase having ended and conflict resolved, the
following results are now the final ones.

The vote preliminary results were in conflict with § 8 IV of our statutes (
https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf), as three candidates -
Michael Meeks, Cor Nouws and Jan Holešovský - have the same affiliation.
The elected candidates and the membership committee discussed the options
to resolve the conflict and Jan Holešovský decided to not accept the role.

The membership committee would like to thank Kendy for his support in this
and especially for his longtime work in the board!

Therefore, elected as member of the Board of Directors, in this order are:
Michael Meeks, Thorsten Behrens, Franklin Weng, Daniel Armando Rodriguez,
Cor Nouws, Lothar Becker, Emiliano Vavassori

And elected as deputies of the Board of Directors are:
Nicolas Christener, Paolo Vecchi

Many thanks to all the candidates who stood for election and to all the
voters, who have demonstrated their engagement in our Foundation.
My congratulations to all the elected.

By separate mail each one will be invited to accept the new role as Member
or Deputy of the Board of Directors.

The newly elected Board of Directors will only be in charge beginning from
February 18, 2020.
But to help the transition, the current Board of Directors will include
them in the decision making process from now on.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Emiliano,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for
having been elected as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Kindest regards.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

"
I, Emiliano Vavassori, elected Director of the Board of "The Document
Foundation", hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2020.

Signed: Emiliano Vavassori

Ich, Emiliano Vavassori, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der "The Document
Foundation", nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2020.

Unterzeichnet: Emiliano Vavassori
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Lothar,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for
having been elected as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Kindest regards.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

"
I, Lothar Becker, elected Director of the Board of "The Document
Foundation", hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2020.

Signed: Lothar Becker

Ich, Lothar Becker, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der "The Document
Foundation", nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2020.

Unterzeichnet: Lothar Becker
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Franklin,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for
having been elected as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Kindest regards.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

"
I, Franklin Weng, elected Director of the Board of "The Document
Foundation", hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2020.

Signed: Franklin Weng

Ich, Franklin Weng, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der "The Document
Foundation", nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2020.

Unterzeichnet: Franklin Weng
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Michael,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for
having been elected as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Kindest regards.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership CommitteeThe Document
Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 BerlinGemeinnützige rechtsfähige
Stiftung des bürgerlichen RechtsLegal details:
http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

"
I, Michael Meeks, elected Director of the Board of "The Document
Foundation", hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2020.

Signed: Michael Meeks

Ich, Michael Meeks, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der "The Document
Foundation", nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2020.

Unterzeichnet: Michael Meeks
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Thorsten,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for
having been elected as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Kindest regards.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership CommitteeThe Document
Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 BerlinGemeinnützige rechtsfähige
Stiftung des bürgerlichen RechtsLegal details:
http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

"
I, Thorsten Behrens, elected Director of the Board of "The Document
Foundation", hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2020.

Signed: Thorsten Behrens

Ich, Thorsten Behrens, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der "The Document
Foundation", nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2020.

Unterzeichnet: Thorsten Behrens
"
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Daniel,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for
having been elected as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Kindest regards.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

"
I, Daniel Armando Rodriguez, elected Director of the Board of "The Document
Foundation", hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2020.

Signed: Daniel Armando Rodriguez

Ich, Daniel Armando Rodriguez, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der "The
Document Foundation", nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar
2020.

Unterzeichnet: Daniel Armando Rodriguez
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Cor,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for
having been elected as member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Kindest regards.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

"
I, Cor Nouws, elected Director of the Board of "The Document Foundation",
hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2020.

Signed: Cor Nouws

Ich, Cor Nouws, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der "The Document
Foundation", nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2020.

Unterzeichnet: Cor Nouws
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Nicolas,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for
having been elected as deputy member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Kindest regards.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

"
I, Nicolas Christener, elected Deputy Director of the Board of "The
Document Foundation", hereby accept this position within the Stiftung
bürgerlichen Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February
18, 2020.

Signed: Nicolas Christener

Ich, Nicolas Christener, gewähltes Ersatzmitglied des Vorstands der "The
Document Foundation", nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar
2020.

Unterzeichnet: Nicolas Christener
"


[board-discuss] Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Paolo,

Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for
having been elected as deputy member of the Board.
Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the Board by
answering to this message with a "Reply all".

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Kindest regards.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

"
I, Paolo Vecchi, elected Deputy Director of the Board of "The Document
Foundation", hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2020.

Signed: Paolo Vecchi

Ich, Paolo Vecchi, gewähltes Ersatzmitglied des Vorstands der "The Document
Foundation", nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The
Document Foundation" an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2020.

Unterzeichnet: Paolo Vecchi
"


Re: [board-discuss] Nominations still open for TDF's Membership Committee!

2020-08-19 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
For more info, if you'd prefer, here is the URL of a presentation
explaining MC activities (30'):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEnzzFZ4-Jc

And here are its slides:
https://mega.nz/file/xcEx0ILR#thRd4VBFRQ7SleA79i9FBXrq5GZPYQs-MNWn8yboGGM

I hope it can be interesting and helpful.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Chairman of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

Il giorno mer 19 ago 2020 alle ore 12:54 Mike Saunders <
mike.saund...@documentfoundation.org> ha scritto:

> Are you a Member of The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity
> behind LibreOffice? Want to get more involved in the foundation, and
> help to shape its future? Apply to become part of the Membership
> Committee (MC)!
>
> By being part of the MC, you can work with the people at the core of the
> LibreOffice community: the TDF members. It's also a good chance to
> understand how the international community and foundation works behind
> LibreOffice, the leading FOSS office suite.
>
> Learn more about the current MC here:
> https://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/mc/
>
> So, if you want to nominate yourself (or someone else!), you have until
> August 27. Full details about the process are here:
>
> https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/07/14/announcing-elections-for-the-next-tdf-membership-committee/
>
> We look forward to your applications!
>
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[board-discuss] Self Nomination for next TDF's Membership Committee:Gabriele Ponzo

2020-08-26 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
Hello god people,
this email is to candidate myself for the next Membership Committee of The
Document Foundation.

As you may already know, I'm part of the current MC, so this self
nomination is for a new term in it. The ending one has been really exciting
for me, as I've been growing my commitment in TDF.

The reason for which I'm proposing myself again is because I'd like to
bring the current / pending activities to their completion. The one I most
care for is the MC's DashBoard, which finally had its kickstart and is now
taking shape, thanks to the current MC, especially Ilmari, and TDF staff.
But also the MCM script, which is being improved by Gustavo and Dennis, is
another important one, and I'd like to follow closely, as well as other
tasks such as the surveys, thanks to Jona, and some more.

But most of all, I also care a lot for the health and future of TDF itself,
and I'd like to help BoD to keep them safe and renovating, trying to find a
vision for the next years with the help of our staff and listening to
suggestions coming from members.

Here's my 75 words statement:
I'm already part of the current MC and this has been the third term, during
which I've been honoured to be chairman. My objective for the next term is
to help BoD finding and implementing a vision for next years of the
Foundation, treasuring the suggestions of our members.
At the same time, increasing the number of our members is important as well
and It’s something I’ll always strive for, with particular attention to
diversity.


Full name: Gabriele Ponzo
e-mail: i...@gps.tr.it
Affiliation: GPS (self employee)


[board-discuss] Election of Membership Committee Chairperson

2020-09-30 Thread Gabriele Ponzo
In its meeting on 2020-09-24, the new Membership Committee of The Document
Foundation has started to take over duties. We would like to thank all the
previous members of the Membership Committee for their work and for the
smooth handover, and we would like to thank everyone who ran in this year's
election.

We look forward to a good cooperation with the Board of Directors, the
Board of Trustees and the Community at large.

The first decision taken during the meeting was the election of Marina
Latini as new Chairperson of the Membership Committee.

The filing for the fourth quarter applications is finalized at the moment,
the minutes will be shared with the public on this list as usual.
---
Gabriele Ponzo, Member of the Membership Committee
The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin
Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts
Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint


[board-discuss] Self nomination for Membership Committee: Gabriele Ponzo

2022-08-23 Thread Gabriele Ponzo

Dear Members & Board of Directors of The Document Foundation,

the present message is to express my intention to candidate myself to 
the next elections for the Membership Committee.


Who am I:
I'm italian living in Terni, in the southern part of Umbria, the region 
called "the heart of Italy". My daily job (as self employed) spans from 
IT systems administrator to (huge) technical manuals editing (with 
LibreOffice) and SCADA (industrial supervision software) development.
I joined officially our community in 2009, when OpenOffice.org 
international conference was held in Orvieto, a town in my city's 
province. From that moment on, I've always slightly increased my 
involvement in the project and in its community.
My most contributions have been helping users in Mailing Lists, dubbing 
LO official videos in italian (as I'm a professional speaker too), 
giving lectures, some translations and QA.


Why I'm nominating myself for the next MC:
I'm part of the MC from 2014 and especially in recent turns I've been 
committed to extend its role from merely approve or reject memberships 
to a wider activity, including the recruitment of new members, by giving 
several lectures at various events to appeal people to join our projects 
(LO an DLP) and possibly become members, as well as helping in the 
organization and moderation of online meetings with Native Language 
Projects, together with my colleagues of MC.


-- 75 words statement --
My intention for the next term is to proceed with these attempts to 
lower the gap between the local communities and TDF, in order to let 
them be heard and better represented, together with the research for 
schools and universities collaborations to bring new pupils into our 
projects.



Full name: Gabriele Ponzo
Email address: gpo...@libreoffice.org
Corporate affiliation: None
I will provide information on all future changes as soon as possible.

For further questions, please reach me out.
Regards.
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[board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of MC role

2022-09-16 Thread Gabriele Ponzo


> I, Gabriele Ponzo, elected member of the Membership Committee of The
> Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung
> bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2022.
> 
> Signed: Gabriele Ponzo
> 
> 
> Ich, Gabriele Ponzo, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der
> The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung
> bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2022.
> 
> Unterzeichnet: Gabriele Ponzo

17 set 2022 00:36:50 Thorsten Behrens :

> Dear Gabriele,
> 
> let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you
> for your election into the Membership Committee! With this email,
> I kindly invite you to officially accept your position into the
> MC, by answering this message with a "Reply to all".
> 
> On behalf of the board, Thorsten
> 
> 
> 
> I, Gabriele Ponzo, elected member of the Membership Committee of The
> Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung
> bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2022.
> 
> Signed: Gabriele Ponzo
> 
> 
> Ich, Gabriele Ponzo, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der
> The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung
> bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2022.
> 
> Unterzeichnet: Gabriele Ponzo
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thorsten Behrens, Director, Member of the Board
> The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, Germany
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[board-discuss] Membership Committee Candidacy

2014-08-26 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Gabriele Ponzo
i...@gps.tr.it

I'd like to become a member of the committee to slowly gain a role inside
TDF and better contribute to the project.

I've been part of the LibreUmbria project and I hope to be soon a certified
trainer and participate to more migrations.

Thanks for reading,
Kind regards.


Re: [board-discuss] [ANN] Results for the 2014 Membership Committee election

2014-10-12 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
I, Gabriele Ponzo, elected member of the Membership Committee of
 The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position.

 Signed: Gabriele Ponzo

---
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GPS - Terni

2014-09-30 11:27 GMT+02:00 Thorsten Behrens :

> Dear membership committee,
>
> following-up from the final election result announcement, I'll now
> have to file the new Membership Committee with the Berlin authorities.
>
> For that, I'd like to ask all of you to publicly state the acceptance
> of your election - easiest by replying to my announcement email, and
> make sure you copy , so that we
> have your email properly archived.
>
> A text like
>
> "I, , elected [deputy] member of the Membership Committee of
>  The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position.
>
>  Signed: 
> "
>
> Let me further remind you that you need to elect a chairman out of the
> non-deputy members as the very first thing in your first meeting -
> minutes of that appreciated as soon as you have them, since I need it
> for my filing with Berlin as well.
>
> And lastly, the MC decision on changes to the TDF board of trustees
> for the 3rd quarter of 2014 are due tomorrow.
>
> Thanks a whole lot for your work, and welcome again (or back again),
>
> -- Thorsten
>


[board-discuss] Fwd: MC meeting minutes 2014-12-19 / 2014-Q4

2015-02-13 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Minutes of the Membership Committee meeting 2014 -  4th Quarter

1. Call to order

The meeting took place on 2014-12-19 at 20:00 UTC


2. Roll Call

Membership Committee Members present:

Jan Holešovský (Kendy)
Cor Nouws
Gabriele Ponzo
Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn

3 Vote on new members

WHEREAS, the Membership Committee has received Membership Applications
since the last review of the Membership Rolls. WHEREAS, the Membership
Committee has reviewed these Applications in light of the requirement as
defined in the Statutes of The Document Foundation IT IS THEREFORE
RESOLVED that the following persons be granted the status of Member of
The Document Foundation, for a period of 1 (one) year effective the
first day of the 1st Quarter of 2015.

Approved by unanimous roll call vote.

Felix Xiaofei Zhang
Samuel Mehrbrodt
Michaël Lefèvre
Jingtao Yan
Kunlong Suo
Marco Giorgetti
Carlos Parra Zaldivar
Antonio Faccioli


4 Vote on renewal of members

WHEREAS, the Membership Committee has received Membership Renewal
requests since the last review of the Membership Rolls. WHEREAS,
Memberships that are not renewed in a timely manner are deemed to have
lapsed. WHEREAS, the Membership Committee has reviewed these Renewal
requests in light of the requirement as defined in the Statutes of The
Document Foundation IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED that the following persons
have their status of Member of The Document Foundation extended until
the end of the 4th Quarter of 2015.

Approved by unanimous roll call vote.

Caolán McNamara
Charles-H. Schulz
Florian Effenberger
Sophie Gautier
Italo Vignoli
Olivier Hallot
Thorsten Behrens
Cor Nouws
Leif Lyngby Lodahl
Michael Meeks
Jesús Corrius
Jan Holešovský
Thomas Krumbein
David Emmerich Jourdain
Fridrich Strba
Lionel Elie Mamane
Sanjib Narzary
Peter Mato
José Guilherme Vanz
Joren De Cuyper
Michael Stahl
Marcos Souza
Daniel Armando Rodriguez
Peter Schofield
Domingo Sacristán Valdezate
Paolo Dongilli
Paolo Mauri
Sonia Montegiove
Luca Daghino
Robinson Tryon
Faisal M. Al-Otaibi
Stanislav Horáček
Matteo Ruffoni
Tomaž Vajngerl
Henderson Matsuura Sanches
Douglas Vigliazzi
Valdir Barbosa
Robson da Costa Farias
Rodolfo Ribeiro Gomes
Xosé Calvo
Andrzej Hunt
Matteo Cavalleri
Tamás Zolnai
Joan Montané
Marina Latini


Klaus-Jürgen explains he has not enough information for some people
whose application is still in gerrit, from the forms they filled.
Maybe one of us does have, or can find it in the work on our servers and
if not then we can ask the contact for verification given, and then is
needed ask the person involved for additional information.

Cor will look at those soon and will share info as soon as he'll get them.


5 Adjournment
All business being concluded, the meeting was closed on 2014-12-19 at 20:45
UTC.


Meeting minutes approved:

Gabriele Ponzo  Keeper of the minutes

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GPS - Terni


[board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Preliminary results 2015 Elections TDF Board of Directors

2015-12-14 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Hi Ashod,

2015-12-14 17:18 GMT+01:00 Cor Nouws :

> > Any order can have an influence on voters. Another solution is to
> > make them random for each voter (or on each listing).
>
> Your remark is justified. Therefore we did that with these elections.


What Cor means is that if you go here:
https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2015-board/candidates.html

and try refreshing the page, you'll see the order is random.

That's about the before and during voting stage.
Here they're debating about post election stage.

Cheers.
---
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GPS - Terni


Re: [tdf-members] [board-discuss] Re: Preliminary results 2015 Elections TDF Board of Directors

2015-12-14 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Indeed, even if it's alway used to be chairman the most voted, in previous
elections (both of BoD and MC).

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2015-12-14 17:24 GMT+01:00 Cor Nouws :

> Hi Diego,
>
> diego maniacco wrote on 14-12-15 17:06:
>
> > Sorry, but I do not understand this discussion reason.
> >
> > TDF Statutes is clear about this point (� 7 par.1): ". The board of
> > directors elects a chairperson and the chairperson's deputy from
> > among its members."
>
> Sure. It is obvious that the statues give room for any wise decision by
> the board, not based on a listing.
>
>
> --
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Re: [board-discuss] Self-Nomination

2016-08-22 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Dear Members of the Foundation, Dear Board & MC Members,

I would like to continue my work inside the Membership Committee for
another term. I therefore declare my candidacy for the Membership Committee.
I've been part of LibreUmbria and LibreDifesa projects as well as of other
migrations as TDF Certified Trainer and Migration expert.

It's been an interesting and challenging experience to be part of current
MC and I'd like to continue serving our great community and Foundation.

Full Name: Gabriele Ponzo
Location: Terni, Umbria - Italy
Affiliation: Self employed, external collaborations with Studio Storti.
Email: gabriele DOT ponzo AT documentfoundation DOT org
---
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GPS - Terni

2016-08-22 10:27 GMT+02:00 Charles-H. Schulz <
charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org>:

> Dear Members of the Foundation, Dear Board & MC Members,
>
> I would like to continue my work inside the Membership Committee for
> another term. I therefore declare my candidacy for the Membership Committee.
> I have been among the founders of the Document Foundation, a former board
> member and these days I'm mostly active in social networking and website
> edition for the LibreOffice project.
>
> Full Name: SCHULZ Charles-H.
> Location: Paris, Franceminor
> Affiliation: None relevant.
> Email: charles DOT schulz AT documentfoundation DOT org
> IRC nick: @southerncross or @ch_s
>
>
> I hope you will consider my application for the membership committee in a
> favourable way.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles-H. Schulz.
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[board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role - Gabriele Ponzo

2016-09-20 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
I, Gabriele Ponzo, elected member of the Membership
Committee of The Document Foundation (Stiftung bürgerlichen
Rechts), hereby accept this position.

I wish to thank all the people who gave their preference to me and to say
that I'm glad to continue serving our Foundation in the MC.

Signed: Gabriele Ponzo
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GPS - Terni


[board-discuss] Be part of the next Board of Directors!

2017-11-22 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Dear member,

as you should know, the Nomination phase for the Election of the next Board
of Directors is already open, so if you haven't done yet, please consider
to candidate yourself for that important but really amazing role. You have
time until next monday (included - CET, see below).

By the way, in the announcement for the elections, candidates are asked to
give a 75
words statement. We'd like to give some additional explanation.

The ~75 words statement will be the one that is used on the website
where the candidates are presented before the voting starts. Below the
statement on that page, there will be a link to the mail in which the
nomination is confirmed. So if you would want to write more on the why
and how of your candidacy, that fits fine in that mail. As long as there
is the shorter statement too.

In writing a motivation, one can think of topics such as: what you want
to achieve, ideas on growing TDF-membership, ideas on where TDF
could be in five years, ... And of course there is time-frame for Q&A
with all candidates.
We hope this explanation will help to give all candidates equal chances
to give their motivation in the detail they like.

Now that we're writing you anyway, lets also give a summary of the
procedure:

Nomination phase
 start: 2017-10-19
 end:   2017-11-27, 23:59 CET/UTC+1

Elections:
 start: 2017-12-05, 00:00 CET/UTC+1
 end:   2017-12-12, 23:59 CET/UTC+1

Announcement preliminary results
2017-12-13

Challenging phase
 start: 2017-12-14, 00:00 CET/UTC+1
 end:   2017-12-18, 23:59 CET/UTC+1
Then afterwards: announcement of the final results
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[board-discuss] Re: [tdf-membership] resigning from the Membership Committee

2018-01-02 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Hi Cor, thank you from me too, for all the work done and for the continuous
help given!

Best wishes for this new year and for the new adventure it brings for you ;)

See you soon in Bruxelles.

---
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GPS - Terni

2018-01-02 17:44 GMT+01:00 Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco :

> Hi Cor!
>
>  Thanks for your commitment at the MC during this time. And a special
> thanks for teaching me how to work with the mcm-script!
>
>  Best wishes in your new challenge!
>
> Regards!
> Gustavo.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Cor Nouws  org> wrote:
>
>> Dear friends,
>>
>> It is with some melancholy that I write this mail, because I've been
>> serving as member of the Membership Committee for already quite some
>> years.
>>
>> I will be a member of the Board of Directors soon, thus have no other
>> choice than to leave the MC: both our statues and my own conviction do
>> not allow combining both positions.
>> The end of this year looks as a good moment for me to say farewell, so
>> please allow me to resign from the Membership Committee per December 31
>> this year.
>>
>> Working together was a real pleasure - thanks for all!
>>
>> Enjoy your time in the MC and our community,
>>
>> Cor
>>
>> --
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>


Re: [board-discuss] Resigning from MC - Rücktritt vom MC

2019-10-05 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Could please someone remove K-J from the Web Page [1] and move Ilmari among
full members?
Then K-J should be removed from MC's ML, Gerrit and Git groups, if it isn't
been already done.

Thanks in advance.
---
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GPS - Terni

[1] https://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/mc/


Il giorno mer 25 set 2019 alle ore 10:10 Ilmari Lauhakangas <
ilmari.lauhakan...@libreoffice.org> ha scritto:

> Florian Effenberger kirjoitti 25.9.2019 klo 10.57:
> > Hello,
> >
> > as per § 12 II of our statutes [1], the deputy that follows next in
> > order of preference will become a full member of the membership
> committee.
> >
> > Based on the last elections [2], Ilmari Lauhakangas is the next elected
> > deputy.
> >
> > I therefore ask you, Ilmari Lauhakangas, do you want to accept your new
> > role and want to serve in The Document Foundation's membership committee
> > as a full member?
> >
> > Florian
> >
> >
> > [1] https://www.documentfoundation.org/satzung.pdf (binding version)
> and
> > https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf (non-binding
> translation)
> >
> > [2] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/results.php?election_id=10
> >
>
> I accept the role of a full member of the membership committee.
>
> Ilmari Lauhakangas
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Re: [board-discuss] Resigning from MC - Rücktritt vom MC

2019-10-09 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Thank you all ;)
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GPS - Terni


Il giorno sab 5 ott 2019 alle ore 12:46 Guilhem Moulin <
guil...@libreoffice.org> ha scritto:

> On Sat, 05 Oct 2019 at 12:31:31 +0200, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> > Adding hostmaster for mailing lists and other services.
>
> Done (LDAP, gerrit, ML)
>
> --
> Guilhem.
>


Re: [board-discuss] Questions To MC Candidates

2020-09-01 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Il giorno ven 28 ago 2020 alle ore 08:18 Andreas Mantke  ha
scritto:

> Hi,
>
> I have two first questions to the candidates:
>

Thank you for asking and thus giving the opportunity to express our
opinions.

>
> 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)?
>
> I did, now and then, but my daily job doesn't leave me so much spare time,
particularly during the day, as I haven't a fixed place / office to work,
but most of the time I go all day round to my clients. And that's why I've
never ran for BoD.

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?


The "diving" or jumping from MC to BoD is something I've never liked too
much. In particular that led several times MC to run out of deputies, and
for this reason I asked and obtained to have 4 of them in MC, which could
look like a big number, compared to the number of full members (5), but
facts demonstrated that I was right.

I perceived this behaviour in the past as a kind of betrayal against the
members who voted to have a member in charge for that role for the whole 2
years of a term, but lately I understood that at the end MC is also a way
to get more in contact with TDF's core government and to learn how things
work in it, so it's almost natural to serve in MC and then go to BoD.
Obviously it would be much better to complete a term and then wait for next
BoD elections, giving also the opportunity to "cool down", lowering the
risk of an uncomfortable situation where the "controllers" (MC) may have
to weigh and decide about or against a person who used to be among them.

Moreover a cool down period helps to have a better objective and distant
perspective on TDF, but still having a deeper experience to understand and
judge, from my point of view. On the other hand everyone is free to resign
whenever they want from MC.
Let's say that this is an interesting point that could be put on a To Do
List to be discussed by the BoD as part of a possible bylaw, which could
include some more points.

I hope to have replied in a satisfactory way, but I'm obviously available
for more possible clarifications.
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> Andreas
>
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Re: [board-discuss] MCC questions ..

2020-09-09 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Il giorno ven 4 set 2020 alle ore 13:18 Michael Meeks <
michael.me...@collabora.com> ha scritto:

> * 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 ?
>

As many have already pointed out, surely it would worth it to look for
current contributors not yet members and asking them to join.
Then it's really important to work with universities, colleges but also
with (technical?) high schools, from my POV, since I believe there is more
"space" there in terms of collaboration. And even if students could be too
young to join TDF they could still join our community and in the meanwhile
gain the experience and the commitment to become members later on.

A good point is indeed to achieve some (more) benefit in being a member,
because I've been asked too what would have been the pro, even after having
explained the current ones.

>
> + Do you think we expand the membership by accpting
>   more marginal contributions for membership cf.
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership_Role#Contributing
>
> The statute is really clear on this, and we stick to it.
My POV is that its threshold is appropriate and doesn't need any tuning.

+ what effect do you expect that to have on the project ?
>

The goal is to have a proper representation of all the local communities
involved in the project.

>
> * If you've stood before, approximately how many people have
>   you encouraged to apply for membership ?
>

Some dozen telematically, but hundreds in person at every event, as I chase
people to explain the project and invite them to join :)
(I finished 500 flyers in a morning at FOSDEM, speaking over every single
one given).

>
> * How many applications have you voted against ?
>
Shouldn't be too hard to find it on Gerrit, but I don't see the relevance
of such metrics.
Every time the statute's requirements are not met, rejections apply, unless
very few particular cases we track carefully.

>
> * Do you believe we should have a half-way house / badge
>   between membership and non-membership that encourages
>   a person, and gives the a path via more contribution to
>   achieve full membership ?
>

Let's say that I like them but I'm not an expert, so I'm curious to see if
they'll give the expected results.

>
> * When there are no concrete metrics (such as translated strings,
>   code commits, wiki changes, ask comments, etc.) available to
>   decide on a person's contribution; what is best practice for
>   MC members vouching for their friends' contributions, and how
>   should other MC members validate that ?
>

As my colleagues already wrote, in such cases we have to reach 'em out
and/or trust some witness.
At the end a certain grade of trust is always required, since even metrics
aren't foolproof.

>
> * To what degree should the MC's decisions & discussion
>   be transparent (ie. publicly available) ?
>

As written by others, GDPR is involved and reasonably since often personal
motivations are provided by members.
Discussions and decisions about the MC itself or its activity in general
with regards to the Foundation can be shared publicly.

>
> * How do you believe we can improve the existing election
>   system - assuming the statutes can be tweaked ?
> + I'm interested in where we have the situation that
>   being too popular can stop you being able to
>   engage at all as a deputy - as we saw with
>   Miklos/Jona in the last MC election, and Kendy
>   in the last Board election.
>

I do agree that TDF should try to better regulate such cases by means of
bylaws.

>
> Thanks for any answers =)
>

Thank you for asking.
---
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Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2020-09-11

2020-09-15 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
Thank you for sharing.
Just a little correction please:

Il giorno mar 15 set 2020 alle ore 14:25 Florian Effenberger <
flo...@documentfoundation.org> ha scritto:

>
> [...]

 + been reached out to by many members (Gabriele)
> + wanted to represent their concerns.
> + not defined as anonymous; it's the whole MC writing to the Board.
> + want to avoid citing those who reached out to the MC
> + a letter from the whole MC, had a vote - anonymously to do that
>

I just said "unanimously" :)
---
Gabriele Ponzo
GPS - Terni

>


[board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of MC role

2020-09-17 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
I, Gabriele Ponzo, 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: Gabriele Ponzo


Ich, Gabriele Ponzo, 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: Gabriele Ponzo


Re: [board-discuss] Schedule for the live sessions with the Board candidates

2021-11-29 Thread GPS di Gabriele Ponzo
>From my side too.

Unfortunately I closed the session thanking almost everyone but forgetting
a special thank you to Naruhiko-san.
So I profit of Sophi's message to do it now :)

I really liked this initiative and look forward to the next one, tomorrow
at 19:00 UTC.
---
Gabriele Ponzo
GPS - Terni


Il giorno lun 29 nov 2021 alle ore 14:09 sophi  ha
scritto:

> Hi all,
> Le 28/11/2021 à 11:58, Marina Latini a écrit :
> > Dear Members, dear Community,
> [...]
> > - The questions to the candidates will be in English or translated to
> > English.
>
> I would like to send a big thank you to Naruhiko for his work on live
> translation. This is a difficult work but very important for the
> understanding of the future actions of the Board.
> Big thanks for your investment there, and also to the Japanese community
> for its great presence :)
> Cheers
> Sophie
>
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