[steering-discuss] Fwd: [tdf-announce] TDF 2011 Election: Voting Credentials Sent

2011-10-08 Thread David Nelson
Hi Simon, How many members are we actually voting for? The bylaws say 9, but I seem to remember that the Germany-based foundation would only have 7 members. -- David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems?

Re: [steering-discuss] Fwd: [tdf-announce] TDF 2011 Election: Voting Credentials Sent

2011-10-08 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 10/8/11 2:41 PM, David Nelson wrote: How many members are we actually voting for? The bylaws say 9, but I seem to remember that the Germany-based foundation would only have 7 members. Ten people: seven board members, plus three deputies -- Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com mobile

Re: [steering-discuss] Fwd: [tdf-announce] TDF 2011 Election: Voting Credentials Sent

2011-10-08 Thread David Nelson
Hi, On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com wrote: Ten people: seven board members, plus three deputies But we're only voting for the board members, right? The board members choose the deputies, no? -- David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [steering-discuss] Fwd: [tdf-announce] TDF 2011 Election: Voting Credentials Sent

2011-10-08 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 10/8/11 3:25 PM, David Nelson wrote: But we're only voting for the board members, right? The board members choose the deputies, no? No, the first seven will be board members and the following three will be deputies. It is a right of members to choose all board members, including deputies.

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board: Michael Meeks

2011-10-08 Thread David Nelson
Hi Michael, Please let me start by thanking you for your past service on the SC, and your important contributions to TDF and the LibreOffice project. I would like to ask whether you would be willing to make a commitment for a term of office on the BoD. I am certain that you will assure us that

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board: Michael Meeks

2011-10-08 Thread David Nelson
Hi Jesus, 2011/10/8 Jesús Corrius je...@softcatala.org: In my opinion, I don't think it's best for the project to put some of the most skilled developers to work in documentation, when other developers can also do this task perfectly well. It is precisely these guys who could put the most

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board: Michael Meeks

2011-10-08 Thread Jesús Corrius
Hi David, On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:38 PM, David Nelson li...@traduction.biz wrote: Hi Jesus, 2011/10/8 Jesús Corrius je...@softcatala.org: In my opinion, I don't think it's best for the project to put some of the most skilled developers to work in documentation, when other developers can

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board: Michael Meeks

2011-10-08 Thread David Nelson
Jesus, I'm hoping to see from three of our leading devs who are candidates for the BoD how committed they are to *Open Source* software. ;-) Open the doors wider, and more people might come in. -- David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-08 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 10/8/11 5:12 PM, David Nelson wrote: I'm hoping to see from three of our leading devs who are candidates for the BoD how committed they are to *Open Source* software. ;-) I do not think that this discussion should happen during the election time, as it might have an influence on the

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-08 Thread David Nelson
Hi Italo, On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com wrote: I do not think that this discussion should happen during the election time, as it might have an influence on the election outcome based on parametres which are not relevant for being a director (based on

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-08 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello David, Le Sat, 8 Oct 2011 18:39:13 +0300, David Nelson li...@traduction.biz a écrit : Hi Italo, On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com wrote: I do not think that this discussion should happen during the election time, as it might have an influence on

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-08 Thread David Nelson
Hi Charles, On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Charles-H. Schulz charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org wrote: I'll let the candidates you have asked your question to answer. I had one question for you though: will you be in Paris next week? Sadly not. :-( I'm wrapped up in a client project for

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-08 Thread David Nelson
Hi Norbert, On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Norbert Thiebaud nthieb...@gmail.com wrote: But here you are taking advantage of the fact that these candidates happen to also be core developer to corner them. Of course. :-) That's politics right? But seriously, this is - to me, a non-dev but

Re: [steering-discuss] SC call on 15th

2011-10-08 Thread André Schnabel
Am 07.10.2011 14:50, schrieb Florian Effenberger: Hello, following our usual schedule, the next SC call would be on Saturday, 15th. However, since most of us are still in Paris there, and will meet in person, I propose we adjourn that call, so the next SC call will be on Wednesday, 19th.

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board: Michael Meeks

2011-10-08 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) One of the top priorities for the Documentation Team right now is a guide to help people that want to start programming for LibreOffice.  There is already a good one for Extensions but most of the scattered things we have for programmers are apparently for OpenOffice when it was under

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-08 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) Minor addition after a few hours sleep and before starting work: This kind of design documentation is really essential for various reasons. What would happen if there was some kind of disaster and we were to lose the essential core of our lead devs for some horrible reason? We'd be