On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 15:52 +0300, sophie wrote: > Hi David, > On 07/01/2011 18:12, David Nelson wrote: > > Hi guys, :-) > this is the girl of the story ;) > > I would like to make a proposal. I consider that the libreoffice.org > > website is a resource that can be of strategic importance to TDF and > > the community. I have a bunch of ideas for further developing it and > > using it to further the project's aims and interests. > Yes, you're right and it's great to see you enthusiasm ! > > To do that job, I would ask - for a period of 4 months, subsequently > > renewable on condition of the SC's approval - for complete authority > > and final veto on all content on the libreoffice.org website. I want > > to be considered *the boss* of the libreoffice.org website, and my > > decisions would only be overridden by a majority vote of SC members. > > Anything short of that, my decision wins. > Like the others, I don't like the idea of 'complete authority and final > veto on all content'. No problem for me to consider you like *the boss* > if you prefer to have a title, but we are an open source project and > decision process is not working this way. > I absolutely do not feel comfortable with the SC members voting on each > decision, I mean the website team should be able to work and reach a > consensus by its own on what should be on line. > > There has been a failure at filling the website content at the > beginning. From my side I thought that in front of the emergency, an > English native language speaker will wake up and fill it. Ok, that has > not work this way this time, but I won't draw a picture with only a > piece of it. The website team has to think about it and change his way > to work or appeal for collaboration. Like in *any* other part of the > project, the collaboration mode is how we work and how we are willing to > work. Even if one take the final decision (the one you would call the > lead), it's because others have reach an agreement on this final > decision. And sometime it takes time (even years), but no matter, we do > not have commercial pressure or something like that, we have a community > that we want to be happy and for a long time. > > > This would give me the necessary authority to try some imaginative and > > ambitious plans that I will put to Marketing. > Like Italo said, there is a marketing project and tasks should be > coordinated with it. Also, the website is not only for marketing, it's > also for contributors and so it engages much more than marketing. > Last, I don't see why you need an authority to put your imaginative and > ambitious plans on a staging site where it can be reviewed and discussed > before being implemented. And I'm really curious to see it soon :-) > > I would ask for the title of "Executive editor of the libreoffice.org > > website". The only reason I have for asking for this title is that it > > gives me a handle to use in relations with outside parties, such as > > the press. > Also Italo expertise, here. Currently not every body can speak publicly > in the name of TDF (even not me :-), and I think it's good. > > If you feel able to grant me this trust, you can be sure that I will > > act responsibly and wisely, and that my sole aim will be to advance > > and protect the interests of the LibreOffice project and community. > I won't trust you less if you're not the big boss. You've work on > several parts of the project, the work you've done is good and important > for our project and you've done it with respect of the community values. > This is why I trust you. You have already act responsibly and wisely > without having the complete authority and final veto. > > I believe in teamwork and community-building. I would be keen to > > listen to and to learn from others, and to take the smartest decisions > > possible. I would seek to leave behind a positive contribution. > I believe in your work and what you've done on the website content, also > on the documentation project. You have found your place in our project, > you are organizing the documentation project and the tool it will use > for its workflow, you've work on the website content and want to go on. > I'm really happy to have you near me :-) I'll be also really happy to > help you work with the others among the design team, the marketing team, > the l10n team, etc. > > Your decision would be sealed by an official vote at the next SC meeting. > My vote will be -1 because of the reasons above and I join also > Christian conclusion. > > But I really don't want you to resign. I would like to offer my help and > any time you need to discuss further how we work. Most of us are in open > source projects for quite a long time, we have had to learn also, if I > can help you, it sincerely will be my pleasure :) > > Kind regards > Sophie > Hi all,
@David - I've been trying to draft an email on this question also, as you already know - Sophie just said what I was thinking much better then I could of. Thank you Drew -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
