Florian is definitely the best choice if John wants to step aside from
his role, but we still need his enthusiasm and experience as co-lead.
The next decade is going to be key for OOo and the open source
movement at large, if we want to increase and strengthen our market
presence. We are in a very good position, especially in Europe, but
Microsoft will be more aggressive with the decrease of their market
share (now officially under 80%).
Thanks to John, best wishes to Florian. I'm here to help, if and where
I can.
Looking forward to 2010 as the year of OOo. Buon anno a tutti.
Italo Vignoli
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email [email protected]
Il giorno Jan 2, 2010, alle ore 13:54, Florian Effenberger <[email protected]
> ha scritto:
Hello everyone,
thank you very much for your kind and warm words and your
encouraging support -- this is truly appreciated!
John has done a fantastic job and has always been a wonderful
colleague and friend. In my opinion, the project owes him very very
much, and following in his footsteps will not be easy. He told me
about his plan to step down in Orvieto and although I think he will
be the best choice for the MP lead, I understand his wish for some
time off. :-)
My hope is to have him as MP co-lead, but I also accept if he wants
to pass this task over to someone else.
It will be an honor to serve as MP lead for me. But it's not only
me. Marketing OpenOffice.org is not possible without the invalueable
help of so many MarCons, contributors, volunteers and enthusiasts,
and I hope that we as a community will grow even stronger in this
year -- the year of 10 years OpenOffice.org and so many other things
that might bind us together even closer.
I'm looking forward to the challenging tasks we will be faced with
this year, and I'm looking forward to working with all of you on
what will be an exciting and important year in the OpenOffice.org
ecosystem.
Florian
Those of you with long memories may remember that Jacqueline asked
me to
become co-lead of the Marketing Project in April 2004. One of my
first
tasks was to compile a strategy for the MP, which was published at
OOoCon
2004 as "The OpenOffice.org Strategic Marketing Plan 2005-2010". I
then
became Lead in May 2006, with the SMP as my bible.
We have now reached the magic year 2010, and I feel it is time for
the MP
to benefit from fresh leadership. Since June 2007 I have had
tremendous
support from Florian as my co-Lead, and I would like to recommend
him to
you as the right person to lead the MP from 2010 onwards.
As we're entering a busy period (3.2 to launch, OOoCon 2011 to award,
MS-Office 2010 to compete with..) I have offered to stay on as co-
Lead
until Florian finds co-Lead(s) to help him.
OOo's procedures state: "Transitioning from one Project Lead to
another is
almost always a graceful and smooth affair. The Project Lead or
leads are
encouraged to nominate their successors, who must be members of the
project, and hold a plebiscite on the primary public mail list."
So, I would ask you all to confirm whether you are happy to endorse
this
change of Lead, and if so, please welcome Florian and give him your
support as he takes up this challenging position.
John
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