Hello,
Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote on 2010-09-05 16.07:
The problem is only in the sentence "OpenOffice.org Conference 2011,
Paris France" and what this sentence really means. It means that
OpenOffice.org Community breaks its own rules. In these conditions I am
not sure we need a Community, the Oracle Marketing Department should be
sufficient.
let me say a few words on this.
First, I'm sorry for the short notice. In fact, as Charles said, it was
indeed a short notice and idea for all of us, and I would have loved to
involve the community much more at the beginning.
Honestly, two hearts have been in my breast - not announcing a next
OOoCon venue could have been a bad sign as well, but announcing it
without the community being involved first was also bad. We had to
decide quickly, and ended up with announcing. No matter what we had
chosen, someone would disagree.
Believe me that behind the scenes we have been working hard on finding a
great location for 2011, but even with writing to all previous
applicants, and approaching several possible organizers ourselves, there
has been just *ONE* valid proposal, and that has been Paris. So, in the
end, we would have come up with this nontheless, without voting, as
there had been nothing to vote on. Skipping OOoCon for 2011 would be
even worse, and I guess you all agree to that.
I agree that missing community vote is not a good choice, and it should
stay an exception. However, as said, we had to decide quickly, and there
had been no other valid proposal except Paris.
I'm sure you all will support Charles and the team for OOoCon 2011, and
for 2012, I am sure we will go back to the "normal" way of finding a
location. :-)
Florian
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