On 6 April 2015 at 21:56, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/04/2015 jan i wrote: > >> I have just been made aware, that my understanding of chair role was >> wrong. >> The Chair has the responsibility to make the board report: >> > > That is a technicality not worth talking about. In the end, it's important > to understand what can be improved and improve it by still keeping faithful > to the facts (and this is all I'm going to say about the many messages > related to style and tone). > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/2015+Apr >> > > This is very good. Really. Not because it contains good words towards me > (actually, I'll ask to remove that part, see below)! But because it makes > the effort to consider all the possible audiences that will see this report. > > I fixed some typos at > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/diffpagesbyversion.action? > pageId=55152414&selectedPageVersions=19&selectedPageVersions=18 > (nothing to discuss: apart from obvious typos, I replaced "4.1.2 reached a > beta state" with "comes closer", since there won't be a beta for a 4.1.x > release; about FOSDEM 2016 I changed "will" to "may" but simply to say > that this is work in progress, nothing else). > "comes closer" can be seen as tomorrow, but you are also right about "beta", so it is changed to "4.1.2 is ready for internal testing" "may" changed to "want to". > As the quote above says "You can seek input from the PMC"; and I would >> like >> to hear comments which I can incorporate in the report. >> > > Well, I'm not dead, so let's replace (it's about me after all, so I feel I > have a say on this) the epitaph with something more sober like: > --- > Andrea Pescetti resigned as Chair after 2 years in order to enable a > "rotating" Chair role (i.e., a change every 1-2 years) for OpenOffice. > Andrea remains active in the project. Jan Iversen was elected as new Chair > and the transition was smooth. > --- > updated, but changed to "Andrea remains an active PMC member". You are more than just active in the project. > Then: "A major issue for AOO is..." should be under Issues and not under > "Activity" (probably a copy/paste problem). > No error, the board cannot do anything about it, therefore it is not a board issue. I had to consult on this one, but "issues" are for things the board should take action on. > > Last: I suggest (but this is not crucial) to add a paragraph about support > since many community members are active mainly in user support and that > area needs to be monitored closely: > --- > The support channels (users mailing list and official forums) are very > active as usual, thanks to the work of dozens of volunteers. > --- > added rgds jan i > > Regards, > Andrea. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
