On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 16:15 +1100, Terry wrote: > > That's what you get from a largely volunteer-based effort. It's no > > good complaining from the sidelines. Offer to help. > > As I said, I've been looking for a way to help. That's made more > difficult than it needs to be.
Its more important to make projects accessible to volunteers when volunteers is all you have. MS et al can coerce its workers through monetary reward. OOo relies on a range of people motivated by a belief that this is the right thing to do. The worrying thing is how many very active people have gone from contributing much to contributing little. That really should be a concern rather than something dismissed as complaining from the sidelines. > What you are really saying is that you can't take criticism, which is > the attitude of most of your colleagues. > > I hope the project succeeds but, if it does, it'll be more by luck than > good planning. Not so much luck as its the right way forward, but that can happen quicker or slower depending on the management and leadership. > I'll continue lending assistance to other users when I can. > Instinctively, I recoil from any closer contact. I've acquired > "observer" status for issues, which is a glorified way of changing > nothing. I have no idea what I'm supposed to do next and I've been > required to join a mailing list for some reason which was not explained > and isn't apparent. > > Time is precious. One day, when I have nothing else to do, I'll go back > to the website and see if I can make sense of my "new" status. > > Good luck with the project. I'm glad it's not my baby. Sadly your view doesn't seem to be unique. Ian -- www.theINGOTS.org www.schoolforge.org.uk www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
