On Thu, 2011-06-16 at 00:14 +0800, David Nelson wrote: > Hi Tom, > > On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 16:32, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > Imo the best boss is one that is able to stand back and let people > > sort things out for themselves at that sort of level, but is around to just > > offer gentle guidance occasionally. One that gets involved with the actual > > work > > as an equal is even more superb. So, imo you have been doing an excellent > > job > > as 'leader' since your note :) > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > Speaking for myself, I don't think that the docs team needs a "boss" > or even a "leader" as such. It does need a crew of regular > contributors who can cooperate in a friendly, flexible manner that > makes contributing an enjoyable, productive experience. And it needs > some good, experienced team players who are willing to provide > guidance and advice to newcomers where needed, in a discreet, tactful, > friendly and non-authoritarian manner. > > IMO, with the above, we'd have all we need to be a good team... > > My 2 cents. > > -- > David Nelson >
I agree with you about what we need, but I don't agree that's necessarily *all* we need. Past experience tells me otherwise. IMO we also need at least one (preferably several) people who will take a coordinating (or "leadership") role to help work move along expeditiously, *especially* now when we do not yet have a crew of regular, experienced contributors. In my experience, little actually gets done on group projects unless there are leaders. If this project turns out to be different, then I will be delighted. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
