Hi :) Jean has always done a fantastic job at this despite never wanting the job in the first place. I think she's naturally gifted at it but she also (obviously!) puts in tons of hard-work at every level.
Top marks for a total star! Regards from Tom :) On 7 September 2014 11:04, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > Hooray for Sophie! Thank you for stepping forward. --Jean > > On Thursday, September 4, 2014, Sophie Gautier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Jean, all, > > > > Sorry to not have post before but I was focusing on the LibreOffice > > conference and wanted to have time to read the mails of the list. > > So I would like to volunteer to coordinating the work on this project. > > For those who don't know me, I'm with LibreOffice since the beginning of > > the project, I'm working for TDF on a paid basis as release coordinator > and > > administrative assistant. On my volunteer time, I used to localize the UI > > and help of LibreOffice in French, do some QA, and translated some part > of > > the FAQ from French to English. My English is not good enough to write > the > > English documentation, but I quite well know all the parts of this > project > > to be able to help his coordination and help new comers to find their > way. > > > > Let me know if you would like me to help on this task :) > > Kind regards > > Sophie > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Jean Weber <[email protected] > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > > >> IF people in this group think some coordination and/or mentoring is > >> needed or at least would be useful, the group needs to find someone or > >> several people to do that, do it consistently, and do it well. > >> > >> I do a bit now and then, but I have not been doing it consistently, > >> have no intention of doing it consistently, and will probably be doing > >> even less in future. I've been saying this for months, but is anyone > >> listening? > >> > >> If we can't find one or more volunteers to take on this sort of > >> responsibility, perhaps we should make a case for TDF to fund someone, > >> at least part time? IMO we would need to hire someone with experience > >> in technical communication, project management, and mentoring new team > >> members. Preferably someone with experience coordinating volunteers, > >> so they don't have inappropriate expectations of giving people > >> assignments and getting the work done to a schedule. (No, I'm not > >> looking for a job.) > >> > >> I'm not at all sure that would help enough, because we would still > >> need people who have both the time and knowledge to do the actual > >> work. Our problem, AFAICT, has not been in attracting volunteers. The > >> problem is attracting -- and keeping -- the right volunteers: that is, > >> people with the time and knowledge. > >> > >> BTW, I find it both encouraging and discouraging to note that the AOO > >> Docs group appears to have the same problems that we do. > >> > >> --Jean > >> > > > > -- > > Sophie Gautier <[email protected] > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > > Tel:+33683901545 > > Co-founder - Release coordinator > > Certification Committee Member > > The Document Foundation > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > 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 > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
