Sorry for top posting but this won't do it any other way I think this is a mistake, we need to show some real structure and movement in the community, right now there seems to be about 20 people running the show and no real numbers for the rest
There also seems to be no way for anyone to jon or be apart of the foundation until some guidlines are worked out, I came over because I really felt like my voice had not be heard in a long while at OOo. We have a great opportunity here and do not want to miss it because we r in a holding pattern. If yopu do not want to give out titles or responsibilities that is fine, but at some point soon more people need to be included in the foundation and steering commitee James Walker Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: "Charles-H. Schulz" <[email protected]> Sender: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:44:07 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Can we put marketing titles under our names? Hello, While there might be a need for MarCons in a near future, there will be no titles issued for marketing until we have sorted the structure, the membership process and the governance of the Foundation and the LibreOffice project. Best, Charles. Le Sat, 30 Oct 2010 09:43:11 +0200, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> a écrit : > Anthony Papillion wrote: > > Titles come in very handy, even if only > > serving to cue the person that you are acting on behalf of an > > established organization and not just yourself. > > Well, we should probably distinguish between the internal and > external communication. Of course, I never use titles on Italian > mailing lists, since I agree that there is no need for them in that > context. > > But in external communication or important mailing list I use them > just to give a hint that e.g., if suggesting a blocker issue, we have > already discussed and confirmed it within the Italian community. > > And in this respect Italo does the same as me, see announcements like > http://it.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discussioni&msgNo=5761 > So it's not an unconditional aversion to titles, it just depends on > context. > > And for example I would find it useful that people authorized to > speak on behalf of the Document Foundation provide a hint somewhere > in their messages, so that we can judge their words accordingly. > > Regards, > Andrea Pescetti. > -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
