On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds great Donald. No worries about being new to the ASF, I'm > really wanting someone with some history with OOo that can talk about > why you (not your employer) felt that Apache was chosen as the final > home. > > I am also asking someone from LO. I trust that both parties will be
Asking them what? Presumably they would not be presenting "a justification for the move to the ASF". > sensible enough to avoid there being an Us and Them flavour. In fact I I suspect that will depend on the answer to my question above. The sense of the question matters as much as the sense of person. > truly hope that we can use the opportunity to have some face to face > time and a beet/wine/whiskey/coke/whatever. On the weekend there is a > BarCampApache which, if you want to stick around, will provide a less > formal environment to do some good community work. > > Before I confirm a speaker though I will let the planet revolve a few > more times. > > Ross > > On 29 June 2011 20:05, Donald Harbison <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ross, >> >> I'd be happy to volunteer for this preso. I'm one of the non-coder >> Committers, and worked to >> move OpenOffice to Apache on several fronts. My day job is working in IBM >> Software >> Group's Open Standards/Open Source team with my specific focus on the >> OASIS OpenDocument Format standard, hence my keen interest in OpenOffice, >> and >> all things 'ODF', including the ODF Toolkit Java tools, enabling >> programmatic >> manipulation of documents. >> >> I'm new to Apache, drinking from the firehose, but I'd very much like to >> step up and >> discuss the various perspectives that led to OpenOffice moving to Apache at >> TransferSummit. >> Hopefully, by September my track record on list will be more established >> than it is now. >> I signed up to work the trademark/branding, communiations and community >> development >> aspects of the project. >> >> /don >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I chair a conference in Oxford, UK called TransferSummit. The next on >>> is in September (7/8). The conference is about open development and >>> open innovation. >>> >>> I would love to have someone from the Apache OO.o team present the >>> community case for Apache OO.o. That is, rather than a technical >>> presentation I am looking for a justification for the move to the ASF. >>> There are other talks that cover the Apache Way, I'm more looking for >>> opinion from the initial committers. >>> >>> I'm afraid we don't pay travel expenses, but we do cover a conference >>> pass, two nights accomodation, gala dinner, breakfasts and lunch >>> >>> More info about the conference at http://www.transfersummit.com >>> >>> (if anyone on this list thinks they have another killer presentation >>> for such an event feel free to mail me) >>> >>> Ross >>> >> > > > > -- > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Programme Leader (Open Development) > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com >
