It seems to me that the volunteers can do what those volunteers wish to do. As long as there is no contribution to materials and code under the custody of the project, it doesn't matter.
So is something else wanted, such as identification with Apache OpenOffice? Some sort of "official" designation? Then it is difficult to avoid the need to fit into the governance and oversight requirements of ASF and AOO. Perhaps an "Apache OpenOffice Partner" or "Supporter" or "Affiliate" arrangement might be easier. Probably not. For those cases involving sites and materials that are under ASF custody, ASF governance must be considered. To "have the keys" to administration and the code base, it is necessary to submit bugs and patches and establish a pattern of contribution first. And for those who are so privileged, it seems to me that the English working language requirement is part of the accountability. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Paulo de Souza Lima [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:37 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Dealing with a large and diverse project - Native Languages and project teams [ ... ] > What do the volunteers want to do? [ ... ] They can help in spreading AOO, writing articles, helping user support, lectures, making AOO present in events (soon there will be FISL, and other large events). All of those things have to be made in Brazil and in Portuguese. I thought the example we showed yesterday from that guy who will install AOO in tens of thousands machines for a govenment digital inclusion project should be enough. Most of brazilian volunteers have no programming skills, but there are many other ways they can help. Including some existing ones like UX, wiki, bug hunting, and so on. Just one example: Miss Fatima Conti is a teacher at Pará Federal University. She is a respectable figure in Brazilian Open Source environment. She's more than 70 years old, she's not a programmer, but many many users read her blog. She used to write articles for our old BrOffice.org Magazine, but now she's helping to test AOO within her possibilities. She can do a lot more for AOO, in terms of marketing. But wait! We have no "marketing" yet. And she doesn't want to join a English mailing list because she has difficulties with this language. There are a lot of other examples. Most of people who wish to help are phisicians, administrators (I am an administrator with some technical skills), lawyers, teachers, account managers, and so on. [ ... ]
