Re: [board-discuss] Seeking approval for server procurement

2012-01-11 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Thorsten, * I'm not voting, but want to get this right ... Original-Nachricht > Von: Thorsten Behrens > An: board-discuss@documentfoundation.org > > TDF has received a generous, targetted donation of $3000 to procure > a rack-mountable server, dedicated for dev-related work

Re: [board-discuss] Electing a BoD chairperson and it's deputy

2011-12-05 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, so, the board has elected Florian Effenberger as chairman of the board and Thorsten Behrens as his deputy. we had 6 out of 7 board members voting (making a quorum). Each of the nominees got 5 votes (as Florian and Thorsten abstained to vote on their own seat). To support the dec

Re: [board-discuss] CommunityBylaws and "actual structure and governance of The Document Foundation as a legal entity"

2011-11-30 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Lionel, Original-Nachricht > Von: Lionel Elie Mamane > I'm reading the wiki page CommunityBylaws, and I'm confused. It says > "These Bylaws do not apply to the actual structure and governance of > The Document Foundation as a legal entity (...)". Yes, (unfortunately) the c

Re: [board-discuss] Pictures and abstracts for members and deputies of the board (and MC)

2011-11-10 Thread Andre Schnabel
welcome. Changes are visible on the staging site. Thanks and regards, André > - Ursprüngliche Nachricht - > Von: Andre Schnabel > Gesendet: 07.11.11 15:22 Uhr > An: board-discuss@documentfoundation.org, Bjoern Michaelsen, Fridrich Strba > Betreff: Re: [board-discuss] Picture

Re: [board-discuss] [RESULT] New Membership Committee voted by the board

2011-11-09 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Thorsten, * > Datum: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:08:21 +0100 > Von: Thorsten Behrens > > the TDF board of directors has now formally approved the following > individuals as members of the new Membership committee: > > * Andre Schnabel > * Fridrich Strba

Re: [board-discuss] Pictures and abstracts for members and deputies aof the board (and MC)

2011-11-07 Thread Andre Schnabel
- Original-Nachricht > Datum: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:49:25 +0100 > Von: "Andre Schnabel" > An: board-discuss@documentfoundation.org, > tdf-members...@lists.documentfoundation.org > Betreff: [board-discuss] Pictures and abstracts for members and deputies aof >

[board-discuss] Pictures and abstracts for members and deputies aof the board (and MC)

2011-11-02 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, as I'm currently reworking the TDF website (info on foundation), I'd ask all the new Board members / deputies to send in a picture as well as some short introduction. Please have a look at https://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/board/ for examples. We are currently missing this for

Re: [steering-discuss] Vote for MC elections

2011-11-02 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Datum: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:30:27 +0100 > Von: Florian Effenberger > > The statutes in their current draft foresee 1. deputies are not attached > to one specific seat holder 2. and the number of seat holders must be odd. > > You proposed Norbert and Simon as members/deputies, but André

Re: [steering-discuss] Thorsten's stepdown

2011-11-02 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Datum: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:17:57 +0100 > Von: Florian Effenberger > > Thorsten has unsubscribed from the internal MC mailing list. I assume > this means his stepdown is effective immediately (which makes sense, > since he is already officially in the BoD). I have therefore adjusted > t

[steering-discuss] Reminder to come to a decision (was: Preparing elections for the membership committee)

2011-11-02 Thread Andre Schnabel
Dear board members, this is a friendly reminder that we need a desion if we will start the MC election process right now or if we postpone this to next year. The proposed schedule for the election process starts at the 4th of Nov. with the announcement of the elections, so there should be a decis

Re: [steering-discuss] Preparing elections for the membership committee

2011-10-27 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, Original-Nachricht > Datum: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:29:34 -0500 > Von: Norbert Thiebaud > 2011/10/26 André Schnabel : > > > > We had some discussion, if we should freeze again the membership > process. > > BoD should decide on that (I personally would not like to have again > s

Re: [steering-discuss] renaming this list

2011-10-26 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Friedrich Strohmaier > Betreff: Re: [steering-discuss] renaming this list > > > My proposal would either be: > > > 1. core-discuss@tdf > > 2. board-discuss@tdf > > 3. bod-discuss > > "bod" has kind of brand at least in my perception and is less generic > than board. +1 I'm still

Re: [steering-discuss] Reimbursement for LinuxCon Europe

2011-09-21 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Italo, Original-Nachricht > Datum: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:08:57 +0200 > Von: Italo Vignoli > An: TDF Steering Discuss > Betreff: [steering-discuss] Reimbursement for LinuxCon Europe > I have already asked for reimbursement of expenses that I will incur for > representing TDF a

Re: [steering-discuss] Off-topic - please move to discuss@

2011-09-13 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi David, * > Von: David Nelson > > I perfectly understand your point. > > It is not helpful when you declare a thread to be a vote among SC > members and then people jump in with "friendly and encouraging > comments", because then the SC can't vote properly and unambiguously. > > Maybe label

Re: [steering-discuss] Certification of end-user skills

2011-09-07 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, Original-Nachricht > Von: "Charles-H. Schulz" > > While I do not know how well TDF certification fits with respect to your > project (I suspect there's some overlap but there are also lots of > differences in terms of audience and purpose) I think it would be a good > idea

Re: [steering-discuss] Vote: decision on screenshots

2011-08-19 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Datum: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:56:11 +0200 > Von: Florian Effenberger > > "Screenshots for documentation, website and marketing should preferably > be taken on GNU/Linux, but may also be taken on any other operating > system. > > The Steering Committee recommends a consistent visual appeara

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-17 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > Tom Davies wrote on 2011-08-17 12:48: > > I think that counts as 6 votes with none against, so it's "nem con" or > > something. The votes from deputies doesn't count if the people they > are > > deputies for have voted. Not that it makes much difference sin

Re: [steering-discuss] contracting a lawyer for the foundation's set-up process

2011-08-15 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > For the process of filing, it is highly advisable to have a lawyer > assisting us and acting as official point of contact. Not only will some > legal topics come up, but also being represented by a lawyer greatly > helps in being perceived as serious entity

Re: [steering-discuss] addition to trademark policy

2011-08-11 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Charles-H. Schulz > > I'd +1 Thorsten's short summary, but does it work with Debian rules? yes - it daoes, bacuse ... > Le 10 août 2011 14:34, "Thorsten Behrens" a > écrit : > > > > The tm rule then boils down to: stuff from the official tdf/libo > > website - TDF mark permitted. S

Re: [steering-discuss] addition to trademark policy

2011-08-08 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: "Charles-H. Schulz" > > Hmm, if that confuses you, it will confuse otgers. I htink, what is confusing here is that ... > Le 8 août 2011 11:50, "Caolan McNamara" a écrit : > > > > I'm not super-attached to the TDF tagline for distro/personal builds, > > but I am attached to using t

Re: [steering-discuss] funding for system operations meeting

2011-08-01 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > Gesendet: 29.07.11 18:24 Uhr > Norbert Thiebaud wrote on 2011-07-29 18:06: > > Ahh, so you're asking TDF to cover the 600 euro budget overrun. Now I get > > it:-) > > Thanks for the clarification > > actually, I would like to ask to cover everything from the TD

Re: [steering-discuss] funding for system operations meeting

2011-07-28 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > In total, when we want to pay everyone their hotels, and their travel, > we would end up with about 1.600 € in total, so 600 € more than > initially planned. I have to formally ask the German association's board > of directors for approval, but since I inte

Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: SC call tomorrow, 1600 UTC

2011-07-26 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, it's very likely that I'm not available (long evening at the office :( ). Cor, can you stand in? regards, André > - Ursprüngliche Nachricht - > Von: Florian Effenberger > Gesendet: 26.07.11 12:38 Uhr > An: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org > Betreff: [steering-discuss] Remi

[steering-discuss] Please approve Simon Phipps as election secretary

2011-07-19 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, this was briefly discussed in our last SC-Call and in the following MC-meeting. To ease the work of the current MC and help with the BoD elections (help with communication, organization and overseeing the election process), we would like to name Simon Phipps as election secretary for our ne

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-19 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, -1 as this was not what we discussed in the call. This is missing the recommendation to use Linux screenshots (as we acknoledged, that there might be a very low risk otherwise). André > - Ursprüngliche Nachricht - > Von: Olivier Hallot > Gesendet: 19.07.11 11:55 Uhr > An: steering-

Re: [steering-discuss] Re: screen-shots Documentation Team

2011-07-13 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, don't know if I can make today's SC meeting in time, therefore some comments via mail ... > Von: Christoph Noack > > History: > * The German community did some investigation during OOo times and > decided to stick with non-Windows screenshots due the (to their > opini

Re: [steering-discuss] Request for changes of Membership Committee

2011-07-12 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Michael, > Von: Michael Meeks > > On Mon, 2011-07-11 at 19:56 +0200, André Schnabel wrote: > > 1. approve all current deputies of the MC plus David Emmerich Jourdain > > (who volunteered as deputiy but has not yet been approved) as full MC > > members. (so the MC will have 6 members in tot

Re: [steering-discuss] Having fixed-time calls

2011-05-30 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > What I could imagine is keeping our alternating scheme, i.e. one call > Monday to Thursday, and the following week it is Friday to Sunday. > > In addition, looking at European time zones, I propose we have the calls > during the week between 18 and 20 UTC+2

Re: [steering-discuss] Vendor string usage in third-party packages of LibreOffice

2011-05-12 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, just some comments, far from final decision ;) > Von: Francois Tigeot > > This is an extract of the TradeMark_Policy web page: > > You may use the Marks without prior written permission (subject to the > following terms): > > 1. To refer to the LibreOffice software in substanti

Re: [steering-discuss] poll for call in calendar week 15

2011-04-13 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, I won't be available at the weekend, so hopefully Leif can step in. Original-Nachricht > Datum: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:23:42 +0200 > Von: Florian Effenberger > An: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org > Betreff: [steering-discuss] poll for call in calendar week 15 > Hello

Re: [steering-discuss] Confused by our Trademark Policy ...

2011-03-29 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, Original-Nachricht > Von: "Charles-H. Schulz" > > So I have replaced trademarks by marks, as well as modified the text > according to some of your corrections above (not all of them). I'd like > to call for a vote (the final one) starting now until Tuesday at noon > Founda

Re: [steering-discuss] Formal vote on an online component for LibreOffice as a strategic option

2011-03-21 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: sophie > > > > (sorry, spent the last two day answering the question "What is > > different (to OOo)" and > > "Why did you do this (LobO/TDF)" about 1000times (at least it felt > > like that) :) > Ho, so you know what kind of T-shirt we should produce next time: > 'What is differe

Re: [steering-discuss] next SC call on Wednesday

2011-03-17 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > how about doing one during the week, and the other during weekends? That > could serve both wishes, as I and some others try to keep their weekends > free. :-) +1 André -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org L

Re: [steering-discuss] formal vote on Cor Nouws as deputy in the membership committee

2011-03-17 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > To start work on the membership committee soon, all of its committee > members are needed. It is possible, however, that Sophie might be > unavailable for some time. To avoid the membership committee being > unable to work during this time, Cor Nouws should

Re: [steering-discuss] next SC call on Wednesday

2011-03-16 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, Original-Nachricht > Von: Florian Effenberger > > the next Steering Committee phone conference call will be > > tomorrow, Wednesday, March 16th > 1800 UTC Still at the office and not sure if I can make it in time. So short update on MC: We are waiting for th

Re: [steering-discuss] libreoffice.org e-mail accounts

2011-03-14 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > I never heard about it, and I doubt that it is even available for simple > e-mail forwarders. We will not *store* user's e-mails, but rather > *forward* them to their real account. So, at least mid-term, for the > @libreoffice.org forwarding service, I doub

Re: [steering-discuss] Reducing donation ads

2011-03-14 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > two hearts are beating in my breast here -- on the one hand, sure, we > cannot do that much. On the other hand, it's a question of grace to > freeze our fundraising for a few days, to show there are more important > things at the moment... but I am undeterm

Re: [steering-discuss] Reminder: SC call tonight

2011-02-28 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > just a short reminder that we have an SC call tonight: > http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/msg00698.html Unfortunately I don't know if I can make it (quite busy at work atm). It's likely that I'll be late. regards, André -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail

Re: [steering-discuss] Bias of www.libreoffice.org

2011-02-15 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Volker Merschmann > > I would like to ask a statement from the SC whether > www.libreoffice.org is our international page or the page for the > english-speaking community or even has a focus on North America. Well .. I think, this will take some days to come up with an official sta

Re: [steering-discuss] About Membership Committee

2011-01-31 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Friedrich, > Von: Friedrich Strohmaier > > What's not clear for me: > What is a "Members" task? I see there are big efforts to define apply > and revoke membership, but I don't see the corresponding harvest. > > Is there any info around about that topic? See http://wiki.documentfoundati

Re: [steering-discuss] About Membership Committee

2011-01-28 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: David Nelson > > "assign one MC-member to each application who is in charge to review > the application (this should be based on the work area of the > applicant. e.g. Fridrich might review developer's applications, Sophi > UX, design, work in locale teams, André does l10n, QA, websi

[steering-discuss] About Membership Committee

2011-01-27 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, as told in last weeks meeting, we (Sophie, Fridrich, me) had some off-list discussion about the MC process. Our initial thoughts are documented at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Talk:TDF/Membership_Committee Please note, that this is the *talk* page, so all this reflects our opinion, no

Re: [steering-discuss] next SC call on Thursday 1600 UTC

2011-01-27 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > the next Steering Committee conference call will take place > > Thursday, January 27th > 1600 UTC > > See http://www.doodle.com/6qt4qqc3w56srrqt for your local date and time. I'll try to join, it's likely that I'll be late. Minutes from last me

Re: [steering-discuss] connecting external services to our domain

2011-01-20 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Davi, * > Von: Florian Effenberger > > David Nelson wrote on 2011-01-18 22.36: > > > My request for the alfresco.libreoffice.org sub-domain still holds. > > > > I am willing to offer Christian/Florian full root access to the > > system, if necessary, and to comply with all feasible requirem

Re: [steering-discuss] poll on next SC confcall

2011-01-17 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Florian, > Von: Florian Effenberger > > the poll on the next SC confcall is online, please let us know when you > have time to join ;) > > http://www.doodle.com/mqhh96d6uad9b47i?newDesign=true the times in the poll look somehow strange. E.g. Wednesday up to 17:00 only, Thursday up to 16:

Re: [steering-discuss] RT for membership ?

2011-01-17 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Sophie Gautier > > I begin to think about the tooling needed for the membership process. > Are we going to use RT [1] for handling requests and follow up? Gnome is > using it for his membership as well. > Or have you already anything else in mind? Well .. I did not think about speci

[steering-discuss] Minutes of SC call 2011-01-13 for review

2011-01-14 Thread Andre Schnabel
Dear SC members, please read, review and correct the minutes at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Steering_Committee_Meetings#Minutes_2011-01-13 regards, André -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org List archive: http://listarchives.documentfou

[steering-discuss] List of Work Items on the wiki

2010-11-10 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, I created a list of workitems (only those where the SC should have an eye on - or take care about / make decisions) at the wiki:  http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Work_Items at the moment it is a very rogh collection, so please review. Regards, André -- E-mail to steering-discuss

Re: [steering-discuss] Version numbering of LibO

2010-11-02 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Sophie Gautier > An: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org > > > > Sebastian Spaeth wrote on 2010-11-01 16.36: > >> > >> Dear all, all discussions seem to hint at that the first stable release > >> of LibreOffice is going to be a 3.3.0 release. I would like to have you > >> consider