Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: [board-discuss] Initiative to improve communication channels

2020-07-17 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Franklin, all, Franklin Weng wrote: > BTW, even if it becomes 15th useless channel, which can be tweaked, > tried and improved from the running experiences, it will not be a > big deal IMO. > Sure, it would create more silos & further fracture the community. As I said during the board call - t

Re: [board-discuss] Personal Edition label and define is wrong.

2020-07-16 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Peter, Michael, Michael Meeks wrote: > > Only from ecosystem members this means if this equals must pay someone > > to get this version lot of my deployments in different businesses of > > Libreoffice would never have happened.Yes I can see those wanting > > to make the "LibreOffice Enterpr

Re: [board-discuss] New Version of Strategic Marcom Plan

2020-07-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Michael Meeks wrote: > Absolutely, my hope is TDF gets more developer mentors to nurture > those who are frustrated by the code and want to become part of the > solution =) > Quite - expect some job posting there in the nearest future. ;) Cheers, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: PGP

Re: [board-discuss] Some problems.

2020-07-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Michael, Michael Weghorn wrote: > In my opinion (and from own experience at the City of Munich), > LibreOffice (and other FLOSS software) is often not suitable for many > large enterprises "as is", so a good way of managing the lifecycle and > getting issues addressed (i.e. professional support

Re: [board-discuss] Some problems.

2020-07-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Michael, Michael Weghorn wrote: > In the former case, adding the relevant information (professional > support available and encouraged for enterprises) more explicitly to the > website or maybe using existing mechanisms to inform the user (like > mentioning support in the donation/contribution

Re: [board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Personal: and software freedom.

2020-07-13 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Lionel Élie Mamane wrote: > My point is: do not send a message that people should pay (try to > create the demand), if the offer is not there. > I agree. But I'm pretty sure that unmet demand is a problem worth having in the ecosystem, and we're happy to meet it. ;) Cheers, -- Thorsten signat

Re: [board-discuss] Discussion about options available with marketing plan draft and timetable

2020-07-13 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Michael Meeks wrote: > There are a number of larger deployments that buy the gratis message, > then they fall over an increasing number of small annoyances that > cumulatively drive them away over the years. It's not a good model for > the project to promote, it results in unhappy users, a ba

Re: [board-discuss] Discussion about options available with marketing plan draft and timetable

2020-07-10 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Flo, *, Florian Effenberger wrote: > first and foremost, thanks a lot to everyone for taking on the challenging > task to work on a marketing plan. I am sure this was not easy, so thanks to > all of you for your work on this - and thanks to the board for the > transparent communication in publi

Re: [board-discuss] Discussion about options available with marketing plan draft and timetable

2020-07-09 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Andreas, kainz.a wrote: > I think the biggest change has to be done on the LibreOffice.org website > which will cost some time. The change in LibreOffice will be minor. There > has to be only an decision about a flavour tag (or not). > Yep, plus the exact wording for the about box (c.f. BZ iss

Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: [board-discuss] Initiative to improve communication channels

2020-07-09 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Ilmari Lauhakangas wrote: > DemocracyOS vs. anything we currently have is an apples to oranges > comparison meaning we *can't* shut anything down. > But how would DemocracyOS then help to solve the too-many-channels problem? Cheers, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [board-discuss] Initiative to improve communication channels

2020-07-08 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Daniel, [sry for the repetition, missed this public mail initially] Daniel Armando Rodriguez wrote: > In my opinion, and based on recent experience, I consider it necessary for > TDF to be open to community participation in a more modern and accessible > way to everyone. > I agree. The recent

Re: [board-discuss] Some problems.

2020-07-07 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi *, Michael Meeks wrote: > For my part - I'd like to try to work with others to > understand all of the motivations, and to somehow, together chart a > path towards a better way of marketing and positioning LibreOffice and > its ecosystem - as Italo has outlined. Many of the above issues a

Re: [board-discuss] Involvement of the board in the Marketing Plan

2020-07-02 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Sam, first off, thx a lot - for engaging in detail, and with constructive criticism! Just a few comments, to perhaps adjust perception - Sam Tuke wrote: > Drafting a 5 year marketing plan following indecisiveness > from the board is a job for a diplomat, not a marketer. > Guessing and compro

Re: [board-discuss] LOOL user experience

2020-05-26 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Paolo Vecchi wrote: > 6 As individual users would you like to make a donation to TDF > specifically to support the development of LibreOffice Online? > We can't do that. Cheers, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: PGP signature

[board-discuss] Designing a poll on LOOL usage patterns & needs (was: LOOL user experience)

2020-05-26 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Heiko, Heiko Tietze wrote: > Thanks for the input. The draft for a survey is on Nextcloud > https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/ZCX4wrx3wipr5mQ > How would you like to get feedback for that document - direct edits or comments, or discuss here? I personally liked Sam's suggestion, perhap

Re: [board-discuss] LOOL user experience

2020-05-22 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Heiko, all, Heiko Tietze wrote: > So what I'd need for a survey is a couple of simple questions that > everybody can answer. My preferred type of question is > multiple-choice with additional "Other" option. > Thus my (perhaps unintuitive) suggestion to start discussing the details on the desig

Re: [board-discuss] LOOL user experience

2020-05-22 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Daniel, all, Daniel Armando Rodriguez wrote: > I believe we should know what people expects when downloading a > docker img, if it fits the needing or what do they have to deal > with. > Depends on who's the target audience of that question, I guess. Possibly the design, or the website list ar

Re: [board-discuss] How is TDC compelled to keep the user first?

2020-03-02 Thread Thorsten Behrens
recognises it is very poor at executing. TDF > could pass that agency to another entity at short notice any time. > I agree with Simon. The comparison does not hold. Provisions to make sure TDC cannot permanently capture LibreOffice on app stores can easily be put into the TM license. Ch

[board-discuss] Representation statement Thorsten Behrens

2020-02-23 Thread Thorsten Behrens
I, Thorsten Behrens, elected member of the Board of Directors of The Document Foundation, hereby and until further notice, nominate the following deputies to represent me during board calls and meetings, in the order set forth below: 1. Nicolas Christener 2. Paolo Vecchi Best regards

[board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of BoD role

2020-01-09 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear Gabriele, all, I, Thorsten Behrens, elected Director of the Board of "The Document Foundation", hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2020. Signed: Thorsten Behrens Ich, Thorste

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-11-30 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Sam, Sam Tuke wrote: > This is a problem which past Boards and Membership Committees have > no doubt worked on; perhaps those people can say more about their > efforts and challenges. > Right - it's been a topic for board and MC discussions at the very least since 2015 (if my memory serves me).

[board-discuss] Candidacy for a board seat: Thorsten Behrens

2019-11-27 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear Community, Members of the TDF, and Membership Committee, I currently serve as a director on the board of The Document Foundation, and I would like to run again. My full name is Thorsten Behrens, as of today I'm 45 years old. Together with my wonderful wife & fellow LibreOffice hac

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] public vote resolution on TDC (The Document Collective)

2019-09-30 Thread Thorsten Behrens
cloud.documentfoundation.org/s/6FLTHyR8kYTAjrY) > - Appoint a transitional leadership Group comprising Nicolas > Christener, Eike Rathke, Michael Meeks, Thorsten Behrens, Uwe Altmann > - Direct the Group to sign an agreement with Public Software CIC > hosting TDC as an unincorporate

Re: Aw: Re: [board-discuss] creation of The Document Collective (TDC)

2019-09-17 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Thomas, first off - thanks for taking part in this conversation! As Cor said, the intention here really is to have a public discussion, and taking input from TDF members, contributors and all other stakeholders. Thomas Meyer wrote: >So it could be regarded as a letterbox company. > Just a

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Approve associate partnering for research project application by CIB

2019-02-27 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Jonathon, jonathon wrote: > I saw the Telegram (or was it Signal) thread that talked about > redaction, weeks later. This is the wrong list for explaining why > the approach discussed there is wrong/bad/ very poor OpSec. > Perhaps indeed the wrong list. ;) Just that, sometimes redaction is the

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Approve associate partnering for research project application by CIB

2019-02-26 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Jonathon, jonathon wrote: > Can somebody either explain in more detail what that project will do, or > make the two documents alluded to, publicly available. > Here's a (sadly German-only) blog with a brief announcement: https://cib-events.de/2019/01/25/update-protection-of-privacy-pop/ (and

[board-discuss] [DECISION] Host the ODF Toolkit project at TDF

2018-12-06 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hello, The Board of Directors at the time of voting consists of 7 seat holders without deputies. In order to be quorate, the vote needs to have 1/2 of the Board of Directors members, which gives 4. A total of 6 Board of Directors members have participated in the vote. The vote is quorate. A quor

[board-discuss] Re: [VOTE] Host the ODF Toolkit project at TDF

2018-12-05 Thread Thorsten Behrens
I wrote: > as the discussion seems to have calmed down, and also folks over at > Apache seem to be supportive - let me call a vote: > > * TDF to formally offer the ASF to take over the ODF Toolkit project > * by copying the existing github repo (minus perhaps the simple API) > * taking the existin

[board-discuss] [VOTE] Host the ODF Toolkit project at TDF

2018-11-30 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear board, as the discussion seems to have calmed down, and also folks over at Apache seem to be supportive - let me call a vote: * TDF to formally offer the ASF to take over the ODF Toolkit project * by copying the existing github repo (minus perhaps the simple API) * taking the existing markdo

Re: [board-discuss] Apache ODF Toolkit migration

2018-11-28 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi *, Michael Meeks wrote: > On 28/11/2018 09:40, Michael Stahl wrote: > > so i'll propose to migrate the ODF Toolkit to The Document Foundation. > > Seems like something the BoD should vote on, In general, subject to the > marketing concerns at the end, it seems like a good idea to me. I a

Re: [board-discuss] Plone site & grief

2018-11-09 Thread Thorsten Behrens
round (CoC committee). Best, Thorsten Andreas Mantke wrote: > Hello all, > > > Am 05.11.18 um 23:50 schrieb Thorsten Behrens: > > Hi Andi, > > > > first off, I'm very sorry these things seem to have taken a turn for > > the worse. > > >

[board-discuss] Plone site & grief (was: Topic for design team to investigate: Content hosting consolidation on ask.libreoffice.org)

2018-11-05 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Andi, first off, I'm very sorry these things seem to have taken a turn for the worse. I'm trying to move this part of the discussion now off the design list, and onto board-discuss, as it seems to primarily deal with interaction style, within & from the board. So Fup2 board-discuss please. Be

Re: [board-discuss] [ANN] Results for the 2018 Membership Committee election

2018-09-19 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear MC-elect, members & list, Marina Latini wrote: > Elected Members: > * Gabriele Ponzo > * Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn > * Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco > * Jona Azizaj > * Dennis Roczek > > Elected Deputies: > * Ilmari Lauhakangas > * Muhammet Kara > * Ahmad Haris > Congrats to all elected MC people, th

Re: [board-discuss] Privacy Mission Statement

2018-06-27 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Norbert Thiebaud wrote: > 'may only be used' means that anything that does not match the > specified conditions is verboten. > Right - that's the idea, if TDF's PI data is processed, TDF sets the rules. > "within the scope of the operating procedures for telecommuting/home > office for the proces

Re: [board-discuss] Privacy Mission Statement

2018-06-18 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > the Board of Directors has discussed and approved a Privacy Mission > Statement [..] > Thx Florian & team for tirelessly working on this rather substantial document! In this day and age, I'm glad we're taking a stand for privacy and freedom not only with the software

[board-discuss] Crowd-funding ODF editing / standardization work (was: [DECISION] COSM Agreement)

2018-05-09 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Stephan Bergmann wrote: > Is there any documentation what that is? > Hi Stephan, right, that decision reads a bit terse - underlying that idea was the assessment that the ODF TC is in need of some paid standard editing help (we were approached by several people involved). Since TDF is not the on

[board-discuss] Representation statement

2018-02-28 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi there, I, Thorsten Behrens, elected member of the board of directors of The Document Foundation, hereby and until further notice, nominate the following deputies to represent me during board calls and meetings, in the order set forth below: 1. Jan Holešovský 2. Simon Phipps 3. Osvaldo Gervasi

[board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-20 Thread Thorsten Behrens
standing & putting in their time & energy for TDF! I therefore humbly state: "I, Thorsten Behrens, elected Director of the Board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start Febru

[board-discuss] Re: Thanks a lot Andi! (was: No Candidacy To The Next Board)

2017-11-30 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Andi, Michael Meeks wrote: > [...] > so ... a more fulsome thanks again: not just for the board work but > the hard & thankless maintenance of the extensions repo & all the > other good things you've done and continue to do for the project ! > =) it is appreciated, even if I've been too busy to

[board-discuss] Candidacy for a BoD seat: Thorsten Behrens

2017-11-27 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear Community, Members of the TDF, and Membership Committee, I currently serve as a director on the board of The Document Foundation, and I would like to run again. My full name is Thorsten Behrens, as of today I'm 43 years old, and a father of three boys. Together with my wonderful

Re: [board-discuss] Procedure Of TDF Board Elections

2017-10-30 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Michael, Andreas, * letting the rest of the discussion stand for the moment - this much: Michael Meeks wrote: > Having said that - in general, it is clearly better for most of the MC > to serve a full term so we have continuity in the MC. FWIW - I was > rather in favor of 1 year terms fo

Re: [board-discuss] Hackfests, the next generation: A Call To Action

2017-08-22 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Bjoern, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote: > I recently had a look at a variety of challenges the LibreOffice > community is facing wrt Hackfests and especially also tenders: > Love the general direction here - > If you are interested in helping with this, either as: > > - someone on the ground helpin

Re: [board-discuss] Stepping down from Membership Committee

2017-07-25 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear Bubli, you wrote: > The change I would love to see in TDF and in the community around > Libreoffice is unlikely to happen in any foreseeable future. I tried > to change a thing here or there, but I failed and I feel burned-out > from fighting a very lonely fight. > Thx a million for pushing

[board-discuss] Re: COSCUP Taiwan

2017-05-04 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Italo Vignoli wrote: > Unfortunately, travel cost to Taiwan are not negligible. At the moment > the combination between flight ticket and accommodation is around 1,400 > Euro. Based on these figures, I ask for approval of the expense (being > myself a budget approver, I abstain). > Important enoug

[board-discuss] [ANN] Results for the 2016 Membership Committee election

2016-09-18 Thread Thorsten Behrens
. Congratulations to the newly elected committee members and their deputies! With best regards, Thorsten Behrens, on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors -- The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http

[board-discuss] Preliminary Results for the 2016 Membership Committee election

2016-09-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
atching row from https://elections.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=8 with your vote - the anonymous token shown to you at the end of the vote process needs to show up in that list, and the list of names associated with that token has to match your ballot. With best regards, Thorsten B

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] change of travel policy wrt. kilometers driven

2016-03-31 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > Change our travel policy at > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Policies/Travel#Personal_Cars to > read > > Old: "The use of personal cars is permitted, if this is the most economic > transportation. Using a personal car in any case needs a signed travel > report

Re: [board-discuss] [DISCUSS] change of travel policy wrt. kilometers driven

2016-03-24 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Norbert Thiebaud wrote: > Getting confirmation _before_ travel should be the rule not the > exception, to get travel assistance funds. > It is already - https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Policies/Travel#Request ;) Cheers, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [board-discuss] [DISCUSS] change of travel policy wrt. kilometers driven

2016-03-23 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Florian, I'm in favour of that change, but like to stress that indeed public transport should be the default, and car travel the exception. The proposed wording seems to cover that. Florian Effenberger wrote: > New: "The use of personal cars is permitted, if this is the most economic > transpo

[board-discuss] Representation in the board in my absence

2016-02-26 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, I, Thorsten Behrens, elected member of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby and until further notice nominate the following deputies to represent me during board calls, in the order set forth below: 1. Deputy Norbert Thiebaud 2. Deputy Björn Michaelsen 3. Deputy Andreas

Re: [board-discuss] New board meeting times

2016-02-23 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > the board has decided on new meeting times. Future board meetings will take > place > > every other Monday, 1700 Berlin time > starting February 29, 2016 > > For all other details please refer to > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Meetings > Which also mea

[board-discuss] Re: Stepping down from Membership Committee

2016-01-26 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Jan Holesovsky wrote: > I, Jan Holešovský, hereby resign from The Document Foundation Membership > Committee, effective immediately. > > Thank you for the trust you had in me when you elected me into the > Membership committee - and thank you once again for electing me into the > Board recently; w

[board-discuss] Re: Accepting my position in the Board

2016-01-03 Thread Thorsten Behrens
hole lot to all members for entrusting me with a board seat again! Beyond that, of course: I, Thorsten Behrens, elected Director of the Board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start F

[board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Results 2015 Elections TDF Board of Directors

2015-12-20 Thread Thorsten Behrens
. > > Elected as member are the candidates, in this order: Marina Latini, > Michael Meeks, Thorsten Behrens, Jan Holesovsky, Osvaldo Gervasi, Simon > Phipps, Eike Rathke. > Elected as deputies are the candidates: Norbert Thiebaud, Bjoern > Michaelsen, Andreas Mantke. > > Thanks

[board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Preliminary results 2015 Elections TDF Board of Directors

2015-12-13 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Cor Nouws wrote: > The proper results should read: > Directors are the candidates, in this order: Marina Latini, Michael > Meeks, Thorsten Behrens, Jan Holesovsky, Osvaldo Gervasi, Simon Phipps, > Eike Rathke. > And as deputies: Norbert Thiebaud, Bjoern Michaelsen, Andreas

Re: [board-discuss] Fwd: Questions for the candidates to the board of directors of the Document Foundation

2015-11-26 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi Charles, dear Community, below my answers to the MC questions: > 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary > technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled > board calls? > Yes. > 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the m

[board-discuss] Candidacy for a BoD seat: Thorsten Behrens

2015-11-26 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear Community, Members of the TDF, and Membership Committee, I'd hereby like to state that I'll be running again for a Board of Directors seat with The Document Foundation. My full name is Thorsten Behrens, as of today I'm 41 years old, and a father of three boys. Together wi

Re: [board-discuss] Publication of ledgers

2015-09-04 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > we are glad to announce we have finally begun publishing our accounting > ledgers to the general public. > [...] > You can find them at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Ledgers > This is just to mention that monthly ledgers up to and including July are now ava

[board-discuss] Invitation to formal in-person board meeting 2015

2015-08-17 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear colleagues, per § 9 I of our statutes [1], the Board of Directors is required to have one formal meeting per year, with both the invitation issued and the agenda fixed no later than two weeks in advance. I hereby, in my role as Chairman of The Document Foundation, officially invite the Boar

Re: [VOTE] Re: [board-discuss] Grant request: LibreOffice project dashboard/"All about LibreOffice"

2015-08-10 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > we have received feedback from Thorsten in his mail at > http://www.mail-archive.com/board-discuss@documentfoundation.org/msg03428.html, > which Björn seems to be fine with. > > With these changes, I'd like to call the board for a vote on the below item, > so we can p

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Proposal for Budget Process

2015-07-25 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > there has been a change proposal to the budget process, and I'm attaching > the complete, new proposal below. > I ask the board to vote on this, so we can formalize the process. > +1 to the referenced propisal. Best, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: Digital s

Re: [board-discuss] cooperation with Do-FOSS?

2015-07-13 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > We would be thrilled if we could expand our effort of providing a > knowledge and partnership to the city council of Dortmund by adding > the Document Foundation. For example the experience the city of > Munich has made through the LiMux-Project could contribute to our

Re: [board-discuss] Grant request: LibreOffice project dashboard/"All about LibreOffice"

2015-07-02 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > Grant Proposal: > Creating a LibreOffice community and developer dashboard ("All about > LibreOffice") > Very much in favour. > Grant objective: > Create a webpage showing latest activity, summaries and trends of the > LibreOffice project in all areas: development, qa

Re: [board-discuss] Grant request: IT&Business fair

2015-07-02 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > Grant Proposal: 6500 Euro for a booth at the IT&Business fair in Stuttgart > (http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/it-business/) 29.9.-1.10.2015 > > Grant Objective: Promote LibreOffice in the German market. Announce the > launch of LibreOffice 5.0. > I approve. Reaching ou

Re: [board-discuss] Verify donations are reaching you.

2015-03-16 Thread Thorsten Behrens
they promise to deliver to > you? > I think not from our side (we only get anonymized lump sum payments - Florian, please correct me if I'm missing something). So that would probably be something you'd need to ask Flattr? Best regards, -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Chairman of th

[board-discuss] Invitation: formal board meeting for the annual report

2015-03-12 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear board members, one of the board's duties is to write and formally approve TDF's annual report. This needs to be handed in to the foundation authorities no later than April 30th. Therefore, I hereby invite all members of the board of directors to a formal board meeting via phone conference on

Re: [board-discuss] Resigning from TDF Board of Directors

2015-03-12 Thread Thorsten Behrens
rectors of The Document Foundation, effective Sunday, March 8th 2015? Best regards, -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Chairman of the Board The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundat

Board call Feb. 4th is *cancelled* (was: Re: [board-discuss] board call on February 4)

2015-02-04 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, hearing no objections, and getting another nod from Eliane - the call today is cancelled. Next regular board meeting is thusly Feb. 18th. Cheers, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [board-discuss] board call on February 4

2015-01-23 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > Given we have an in-person board meeting two days before, how about > cancelling the next call, and have the next regular one then on > February 18? > Yep, I'd be in favour of that option. We can have a public 30 minutes on the Monday meeting if there's a need, also vi

Re: [board-discuss] Board meeting tomorrow

2015-01-21 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Sophie Gautier wrote: > I'd like to remind everyone of tomorrow's board meeting, which happens > at 16:00 UTC. > Hi, sadly & sorry for the rather short notice - but I cannot attend today. std::representation applies. Cheers, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [board-discuss] Flattr

2015-01-13 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > If nobody objects, I propose to keep the money at Flattr and wait > until they have handled this. If it turns out to take too long, we > can still go with Moneybookers. > Sounds rather sensible. I'd have a deadline probably around autumn for that, so there's enough buf

[board-discuss] No board meeting today

2014-10-15 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, board meeting today was cancelled unanimously, due to lack of participation. Next scheduled meeting: Oct. 29th. Kind regards, -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Chairman of the Board The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen

[board-discuss] Vote on TDF joining the Open Source Business Alliance

2014-10-03 Thread Thorsten Behrens
quorum could be reached with a simple majority of 4 votes. Result of vote: 7 approvals, 0 neutral, 0 disapprovals. Decision: The request has been accepted. This message is to be archived by the BoD members and their deputies. Regards, -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Chairman of the Board The

[board-discuss] [ANN] Results for the 2014 Membership Committee election

2014-09-18 Thread Thorsten Behrens
and their deputies! With best regards, Thorsten Behrens, on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors -- The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, Germany Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

[board-discuss] Preliminary Results for the 2014 Membership Committee election

2014-09-12 Thread Thorsten Behrens
s.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=6 with your vote - the anonymous token shown to you at the end of the vote process needs to show up in that list, and the list of names associated with that token has to match your ballot. With best regards, Thorsten Behrens, on behalf of The Document Found

[board-discuss] Membership Committee elections - List of candidates

2014-09-03 Thread Thorsten Behrens
thank you for your work, engagement and dedication for The Document Foundation! On behalf of the Board of Directors, Thorsten Behrens [1] http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg03521.html [2] http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/members/

Re: [board-discuss] Board decision on freelance QA engineer

2014-08-08 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > Proposal: Accept the contract for having Robinson Tryon as > freelance QA engineer. > Hi Robinson, a very warm welcome to the growing number of TDF contractors - we're honoured to have you!! :) Cheers, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: Digital signature

[board-discuss] Invitation to formal in-person board meeting 2014

2014-08-06 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear colleagues, per § 9 I of our statutes, [1] the Board of Directors is required to have one formal meeting per year, with both the invitation issued and the agenda fixed no later than two weeks in advance. I hereby, in my role as Chairman of The Document Foundation, officially invite the Boar

[board-discuss] [ANN] Membership Committee upcoming election

2014-07-19 Thread Thorsten Behrens
dedication for The Document Foundation! On behalf of the Board of Directors, Thorsten Behrens [1] http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/members/ [2] http://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http

Re: [board-discuss] Vote on changed rules of procedure

2014-07-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > So far, no other takers have shown up, so unless one board member or > deputy shows up in this thread and takes over responsibility, the > proposal is to rephrase § 3 as follows: > [snip] +1 to your proposal. Andreas, thanks a whole lot for your work there & your sup

Re: [board-discuss] vote on travel policy changes

2014-04-10 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > as a follow-up to the previous discussion, I'd like to ask the board > to vote on changes to our travel policy. I actually have two > requests, and ask to vote on them together. > +1 to both. -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Chairman of the B

[board-discuss] BoD meeting minutes from 2014-02-19

2014-03-10 Thread Thorsten Behrens
of Directors Meeting Private Call Minutes Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 Location: Phone Conference Room Session chair: Thorsten Behrens Keeper of the minutes: Sophie Gautier In the call: Thorsten Behrens (Chairman of the Board), Eliane Domingos de Sousa (Deputy Chairman of the Board), Mich

[board-discuss] Re: [DECISION] Rules of Procedure changes

2014-02-24 Thread Thorsten Behrens
ehalf on conferences, > events, trade shows, to journalists and market analysts. Contractually > binding agreements require prior approval by the foundation's legal > representatives. > > -%<-- > > Regards, > > -- Thorsten -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Chairman of

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Rules of Procedure changes

2014-02-21 Thread Thorsten Behrens
I wrote: > Below is the proposal (which amends > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_rules), that permits the > board to delegate certain additional items. > +1 of course from me as well. :) Regards, -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: Digital signature

[board-discuss] [VOTE] Rules of Procedure changes

2014-02-21 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, with the new board in place, and several people leaving their former board seats, our Board Rules of Procedure need a few amendments. Below is the proposal (which amends https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_rules), that permits the board to delegate certain additional items. The draf

[board-discuss] Representation in my absence

2014-02-19 Thread Thorsten Behrens
I, Thorsten Behrens, elected member of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby and until further notice, nominate the following deputies to represent me during board calls, in the order set forth below: 1. Deputy Andreas Mantke 2. Deputy Eike Rathke 3. Deputy Norbert Thiebaud Regards

[board-discuss] Accepting my role

2014-02-19 Thread Thorsten Behrens
I, Thorsten Behrens, hereby accept my position as Chairman of the Board within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The Document Foundation". Signed: Thorsten Behrens Ich, Thorsten Behrens, nehme mein Amt als Vorstandsvorsitzender innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts "The Docu

[board-discuss] BoD meeting minutes from 2014-01-22

2014-02-11 Thread Thorsten Behrens
ors Meeting Call Minutes Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Location: Phone Conference Room Session chair: Thorsten Behrens (Deputy Chairman of the Board) Keeper of the minutes: Michael Meeks (Board of Directors) In the call: Thorsten Behrens (Deptuy Chairman of the Board), Caolán McNamara (Board

[board-discuss] Re: Accepting my position in the Board

2014-01-04 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Cor Nouws wrote: > Then: this mail is to invite you to officially accept your position in > the Board. Can you please do so by respond with a reply all? > I, Thorsten Behrens, elected Director of the Board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bür

[board-discuss] Re: Results Elections TDF Board of Directors

2013-12-24 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear members (and friends!), you find me flattered, and truly grateful. Thanks so much for your votes, and confidence. I very much look forward to serve TDF another two years. And now I'd better leave the laptop for good, going back to wife and kids. ;) All the very best, and a lovely holiday se

Re: [board-discuss] Reminder: BoD call next Wednesday

2013-12-09 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > this is a short reminder that our next BoD call is Wednesday, > December 11, at 1600 UTC. > There is the slight chance I cannot make it (travelling that day), in case that happens, I authorize Andreas and Jesus (in that order) to represent me. Cheers, -- Thorsten s

[board-discuss] Nominating Fridrich Strba for the BoD election

2013-11-23 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, I'd like to add another great guy to the list of candidates for the upcoming board of directors election. Fridrich joined the project in 2005, with his wonderful work around the WordPerfect import filters. He subsequently worked fulltime for SUSE on areas as varied as build systems, release en

[board-discuss] Candidacy for a BoD seat

2013-11-06 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Dear Community, Members of the TDF, and Membership Committee, I'd like to hereby state that I'll be running again for a Board of Directors seat with The Document Foundation. My name is Thorsten Behrens, I'm 39 years old, and for my contributions here at TDF, I'm unaffiliated

[board-discuss] Nominating Joel Madero for the Board of Directors

2013-11-05 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, as another candidate, I would very much like to nominate Joel Madero for the upcoming board of directors election. Joel joined the project in 2011, and has since been active all over the place. He was especially instrumental in energizing the QA, with his spirit and enthusiasm, that built an o

[board-discuss] Nominating Norbert Thiebaud for the Board of Directors

2013-11-04 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi, I'd very much like to nominate Norbert for the upcoming board of directors election. Norbert joined the project with his first code contribution literally one day after we announced it on Sept. 28th, 2010, and has since been working as a volunteer on things as diverse as build system, code cle

Re: [board-discuss] Stepping back

2013-10-24 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > I, Charles-H. Schulz, hereby resign from my role as member of the Board > of Directors of The Document Foundation, effective November 1st, 2013. > > For business reasons and in the light of the upcoming elections, with > new contributors in charge soon, I feel this is

Re: [board-discuss] Board elections soon - think about your candidates!

2013-10-17 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Michael Meeks wrote: > And a quick note of commendation here; Florian has done more than > anyone to make TDF a reality, and ensure that the many balls don't get > dropped here. We owe him a public debt of thanks. > Indeed we do, for the past & the future - thanks so much, Florian, for your

[board-discuss] June 2013 profits & losses

2013-10-16 Thread Thorsten Behrens
[resent with sole June p&l statement] -- Thorsten Title: The Document Foundation, Berlin Profit & Loss For Period Covering 2013-06-01 to 2013-06-30 The Document Foundation, Berlin Profit & Loss For Period Covering 2013-06-01 to 2013-06-30           

[board-discuss] May-September 2013 profits & losses

2013-10-16 Thread Thorsten Behrens
tice the large increase in donations - since that went largely in via PayPal, our earlier scripted import + manual handling of PayPal idiosyncrasis became intractable. It is now fully scripted. Many thanks for your ongoing support, with kind regards, -- Thorsten Behrens, Director, Deputy Chairman of

[board-discuss] August 2013 profits & losses

2013-10-16 Thread Thorsten Behrens
[resent with sole August p&l statement] -- Thorsten Title: The Document Foundation, Berlin Profit & Loss For Period Covering 2013-08-01 to 2013-08-31 The Document Foundation, Berlin Profit & Loss For Period Covering 2013-08-01 to 2013-08-31        

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