Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Lionel Élie Mamane
On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 08:31:20AM +0100, Lionel Élie Mamane wrote: > (...) "Stimmengleichheit" which I would define (somewhat > redundantly) as: > Gleichheit der Zahl der für zwei oder mehr zur Wahl stehenden > Alternativen, die in dieser Wahl eine (identische) Stimmenzahl haben >

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Lionel Élie Mamane
On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 06:55:01PM +0100, Andreas Mantke wrote: > Am 02.12.20 um 12:23 schrieb Florian Effenberger: >> 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

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Daniel, On 02/12/2020 17:21, Daniel A. Rodriguez wrote: > I consider that contributions to COOL, should not taken into > consideration for TDF membership. I'm sure the membership committee will take all of these things into consideration as they deliberate. If that is their decision,

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Andreas Mantke
Hi all, Am 02.12.20 um 12:23 schrieb Florian Effenberger: > Hello, > >> 1. to freeze (not delete) the "online" repository at TDF's git, for >> the time being >> >> 1b. to switch the https://github.com/libreoffice/online mirror to >> instead mirror the Collabora repo, for the time being, and make

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Daniel A. Rodriguez
I consider that contributions to COOL, should not taken into consideration for TDF membership. 2 dic. 2020 12:47:18 Lothar K. Becker : > Hi Guilhem, > > thanks for your differentiated view! And let me stress again at least from my > side, this is a temporary freeze, meanwhile to engage for

Re: [board-discuss] Information about successful resolving of a VAT audit’s outcome

2020-12-02 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Sam, Sam Tuke wrote: Thanks to the heroes who silently battled bureaucracy to settle this effectively! thanks! It's not a glamorous job, especially when you need to work silently indeed... Having experienced similar contradictory VAT rules and advice in Germany, and not withstanding

Re: [board-discuss] Information about successful resolving of a VAT audit’s outcome

2020-12-02 Thread Sam Tuke
Thanks to the heroes who silently battled bureaucracy to settle this effectively! Having experienced similar contradictory VAT rules and advice in Germany, and not withstanding TDF's excellent local counsel, I would consider this as one good reason to incorporate any future legal TDF entities

[board-discuss] Information about successful resolving of a VAT audit’s outcome

2020-12-02 Thread Florian Effenberger
Dear members, dear community, this e-mail is to inform you about the successful resolving of a VAT audit’s outcome, and a successful recovering of the losses incurred. We can only now make the details of this settlement public, as the negotitation phase was confidential for obvious reasons,

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hey Guilhem, Guilhem Moulin wrote: > Could the BoD clarify the short-term period and maybe even commit to > revisit the vote say, before the end of their term? > Though I cannot speak for the entire board, the above is my understanding at least (I'd say this needs revisiting the latest in early

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Lothar K. Becker
Hi Guilhem, thanks for your differentiated view! And let me stress again at least from my side, this is a temporary freeze, meanwhile to engage for new or old code contributors, so that we are able to have or to maintain at least a "secure" code base for TDFs LOOL.

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Guilhem Moulin
Hi Florian, On Wed, 02 Dec 2020 at 12:23:22 +0100, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Result of vote: 3 approvals, 3 disapprovals, 1 abstain. > One deputy approves, one deputy disapproves. > > As the vote is a tied vote, § 9 IV of the statutes come to effect. The > Chairperson has the deciding vote,

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Italo Vignoli
Page has been updated, apologies On 12/2/20 3:02 PM, Lionel Élie Mamane wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 12:23:22PM +0100, Florian Effenberger wrote: > > >> As the vote is a tied vote, § 9 IV of the statutes come to >> effect. The Chairperson has the deciding vote, and voted +1 to the >>

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Lionel Élie Mamane
On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 12:23:22PM +0100, Florian Effenberger wrote: > As the vote is a tied vote, § 9 IV of the statutes come to > effect. The Chairperson has the deciding vote, and voted +1 to the > proposal. Interestingly, https://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/board/ doesn't say who

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Paolo Vecchi
I believe the result is suboptimal but at least it provides us with a new level of urgency to find some alternatives. Having Collabora stated its position by removing the comments that COOL is a LibreOffice project we now know that they consider the project as something completely separate from

[board-discuss] [DECISION] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-12-02 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, 1. to freeze (not delete) the "online" repository at TDF's git, for the time being 1b. to switch the https://github.com/libreoffice/online mirror to instead mirror the Collabora repo, for the time being, and make sure we catch pull requests there, e.g. via the mentoring alias on TDF