Re: [board-discuss] Questions for the candidates to the board of directors of the Document Foundation
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/28/2015 09:57 AM, toki wrote: > > > On 02/11/2015 16:38, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > >> 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary >> technological tools in order to participate to the regularly schedule d >> board calls? > > Can you be more specific with what you mean by "necessary technologica l > tools"? > > By way of example, one organization that has been trying to recruit me > for years, uses software that is only available for Windows 7, for the ir > board meetings. (Software that doesn't run under WINE.) We use phone and Google Hangouts for our meetings - some people don't use Google products so they just call in to the conference line with a phone which is perfectly fine. Then computer access is usually required to see live minutes (not OS specific). We currently use Google Docs for a few things due to the live collaboration/viewing but hopefully will be able to move to LibreOffice Online at some point next year. That's the technology that comes to my mind that would be required to actively participate in board calls. Best, Joel - -- Joel Madero, Member of the Board of Directors GPG Key ID: 0x8FFB1B14 - EE32 6D0F 81FF 6FAC 5AD8 10E4 0141 27C6 8FFB 1B 14 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJWWe3PAAoJEAFBJ8aP+xsUwtgH/A8s1feLoIUEjfCZvobDo4LX juQJbZxm2v0favmKWq1Vo2dscM08hw5CsOUcu+fIxAxgNOwssB9M/RSuCTXLltzD UWdN8oBVKBFkEjqEHsTikpmwP36yKJDJC8SXqI93JMXO/DbNhA06XE4N66d/p7o8 Sd8qIQx2Epdb62X73L79dTa9sv96mH+SF0O1q2CG07snUSCIz83Nxq4dqz7xk8NL 3YRJHoVIHzgwCfbcosQ6wK/55rR9czjW9d/FMWCGzXV+AgxlB7YbSirvtWq1w50p Zn2itI4pkm4upA/hwuvHsv/268QcHOny5dW2PNUitnj5KLL3m5ET0KoxmiJ1UbY= =KJ+r -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [board-discuss] Questions for the candidates to the board of directors of the Document Foundation
Hi All, > Dear candidates to the board of directors of the Document Foundation, > > I would first like to thank you for running as candidates for the board > of directors. At this time, not every candidate has declared his or her > candidacy. However, I would like to ask a few questions about your views > and intentions regarding the Document Foundation and your plans as > potential directors of the entity. I hope they will be helpful in > englightening our membership and hopefully, all of you will be able to > answer them. > > 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. In all transparency members should know that I very likely will not be at LiboCon 2016 due to work obligations. Looking at my record this term (minutes) you can see that I was very consistent with attending meetings and was always an active participant. > > > 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main > items and actions you have volunteered to oversee or that have been > attributed to you by the board? Yes > 3. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money > be spent, besides our fixed costs? Our budget should be used to assist the "doers" of the project. This means investing in the tools, travel, and other things needed by those who want to contribute to LibreOffice. I believe in our new grant program where individuals can request funds and hope that it will gain wider recognition over the next term. Finally, I believe that paying for team mentors is a wise use of funds in some cases, although I much prefer volunteers being given as much responsibility as they are able/willing to take on. > 4. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both > technical and non-technical? Yes. > 5. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice > project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its > influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? > It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. > If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? Yes. As others have said, I agree that the most important thing we can do is continue to put out a great product that uses open standards and is built on open principles. I think that there is room to continue improving our place in public entities and that this will be tremendously advantageous for Free Software and Digital Freedom. Furthermore, I think that the Document Liberation Project fits well within our mission and answers this question as well. Outside of our project I think that others are in a much better position (and have much more specific statutes/missions) to defend FSDF. If those organizations reach out to us to support a particular stance, I'm more than happy to review and give a +1 where appropriate. I believe that generally our donors donate money to be used on maintaining our core software and the communities surrounding that software. > 6. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of > directors, given that this position does not give you any specific > functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? My primary job on the board (and what makes the Board distinct from any other position, whether volunteer or paid) is to oversee that our funds are used in a responsible manner. For me this goes back to a principle previously said, to remove barriers for the "doers" to do and to provide tools for those same people to do the incredible work that they accomplish daily. Finally, this also means that we are responsible for balancing a lot of demands on our budget. Outside of this primary job, I currently, and anticipate it would be a similar situation if elected again, oversee several teams within the project. Overseeing does not mean dictating, or even actively getting involved (although I am very involved with QA still to this day), it means instead, making sure that the teams have what they need to succeed. > 7. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What > is its biggest opportunity? I wouldn't call it a problem but I'd say that the largest challenge has been explaining some decisions to the wider community. I believe this is entirely normal for any organization as Boards are responsible for making some important decisions (sometimes based on difficult choices) and we can't just say yes to everything. The way to resolve this is to encourage more people to join board-discuss and actively ask questions, to join the public board call (no one does which makes me sad as it's really a great time to interact with the Board and ask questions) and lastly, to blog a bit more after decisions are made. Best, Joel -- Joel
[board-discuss] Re: Candidacy
I suppose I forgot the 75 word candidate statement: "I view the job of the Board of Directors as one of creating an ecosystem where those who want to get work done are given the chance to do so. I believe the Board should remove barriers and invest in tools that will help the ecosystem thrive. I believe that each one of our contributors should be respected. Finally, I believe in transparency in the decisions we make, and always encouraging member feedback." Best, Joel P.S. I am currently swamped but will be addressing the questions posted by Charles as soon as possibly - likely some time next week. On 11/24/2015 11:33 AM, Joel Madero wrote: > Dear Members, > > I have been honored to serve nearly two years as a Director of TDF and > will be seeking another two year term. > > I've been a volunteer for the project since late 2011, early 2012. I > began my journey into the project as a relatively early member of the > Quality Assurance team. There I found a home and colleagues who embraced > me, showed me the ropes, and encouraged me to take on more > responsibility within the project as time passed. Due to this > encouragement and camaraderie, I see it as my responsibility to pass on > the skills that I've learned, to encourage others to take on more > responsibility, and to encourage an overall community feeling. In the > early days of Quality Assurance I remember a number of very talented > individuals largely working individually - today we have a thriving > community, a busy chat, and a friendly environment for new comers with > any background. > > Today, as a member of the BoD, much of my time goes to oversight of > multiple projects (QA, Marketing, Documentation, Certification) but I > still try to find time to work within QA and make sure that I'm giving > my time where it is needed most. As a member of the Board I was quite > involved in the Android tender which led to the release of the Android > based editor, encouraged and was involved with hiring a Quality > Assurance Contractor, involved in several other tenders, the new grant > request available to members to request funds from the Foundation, and a > list of other things. > > My main mission is to create an environment where contributors thrive. > It's that simple. I believe in funding tools that are requested, in > encouraging and actively participating in our community to ensure that > new comers feel welcome, and in thinking about "how can we do better." > > I am unaffiliated, that is, I do not work for a company doing business > on or around LibreOffice. In fact, I think I bring a unique perspective > as I have no formal background in software at all, nor do I work in the > industry. Instead, my background is in US Law, I will be taking the > California BAR exam next July and will be a practicing attorney > (crossing fingers) by August of next year. Given my background (both my > location and my professional expertise) and my proven dedication over > the years to building a strong community, I believe I am in a good > position to continue representing the interest of you (our wonderful > members). > > My goals moving forward: > + Continue to help QA as much as feasible; > > + I would like to get more involved with Documentation, to help the > process of building long term goals and listen for feedback about what > tools would help move us forward; > > + Education - I'd like to see some movement in education, in particular > in the United States, for getting fresh blood in the project. I've said > this publicly before but I do believe that there is a big opportunity to > build a community within higher ed in the US; > > + UX - I've been thrilled to see the UX/Design team make huge strides, > I'll be reaching out to their team asking them how the BoD can continue > what those "doers" have been doing over the past few months; > > + Blog/Transparency: This has been an ongoing issue with myself and > unfortunately, I did not get there this year. I hope to write more blogs > and help members approach the BoD with questions/concerns/etc... with > regards to transparency and decision making generally. > > I'm happy to field questions if any of you have some. I can be contacted > at this email or on IRC at #libreoffice-qa (jmadero). > > > Warmest Regards, > Joel Madero > -- Joel Madero, Member of the Board of Directors GPG Key ID: 0x8FFB1B14 - EE32 6D0F 81FF 6FAC 5AD8 10E4 0141 27C6 8FFB 1B14 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffi
[board-discuss] Candidacy
Dear Members, I have been honored to serve nearly two years as a Director of TDF and will be seeking another two year term. I've been a volunteer for the project since late 2011, early 2012. I began my journey into the project as a relatively early member of the Quality Assurance team. There I found a home and colleagues who embraced me, showed me the ropes, and encouraged me to take on more responsibility within the project as time passed. Due to this encouragement and camaraderie, I see it as my responsibility to pass on the skills that I've learned, to encourage others to take on more responsibility, and to encourage an overall community feeling. In the early days of Quality Assurance I remember a number of very talented individuals largely working individually - today we have a thriving community, a busy chat, and a friendly environment for new comers with any background. Today, as a member of the BoD, much of my time goes to oversight of multiple projects (QA, Marketing, Documentation, Certification) but I still try to find time to work within QA and make sure that I'm giving my time where it is needed most. As a member of the Board I was quite involved in the Android tender which led to the release of the Android based editor, encouraged and was involved with hiring a Quality Assurance Contractor, involved in several other tenders, the new grant request available to members to request funds from the Foundation, and a list of other things. My main mission is to create an environment where contributors thrive. It's that simple. I believe in funding tools that are requested, in encouraging and actively participating in our community to ensure that new comers feel welcome, and in thinking about "how can we do better." I am unaffiliated, that is, I do not work for a company doing business on or around LibreOffice. In fact, I think I bring a unique perspective as I have no formal background in software at all, nor do I work in the industry. Instead, my background is in US Law, I will be taking the California BAR exam next July and will be a practicing attorney (crossing fingers) by August of next year. Given my background (both my location and my professional expertise) and my proven dedication over the years to building a strong community, I believe I am in a good position to continue representing the interest of you (our wonderful members). My goals moving forward: + Continue to help QA as much as feasible; + I would like to get more involved with Documentation, to help the process of building long term goals and listen for feedback about what tools would help move us forward; + Education - I'd like to see some movement in education, in particular in the United States, for getting fresh blood in the project. I've said this publicly before but I do believe that there is a big opportunity to build a community within higher ed in the US; + UX - I've been thrilled to see the UX/Design team make huge strides, I'll be reaching out to their team asking them how the BoD can continue what those "doers" have been doing over the past few months; + Blog/Transparency: This has been an ongoing issue with myself and unfortunately, I did not get there this year. I hope to write more blogs and help members approach the BoD with questions/concerns/etc... with regards to transparency and decision making generally. I'm happy to field questions if any of you have some. I can be contacted at this email or on IRC at #libreoffice-qa (jmadero). Warmest Regards, Joel Madero -- Joel Madero, Member of the Board of Directors GPG Key ID: 0x8FFB1B14 - EE32 6D0F 81FF 6FAC 5AD8 10E4 0141 27C6 8FFB 1B14 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [board-discuss] Invitation to formal in-person board meeting 2015
Hi All, 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 Board of Directors as well as its deputies to a formal meeting on Saturday, September 26th, at 08:00 UTC (i.e. 10:00 local time, UTC+2/CEST) during the LibreOffice Conference 2015 I may try to make this via phone if that's okay. It'll be late Friday night but if possible I'd like to call in. Best, Joel -- Joel Madero, Member of the Board of Directors GPG Key ID: 0x8FFB1B14 - EE32 6D0F 81FF 6FAC 5AD8 10E4 0141 27C6 8FFB 1B14 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [VOTE] Re: [board-discuss] Grant request: LibreOffice project dashboard/All about LibreOffice
On 08/10/2015 02:57 AM, Thorsten Behrens wrote: 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 proceed and add it to the budget accordingly. +1 to the modified proposal. I'm still a little confused as to why this is happening through the grant request process instead of the budgeting process - I read the thread thrice and wasn't clear on an answer but...none the less. +1. Best, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[board-discuss] US Hackfest Funding
== Request: Fund a LibreOffice US Hackfest in Boston in July, with a total budget of 7.500 € 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 7 Board of Directors members have participated in the vote. The vote is quorate. A 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. == -- Joel Madero, Member of the Board of Directors GPG Key ID: 0x8FFB1B14 - EE32 6D0F 81FF 6FAC 5AD8 10E4 0141 27C6 8FFB 1B14 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [board-discuss] Vote on changed rules of procedure
+1 from my side. Best, Joel On 07/11/2014 03:05 AM, Eliane Domingos de Sousa wrote: Hello Florian, all, +1. Andreas, thanks a lot. Best, Eliane Domingos de Sousa, Deputy Chairman of the Board Tel: +55 21 2509-1609 | Mobile: +55 21 9 9837-6149 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint LibreOffice é a súite office livre que mais cresce no mundo. Baixe já: http://pt-br.libreoffice.org Em 11-07-2014 05:30, Florian Effenberger escreveu: Hello, based on an offlist discussion, I hereby propose the board to vote on changing the rules of procedure. § 3, the internal delegation of responsibilites, should be adapted. Andreas Mantke, so far listed for contracts, taxes, legal compliance, trademarks and brands, currently lacks time for this area, and therefore wants to be removed from this particular item. I personally would like to thank him for his hard and good work on this topic, which - knowing from my own experiences - can be quite tedious and hard at times. 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: == §3. Internal delegation of responsibilities - Internally, the board has decided on the following split of responsibilities: employees: Andreas Mantke, Thorsten Behrens infrastructure: Andreas Mantke, Norbert Thiebaud QA: Joel Madero, Eliane Domingos de Sousa documentation: Eliane Domingos de Sousa native language projects, translation, marketing, non-English QA activities etc: Fridrich Štrba, Adam Fyne certifications and other business development activities: Eliane Domingos de Sousa, Joel Madero development: Björn Michaelsen, Eike Rathke license: Michael Meeks, Fridrich Štrba releases including schedules: Michael Meeks, Björn Michaelsen events: Björn Michaelsen, Fridrich Štrba affiliations, e.g. advisory board, peer foundations, politics: Michael Meeks, Andreas Mantke, Björn Michaelsen marketing, communication design: Eliane Domingos de Sousa, Adam Fyne assets, finance: Thorsten Behrens, Norbert Thiebaud contracts, taxes, legal compliance, trademarks and brands: Thorsten Behrens == For comparison, the current effective version of the rules of procedure is available at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_rules Florian
Re: [board-discuss] vote on travel policy changes
Hi All, On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:00:10PM +0200, 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 for both. Thanks! Warm Regards, Joel -- Joel Madero, Member of the Board of Directors GPG Key ID: 0x8FFB1B14 - EE32 6D0F 81FF 6FAC 5AD8 10E4 0141 27C6 8FFB 1B14 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [board-discuss] proposal for travel policy changes
Hi, Hi, Joel Madero wrote on 2014-04-08 21:42: Looks great - just one question send in a short written report. Where would this be sent to? Public/Private/Personal email? Else it looks great. Maybe a couple examples of what we're looking for would be nice. I hid that in with their request :-) The idea is they send the request and the report to treasurer@ - maybe I should emphasize that a bit more? Ah I see (but I didn't see before :) ). I don't think it'd hurt to be a bit more explicit but all in all, I'm sure people will figure it out either way :) Thanks for the clarification Best, Joel -- Joel Madero, Member of the Board of Directors GPG Key ID: 0x8FFB1B14 - EE32 6D0F 81FF 6FAC 5AD8 10E4 0141 27C6 8FFB 1B14 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [board-discuss] proposal for travel policy changes
Hi Florian, To illustrate the diversity of the community, and all the projects and event we engage with and participate in, the board strongly encourages everyone applying for a travel refund to send in a short written report along with their request. A few sentences about the event and your general impression would be wonderful, and ideally you send it in under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, so we can use it in our annual report. Feel free to also blog about your impressions and send us a link - in fact, this would be even better, to spread the word already during the year! Thank you very much for your support, and to everyone who takes the time to send in travel reports about their trip! Thoughts? ;-) Looks great - just one question send in a short written report. Where would this be sent to? Public/Private/Personal email? Else it looks great. Maybe a couple examples of what we're looking for would be nice. Best, Joel -- Joel Madero, Member of the Board of Directors GPG Key ID: 0x8FFB1B14 - EE32 6D0F 81FF 6FAC 5AD8 10E4 0141 27C6 8FFB 1B14 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [board-discuss] Representation in my absence
I, Joel Madero, 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 Warm Regards, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[board-discuss] Re: Accepting my position in the Board
I, Joel Madero, elected [Deputy] 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, 2014. Signed: Joel Madero =- Ich, Joel Madero, gewähltes [Ersatz-]Vorstandsmitglied der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts The Document Foundation an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2014. Signed: Joel Madero =- On 01/01/2014 03:37 PM, Cor Nouws wrote: I, Joel Madero, elected [Deputy] 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, 2014. Signed: Joel Madero Ich, Joel Madero, gewähltes [Ersatz-]Vorstandsmitglied der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts The Document Foundation an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2014. Signed: Joel Madero -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Results Elections TDF Board of Directors
Hi All! Along with my fellow board members who have already said their wise words which I would love to echo, I would like to add that I never cease to be inspired by the team of incredible people who I see dedicating so much of their time to LibreOffice. You all (collectively) are one of the many things which I am truly grateful for this holiday season. Thank you all, for inspiring me, helping me, and putting your faith in me as a new member of the BoD. Wishing everyone the best of holiday seasons - and as has been pointed out to me, for those of you who are not in holiday season, I wish you a fantastic week and a great new year. On that note, family, food and fun is calling :-D Warmest Wishes, Joel On 12/24/2013 12:45 PM, Adam Co wrote: Greetings to everyone! I would like to personally thank everyone who has voted for me, and also the one who haven't =) In the relatively short period I have been a part of this community - I have come to appreciate the help and advice from a lot of members here. I look forward to helping the community in many ways. Happy holidays season to everyone! Best, Adam -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[board-discuss] Re: Nominating Joel Madero for the Board of Directors
Hi All, First, I want to say thank you again for those who have shown faith in me and my ability to add to what has become one of the greatest projects on the planet. Truly everyone I have worked with has inspired me and helped me believe in what we do. I thought I would write a bit about myself and why I accepted nomination to the BoD of the Document Foundation. My name is Joel Madero. I am 27 years old, happily married to my college sweetheart, computer hobbiest living in San Diego, CA (USA). After finishing my undergraduate studies I worked for the local government for three years. I ended this position in June to begin my next adventure, attending the University of California, Irvine - School of Law. I joined the LibreOffice project late in 2011 after being a user of open source for some years, but was unable to find an inviting enough project to contribute to. As many other contributors, my first experience with LibreOffice was submitting a bug report - at which point I was encouraged by my mentors on the project to give QA a try. For the last two or so years I have been mostly involved with QA - helping to grow the team, triaging as much as possible, leading bi-weekly international QA calls, representing QA on the Engineering Steering Committee until beginning law school this fall, and helping begin the process of getting a North American team together. I try to be active in the user group as much as possible, and have even gotten the opportunity to put my very limited C++ skills to the test by committing a few patches. What I would bring to the board (I suppose my philosophy). I am a firm believer that FLOSS relies on a deep rooted community. I have spoken openly about my belief that we should encourage _all_ users to do what they can to contribute back (either by contributing time or making monetary donations). On the board, I will use my time to encourage users to join, primarily by reaching out and showing how anyone can find a home on our project - including artists, computer hobbiests, professional developers, marketing gurus, or any other person using FLOSS software. Truly everyone can make an impact on the project. I will continue my efforts to encourage all of our teams around the world to connect and to establish relationships that make it easier to coordinate in our mutual efforts to improve Libreoffice. Lastly, I will continue to build lasting friendships with my colleagues - as these friendships are what I have found to make TDF an incredible organization and what I know has helped encourage others to give so much of their time and put in so much effort to make LibreOffice a success. Again, many thanks to those who have mentored me and encouraged me to be a part of this organization. All the best, Joel On 11/05/2013 02:47 PM, Thorsten Behrens wrote: 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 outstanding team of volunteers working tirelessly to get our bug influx under control. Joel, with his focus area and being based in the Americas, would bring important perspective to the board. I'm very happy therefore that he (privately) agreed to stand, and ask you to join me in supporting his candidature. :) Cheers, -- Thorsten
[board-discuss] Re: Nominating Joel Madero for the Board of Directors
On 11/05/2013 02:47 PM, Thorsten Behrens wrote: 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 outstanding team of volunteers working tirelessly to get our bug influx under control. Joel, with his focus area and being based in the Americas, would bring important perspective to the board. I'm very happy therefore that he (privately) agreed to stand, and ask you to join me in supporting his candidature. :) Cheers, -- Thorsten Thanks for the vote of confidence Thorsten :) As you have already said, I accept the nomination and would be honored to sit on the board. Warmest Regards, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [board-discuss] Board elections soon - think about your candidates!
On 10/17/2013 08:20 AM, Thorsten Behrens wrote: 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 dedication, passion, and your outstanding paid, and (much more so) pro bono work for TDF! Cheers, -- Thorsten Likely to result in a flood of emails but I'll add my two cents. Florian, incredible work, incredible colleague. You're always cool headed, encouraging, and hard working. Thanks for all the work. All the best, Joel -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[board-discuss] Re: Adjustments to the QA budget usage: netbooks, contest budget
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Bjoern Michaelsen bjoern.michael...@canonical.com wrote: Hi, Recent developments have caused me and Norbert to adjust the use of the QA budget as follows: - we will only buy three netbooks for QA triagers now (at 300EUR each) - we reserve up to 200 EUR for the top five contributors during the contest - we reserve addditional up to 200 EUR for swag for the first 10 newcomers reaching 10 contributed bug triages With this we still are in the total QA budget of 1800 EUR. I have updated: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Budget#QA_budget Thanks for the update. Warm Regards, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] written report as requirement for budget?
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hello, given that writing the annual report is a quite tedious task, I am thinking about having a new rule, that a fully written, timely report (in English) should be a requirement for future budget spendings. Not too much text, but a few sentences would be nice. That would help writing down topics when they occur, plus help those writing the annual report to have access to full texts rather than having to reinvent the wheel based on some sticky notes and keywords taken over the year. I agree that it is raising the barrier for funds a bit, but then, why not share the burden than offloading it to a hand full of people? ;-) I think this sounds like a good idea for lots of reasons so +1 :-D Sorry for just providing snippets for you to do a write up based on, I'll try to do a bit better going forward. Best, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
RE: [board-discuss] Re: LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?
Already being investigated but legal issues with non profit status is an issue. We are all hoping it happens though :) Best Joel On Mar 29, 2013 11:47 PM, Jonathan Aquilina eagles051...@gmail.com wrote: Seeing a discussion of this. I would like to propose something here. Why not setup an e-commerce site for people that want to purchase swag outside of contests as their way of donating so to speak to the TDF. I am versed in setting up word press as an E-Commerce Site, and can get it to interface with the TDF's PayPal. Regards -Original Message- From: Cor Nouws [mailto:oo...@nouenoff.nl] Sent: 29 March 2013 23:01 To: Joel Madero Cc: Thorsten Behrens; Robinson Tryon; market...@us.libreoffice.org; board-discuss@documentfoundation.org Subject: Re: [board-discuss] Re: LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase? Hi Joel, Joel Madero wrote (29-03-13 17:59) At that cost maybe we can give a sticker to everyone who participates? Let's say it's 50 people (very very optimistic), it might be less than $25 to get them a sticker. And once we ship, we send some more. Always good for everyone to have one at hand to share ;-) Nice, we'll just do 1 mug most likely, at most would be 2. We will find local store to print the mug(s) and ship them. Robinson and I are working on this. I was lucky to be able to order a small amount for an interesting price.. What about for t-shirts? Same design as mug? Can be if one wishes. You may also take the plain LibreOffice logo of course or make something else. Hoodies I think we have some left over (hope?) Not that much, and as far as I know mostly small sizes. if not, should we purchase a larger batch and have someone store them until our next event in Europe? Or the other way round. Just depends on whats most practical for ordering / payment / storage and sharing. Lastly, a laptop bag, Yes, that is interesting. I'm going to ping Marketing about making some kind of design to add to it - if no one volunteers probably same as mug/tshirt design. The more designs the merrier, IMO :-) Cheers, Cor -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org - www.librelex.org
Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.ukwrote: Hi :) That 40 sounds bizzare. Some have already claimed more than that on travel without being even slightly dishonourable. Far from it in fact, they seem to have gone to extraordinary pains to keep costs down and i really can't imagine people in other organisations going that far. It's an unworkable amount and must have some provisions to allow for reality?!!? Surely the normal way would be for TDF to buy in bulk, obtaining a massive discount due to that, and then sell on to individuals or groups at more than TDF paid per item. Groups often do that sort of thing so that individuals pay less than they would have to if they bought the single item for themselves. The group gets a tiny profit and hopefully enough to cover any losses for items that go unsold and wastage, admin, postage, other overheads with some change left over. The problem might be at what point that gets considered Trading and whether that is allowed. I know for sure that European laws are very different from US laws. From my understanding $0 profit is allowed, meaning even if we can buy in bulk through TDF, SPI would then purchase the item at a per cost price - even this is not clear though. At this point we are going to move to SPI and see if they can fund a small purchase, moving forward hopefully we find a better solution (might require some legal advice). I think there is some confusion about prize vs. merchandise vs. using merchandise as an incentive to join the contest which we are discussing. I'm not sure if merchandise becomes a prize if it is used in such a context. Because of these limitations and questions, we'll just go to SPI and/or Friends of Open Document for funding - it shouldn't be that much for this particular contest and I've been told that if I purchase out of pocket I will get a refund from someone. Best, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] Re: LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Thorsten Behrens wrote (28-03-13 19:57) Robinson Tryon wrote: We're looking to purchase some swag and goodies for the contest. Some of the ideas we've come up with have included: - T-Shirts - Mugs - Posters - Pens - Pins - Patches - Hoodies - Laptop cases Great! If you get designs finalized for those, please do poke board-discuss - I guess there is some universal need for that. I had a thousand stickers produced last year. Was not difficult to distribute those (including FOSDEM). Design here: https://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/**Marketing/Material#Stickers_.** 28Designs_for.29https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Material#Stickers_.28Designs_for.29 When I would order 10.000, the cost per sticker (for a batch of a certain amount, shipping included would be ): AmountEuropeWorld 100 12 12 300 10,311 600 10,210,8 (Ordering 5000, would raise the price for one sticker app. 4 c) At that cost maybe we can give a sticker to everyone who participates? Let's say it's 50 people (very very optimistic), it might be less than $25 to get them a sticker. And a small amount of mugs. Design here: https://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/**Marketing/Material#T-shirts_.** 2F_muggs_.._.28Designs_forhttps://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Material#T-shirts_.2F_muggs_.._.28Designs_for Shipping of those is more expensive, so production best done local/regional, I guess. Nice, we'll just do 1 mug most likely, at most would be 2. We will find local store to print the mug(s) and ship them. Robinson and I are working on this. What about for t-shirts? Same design as mug? Hoodies I think we have some left over (hope?) if not, should we purchase a larger batch and have someone store them until our next event in Europe? Lastly, a laptop bag, I'm going to ping Marketing about making some kind of design to add to it - if no one volunteers probably same as mug/tshirt design. Best, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?
On 03/29/2013 05:03 PM, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Tom Davies wrote: That 40 sounds bizzare. This amount refers to presents (Florian clearly stated that). Reimbursing reasonable expenses made by people travelling on behalf of TDF is not a present. Did you read up on continental tax law? If not, this discussion appears to be a tad pointless to me. Cheers, -- Thorsten I think we can end the conversation all together, we'll plan on going through SPI and Friends of Open Document, worst case I'll buy the stuff with my own money and then get reimbursed. :) Thanks Thorsten for keeping us all up to date with legal stuff and for being patient with my lack of knowledge. We're going to price stuff in the US and Europe to see cheapest prices. Can I get the name of the company you went through for hoodies and tshirts, maybe they'll give us a small deal for repeat customer :) Best, Joel
Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hi, Michael Meeks wrote on 2013-03-28 12:56: The stop energy has already reached epic proportions here:-) The plan is to encourage SPI to fund this - which should be no issue. sure, that would be no issue then. :) So if I'm reading this right, even if we combine with an event that we need LibreOffice gear, we can't use that gear as a prize and therefor TDF cannot be involved at all? If this is the case I'll plan on going through SPI which is cool but will be unfortunate in the sense that we could spend more than necessary as a bulk order may cut cost substantially. Best, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] Budget, final call
I think outside of netbooks QA would like a bit of money just for prizes in general. Our planned contest in June we're hoping to do like 1-3 place of even better 1-5, netbooks probably too much for these prizes. Was thinking things like laptop case with LibreOffice logo, hoodie, mug, etc... Maybe$1,000? I honestly don't have a context for the amount so I'm up for suggestions. I'm thinking depending on the success of our first big contest, I'm hoping to hold 1-3 a year. Best, Joel On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Thorsten Behrens t...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Florian Effenberger wrote: As said, it is a wishlist at the moment. Please make your comments no later than tomorrow, Tuesday, so we have a final document available for Wednesday's call. Most likely, we need to cut down several budgets to make it fit, but that will be topic for the call. Cut-down budget (a 10% reduction in budgets across the board, sparing only items like server and domain names or contractual obligations) uploaded at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Tdfbudget2013.pdf , we will discuss this in the call. Budget now ~matches available funds as of today. Kind regards, -- Thorsten -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
[board-discuss] Micro Funding Discussion on User List
Wanted to make sure that the board was aware of this. I gave my response and hope that it is a good one, if anyone feel like they need to add or refute what I said, of course feel free to do so :) http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.user/27560 Best Regards, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibreOffice QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] Re: Joining Silicon Sentier
I understand your concerns. However, I second Thorsten's thoughts here, that for an entity built up as TDF, and for the way we act, the intended meaning of § 5 is suitable. Let's see how things develop in the future. We can always adjust the rules of procedure should we see things don't work as intended or expected. +1 :) I think that guessing at what future problems might occur creates a lot of tension or at least has the potential of that. If a situation comes up where there's a clear problem, then I say modify as needed. I don't think saying this is how others do it is enough of a reason to change something. Best Regards, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibO QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] Re: 2013 budget draft - TDF Budget as of 2013-01-14
Just wanted to correct myself, I didn't mean to say blamed, what I meant to say is we should encourage groups to be equally proactive. Instead of thinking that QA will be seen as favorites or some other such thing, we should make it clear that we support our community always and we always support those who develop clear and well thought out strategies That's all, thanks again all. Best Regards, Joel On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Joel Madero jmadero@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:38 AM, Bjoern Michaelsen bjoern.michael...@canonical.com wrote: Hi, On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 02:06:19PM +0100, Bjoern Michaelsen wrote: The QA netbooks have already been discussed on QA Call. The idea is to have a budget for a set of netbooks that we can give publically as prizes to our most active QA contributors in QA marathons and triage contests. A few addition given the discussion: We will likely lend the netbooks to a set of QA volunteers. And those machines are not intended to let our QA volunteers play Starcraft, but to be able to triage -- possibly on multiple platforms -- without busting their usual work machine. Why only QA? Because QA did organize quite a few events (Bug Hunting Sessions, QA Marathons, QA Wochenende) making me confident they have the manpower to organize this. I did hard work to support Rainer, Joel, Florian and other to get QA rolling over the last year. Once other parts of the project get there, the same applies to them -- I am confident at that point they will file their own budget requests. Note also this is an opportunity that presented itself: E.g. for developers we cant easily do this as a developer machine for LibreOffice is quite a bit more expensive. Best, Bjoern We will be discussing this tomorrow during our QA call if anyone wants to join. We are still in the early stages of developing the time frame, rules, etc... for the contest but hope to be done by Beta or RC of 4.1. As for the other comments, I think the main point is that the BoD is open to suggestions, feedback and comments from any group within the project. This being said, QA shouldn't be blamed for developing a clear goal and strategy to reach this goal and then presenting it to the BoD. At that point it's the BoD's job to determine if the request is valid. I am almost positive that this would apply to any group within the project and if the group could show that they were a) able to manage their request and b) had a clear goal and plan to achieve it, the BoD would have an open mind to most proposals. To me this is the foundation of our community. Best Regards, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibO QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com -- *Joel Madero* LibO QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] Format of the BoD votes announcement
On 01/02/2013 02:47 AM, Norbert Thiebaud wrote: On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:23 AM, Tom Davies tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Hi :) but there are times when a vote needs to be taken anonymously. Can you give a concrete example of such time ? I mean for a BoD vote. note: there is a distinction between private deliberation, temporarily non-public and 'anonymous' BoD vote. I can think of cases where the 2 former are justified or necessary, for privacy concern or legal reasons... but I can't think of a case where the later would be justified. Norbert. I'm wondering if this would cause a group think mentality within the BoD. I know that if a name is public, being the only dissenter might dissuade a current or future BoD from dissenting. Ultimately I'm wondering how much adding names helps the project move forward. I know that we adhere to a very open policy but with voting, sometimes anonymous really encourages the best deliberation. Best Regards, Joel
Re: [board-discuss] TDF Budget as of 2012-11-20
Do we have projections going into the future? It might be nice to start projecting 6-12 months into the future. I know a lot of work, I'd be willing to help. Thanks Florian for the great work Regards, Joel On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Jonathan Aquilina eagles051...@gmail.comwrote: :) just want to say keep up your amazing work :) its great to see the budget growing :) On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: TDF Budget as of 2012-11-20 This is a non-binding draft. ConCardis is subject to conversion rates and fees. Empty fields declare either no spending, or amount already booked. For SPI, incl. AB fees, see http://lists.spi-inc.org/** pipermail/spi-general/2012-**September/003100.htmlhttp://lists.spi-inc.org/pipermail/spi-general/2012-September/003100.html Incoming Bank account 71.185,65 € Credit card account 311,69 € PayPal 458,33 € Flattr 165,51 € ConCardis 8.000,00 € approximately Outgoing one-time fees LibOCon videos -1.600,00 € Private BoD decision -1.350,00 € Outgoing recurring fees, extrapolated to the rest of the year Servers and bandwith -1.461,00 € Mail forwarding service -357,00 € ConCardis fees -147,00 € SIP line -101,40 € Phone fees Domain names Membership stiftungen.org Insurances Tax advisory (est.) -1.500,00 € Authority fees -150,00 € Authority fees reserve -621,47 € INCOMING TOTAL 80.121,18 € OUTGOING TOTAL -7.287,87 € TOTAL BALANCE 72.833,31 € SAFETY RESERVE -15.000,00 € BUDGET 57.833,31 € -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.**org/imprinthttp://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- Jonathan Aquilina -- *Joel Madero* LibO QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] Re: on the capital stock investment
My ex roomate is a financial planner. I'd be willing to see if he has any suggestions or willingness to take part. Of course he's American so he knows about investing here (mostly), but if you'd like I can pitch it to him, not sure if he'd charge and how much. I lived with him for three years and can vouch for him as a person and a professional. Regards, Joel On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 3:28 AM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hi, that's unfortunate. If we find no solution in the call, I propose that the board pays some external consultant to finally work on the topic. This has been open since February, been talked about since July, and no outcome is visible. Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.**org/imprinthttp://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- *Joel Madero* LibO QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] Budget request: EUR 3500 for LibOCon 2012 video / streaming service
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 6:17 AM, Thorsten Behrens t...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Dear board colleagues, I'd like to get aforementioned budget approved for paying the wonderful folks from Beuth college for their efforts during the LibreOffice conference (filming and streaming), and their ongoing work on post-processing the video footage. +1 :) Also a big thank you to them for doing a great job for a reasonable price -- *Joel Madero* LibO QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
Re: [board-discuss] TDF Budget for 2012 as of 2012-10-23
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hello everyone, attached is our current budget - and, woohooo, it seems that the fundraising campaign so far gave us an additional 11.000 €! Wow, that's amazing, I'll try to prepare some blogpost on that topic soon! :-D Thanks for the update :) Regards, Joel -- *Joel Madero* LibO QA Volunteer jmadero@gmail.com
[board-discuss] Re: [libreoffice-website] update on credit card payment
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hello, I just wanted to give you a quick update on what's happening: I've spent the last few hours on implementing the framework for direct credit card payments, so people can also directly donate to The Document Foundation using their credit cards, and for certain countries, even their bank accounts. The basic framework is up and running. If my tests go well, all we need will be a decent form embedded in our SilverStripe instance, that forwards to a script I've developed today. That script for sure will also need some sanity checks and improvements, but basically, it should do what is required. I will follow-up on the website list what is to be done soon - if all goes well, we hopefully can add this long-wanted feature to our donation page. This sounds great :) Would we be able to set up recurring donations with this? If a user did a $20/annual or $5/monthly donation that would be amazing. Thanks for the update Florian Best Regards, Joel
