Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 9:38 PM, David Nelson li...@traduction.biz wrote: Hi, :-) Minor addition after a few hours sleep and before starting work: This kind of design documentation is really essential for various reasons. What would happen if there was some kind of disaster and we were to

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread David Nelson
Hello Norbert, On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Norbert Thiebaud nthieb...@gmail.com wrote: Seriously ? for a distributed open source software, _that_ is your doomsday scenario ? If that were to happen, it would probably means that your immediate problem would be survival: finding food and

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread David Nelson
To give you an idea of the kind of collaboration I'm proposing to our leading devs, you could read this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_document -- David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems?

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board: Michael Meeks

2011-10-09 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi David, David Nelson wrote (08-10-11 16:38) 2011/10/8 Jesús Corriusje...@softcatala.org: In my opinion, I don't think it's best for the project to put some of the most skilled developers to work in documentation, when other developers can also do this task perfectly well. It is precisely

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board: Michael Meeks

2011-10-09 Thread David Nelson
Hi Cor, On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: I see no link between the role of the BOD and individual members making commitments to certain day to day tasks. Is there something why I should, in your opinion? I don't see anything incongruous about asking a

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board: Michael Meeks

2011-10-09 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi David, David Nelson wrote (09-10-11 13:30) I don't see anything incongruous about asking a candidate in the Board of Directors election about what commitments he might be willing to take on if elected. In fact, what else are you supposed to ask of candidates? Taking care for

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:22 AM, David Nelson li...@traduction.biz wrote: Hello Norbert, No amount of documentation will turn a 'non-geek' into a core dev. Clean, well written code, with the least amount of 'trick' is the best documentation: It is by definition accurate, complete and

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread Cor Nouws
Norbert Thiebaud wrote (09-10-11 14:25) Trying to extract election promises out of some people, on ground completely unrelated to the office they seek, is not going to get you there. Correct. I would assume (have seem some mails swiftly after posting my initial contribution to this thread)

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread Simon Phipps
On 9 Oct 2011, at 10:22, David Nelson wrote: Let's not get side-tracked. You're asking a development question that's not among the duties of a member of the Board of Directors. You're obviously welcome to ask community members about your project proposal, but I suggest you wait until after

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread David Nelson
Hi, On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl wrote: Norbert Thiebaud wrote (09-10-11 14:25) Trying to extract election promises out of some people, on ground completely unrelated to the office they seek, is not going to get you there. Correct. I would assume (have seem

[steering-discuss] Election Discussions To Discuss List

2011-10-09 Thread Simon Phipps
As per the election rules[1], please direct you candidate questions and responses to disc...@documentfoundation.org and not to here - thanks. S. [1] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2011/rules.html -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread Simon Phipps
On 9 Oct 2011, at 13:57, David Nelson wrote: Hi Simon, On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Simon Phipps webm...@opensource.org wrote: You're asking a development question that's not among the duties of a member of the Board of Directors. You're obviously welcome to ask community members

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello David, Le 09/10/2011 16:02, David Nelson a écrit : Hi Simon, On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Simon Phipps webm...@documentfoundation.org wrote: I am indicating that questions about development plans and intentions fall outside the scope of questions for Board candidates as regards

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread Simon Phipps
On Oct 9, 2011 3:04 PM, David Nelson li...@traduction.biz wrote: It would have been so much simpler if the candidates had been allowed to answer for themselves. Hey, cool it. No-one is stopping them answering; I'm explaining why they are not. Please read what I wrote calmly and, if you still

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread Cor Nouws
David Nelson wrote (09-10-11 14:55) Norbert, it would be good if you read things carefully and accurately. Cor, it would be good if you did not jump to conclusions. David, it would be good if you just understood the point ;-) Norbert and Cor, it would be polite and in keeping with the

Re: [steering-discuss] Candidacy for Board

2011-10-09 Thread David Nelson
Cor, Apparently you enjoy an argument. :-D I wasn't going to write further to this thread, but apparently you need to have the last word, and I don't see why you should. I'll explain why below. My only mistake in writing to the candidates was that I continued in the threads they started on this