Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

Absolutely. +1 2015-10-29 15:01 GMT+01:00 Jürgen Lange : > +1 to this idea > > Jürgen Lange > > > Am 27.10.2015 um 23:52 schrieb Andrea Pescetti: > >> I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at the end of the >> 4.1.2 Release announcement, with a sentence like

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

On 27/10/2015 Andrea Pescetti wrote: I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at the end of the 4.1.2 Release announcement ... I have no idea on whether this is appropriate or not. I'm rather neutral on the issue. Feedback welcome. Seeing all feedback so far, I think the best

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

Well said JZA, yet a mention in the release announcement is appropriate only if the deceased worked on it directly. That's my 2 cents. On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:41 AM, JZA wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Jürgen Schmidt > wrote: > > > On

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

On 28/10/15 09:41, JZA wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Jürgen Schmidt > wrote: > >> On 27/10/15 23:52, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >>> I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at the end of the >>> 4.1.2 Release announcement, with a sentence like >>> >>>

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 27/10/15 23:52, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at the end of the > > 4.1.2 Release announcement, with a sentence like > > > > "The OpenOffice community dedicates

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

On 27/10/15 23:52, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at the end of the > 4.1.2 Release announcement, with a sentence like > > "The OpenOffice community dedicates version 4.1.2 to the memory of Ian > Lynch, a member of the OpenOffice Project Management

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

+1 my personal opinion is that we should keep the release announcement focused on the product. People behind and/or involved the project can be addressed in a separate blog where we can also remember project members who passed away. People leave the project or became less active (including me)

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

Dear Andrea, I am Ian's wife Rosemary, I monitor his emails regularly so I have just seen your message. It is nice for me to know that people remember Ian and appreciate the contribution he made over the many years he was committed to the OpenOffice Project. It is only through individuals from

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

Am 10/28/2015 01:27 PM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: On 28/10/15 09:41, JZA wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 27/10/15 23:52, Andrea Pescetti wrote: I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at the end of the 4.1.2 Release

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

+1. While it is not specifically related to the release, it is a gesture that builds community empathy and this is the first opportunity to make the gesture. On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

On 28.10.2015 09:41, JZA wrote: > > Also the last line doesn't really make sense, how can we 'focus on the new > fresh blood' exactly? You mean dedicating the release after some n00b who > just got in the project, or writing a blog post about them... How can we > focus on fresh blood if they

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

>​I disagree with that view. To focus on the product, well we already have >companies for that. We are not a company, we are a community. And we dont >have 'products' we have 'projects'. The difference? well to start a project >is something that people can participate, not only purchase. So people

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

I think it is worthy to remember a deceased member of the community and note that he made a valued contribution to the project. -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at the end of the 4.1.2 Release announcement, with a sentence like "The OpenOffice community dedicates version 4.1.2 to the memory of Ian Lynch, a member of the OpenOffice Project Management Committee and a key contributor to marketing and

Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

+1 On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at the end of the > 4.1.2 Release announcement, with a sentence like > > "The OpenOffice community dedicates version 4.1.2 to the memory of Ian > Lynch, a

RE: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement

+1 also > -Original Message- > From: JZA [mailto:acolor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 16:57 > To: dev <dev@openoffice.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Remembering Ian Lynch in 4.1.2 announcement > > +1 > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:52 PM, And