Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors

2011-06-08 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:49 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: This is for the proposal, the Nominated Mentors section. My observation, after seeing the topics that seem to be getting the most attention from the IPMC members on this list, is that in the the Podling we will want to pay special

RE: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors

2011-06-08 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Robert Weir wrote: - Community development, due to the need to develop and coordinate/collaborate with current and anticipated downstream consumers of the project, as well as potentially forging bi-directional collaborations. we would benefit from having incubation mentors with noted

Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors

2011-06-08 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 8, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Robert Weir wrote: - Community development, due to the need to develop and coordinate/collaborate with current and anticipated downstream consumers of the project, as well as potentially forging bi-directional collaborations. we would

RE: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors

2011-06-08 Thread donald_harbison
Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com wrote on 06/08/2011 03:33:42 PM: From: Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Date: 06/08/2011 03:34 PM Subject: RE: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors Robert Weir wrote: - Community development, due to the need to develop

Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors

2011-06-08 Thread Ross Gardler
On 09/06/2011 01:21, donald_harbi...@us.ibm.com wrote: Noel J. Bergmann...@devtech.com wrote on 06/08/2011 03:33:42 PM: From: Noel J. Bergmann...@devtech.com To:general@incubator.apache.org Date: 06/08/2011 03:34 PM Subject: RE: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors Robert Weir wrote

Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors

2011-06-08 Thread donald_harbison
Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org wrote on 06/08/2011 08:44:43 PM: From: Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org To: general@incubator.apache.org Date: 06/08/2011 08:46 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors On 09/06/2011 01:21, donald_harbi...@us.ibm.com wrote: Noel J. Bergmann

Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors

2011-06-08 Thread Danese Cooper
Help me understand why the project would most benefit from that situation, Don. Mentors' main role is to help podling members learn the Apache Way so they can graduate to TLP. This project enjoys a wealth of excellent mentors and we happen to mostly be people who have worked successfully

Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors

2011-06-08 Thread donald_harbison
Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote on 06/08/2011 09:31:24 PM: From: Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Date: 06/08/2011 09:31 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors Help me understand why the project would most benefit from that situation

Re: OpenOffice Proposal: Nominated Mentors

2011-06-08 Thread Christian Grobmeier
My suggestion, and that's all it is, was to seek a mentor for ASF who does *not* have your history, nor anyone's with that great legacy. I have no clue about OOo in the past. I have no great legacy. And I will try to help mentoring. Is that what you wanted? Rather, the suggestion was to