Re: AOO.Next IBM Priorities

2012-11-03 Thread Ian Lynch
On 2 November 2012 20:34, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On 11/2/12, Ian Lynch wrote: > > On 2 November 2012 08:40, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > > >> On 01/11/2012 robert_weir wrote: > >> > >>> We (IBM) have consulted with customers, internal users, oth

Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0

2012-11-02 Thread Ian Lynch
On 2 November 2012 14:31, Shane Curcuru wrote: > On 10/26/2012 4:36 AM, Graham Lauder wrote: > ... > > The proposal therefore is to initiate a contest to create this new >> branding, this would have multiple benefits in terms of community >> outreach, >> marketing and raising brand awareness. >>

Re: AOO.Next IBM Priorities

2012-11-02 Thread Ian Lynch
On 2 November 2012 08:40, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 01/11/2012 robert_weir wrote: > >> We (IBM) have consulted with customers, internal users, other IBM product >> teams, on what our (IBM's) development priorities should be for the next >> AOO release. Obviously, we're not the only ones with p

Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0

2012-10-31 Thread Ian Lynch
On 30 October 2012 22:13, Nóirín Plunkett wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Graham Lauder > wrote: > > The launch of 4.0 is a unique opportunity in the life of AOO both now and > > far into the future. > > > > > > Perhaps sound out some sponsors for a prize > > The Fedora Design Bounties

Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0

2012-10-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On 29 October 2012 10:19, Kevin Grignon wrote: > KG01 - see comments inline. > > On Oct 27, 2012, at 7:16 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > > On 26/10/2012 Ian Lynch wrote: > >> I arranged one for the OOo schools mascot ... The winner was > >> clear-cut. A 16 ye

Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0

2012-10-26 Thread Ian Lynch
On 26 October 2012 16:04, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 4:36 AM, Graham Lauder > wrote: > > The launch of 4.0 is a unique opportunity in the life of AOO both now and > > far into the future. > > > > The branding needs to position us in the market place, be distinctive and > > unique

Re: Apache and ODF

2012-10-26 Thread Ian Lynch
On 26 October 2012 08:42, Fan Zheng wrote: > Hi, All: > > I am confused about the UX specifications of document representation > requirement on mobile devices, that which is the most first important point > should be, the different device condition adaptability of layout result? or > the fidelity

Re: Need new logo for openoffice.apache.org

2012-10-25 Thread Ian Lynch
On 25 October 2012 17:52, Graham Lauder wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > > > > > > Rob already suggested a competition. I think that is a good idea and I > can > > help organise it but I don't want to put a lot of time

Re: Need new logo for openoffice.apache.org

2012-10-25 Thread Ian Lynch
On 25 October 2012 10:36, RGB ES wrote: > 2012/10/25 Graham Lauder > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:46 AM, RGB ES wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Nobody made Michael Acevedo the official artist, but a mailing list > > vote > > > > approved his logo as the Apache OpenOffice logo for the 3.4.x series >

Re: Support questions to ooo-private?

2012-10-15 Thread Ian Lynch
On 15 October 2012 13:23, Rob Weir wrote: > I know there was a mystery why we were getting a few questions/week to > ooo-private. I think I found a clue. > > Start from the bug tracking page, our BZ instance: > > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/ > > Note the language at the bottom "In case of pro

Re: Ipad application

2012-10-14 Thread Ian Lynch
On 14 October 2012 05:01, Peter Junge wrote: > On 10/14/2012 12:06 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >> >> Hi Wayne; >>> >>> I am not aware of anyone working with us on an iOS port. >>> >>> The IBM Lotus Symphony Viewer will work for read-only pur

Re: OpenOffice for Android

2012-10-12 Thread Ian Lynch
On 12 October 2012 00:50, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 5:10 PM, David Paenson > wrote: > > I keep on thinking: wouldn't it be wonderful if OpenOffice was > > available for tablets running Android? > > > > Yesterday I had to tell a student who had bought a cheap tablet > > inc

Re: Ask for advice:cloud office interoperability

2012-10-11 Thread Ian Lynch
On 11 October 2012 15:04, BIG JAM wrote: > I'm looking for a programmer to help me (surcharge) > to make an extension for open office > > Why did you send me this? > You are in a public discussion forum in a discussion thread about cloud office interoperability. You will get replies to this thre

Re: Marketing events

2012-10-10 Thread Ian Lynch
On 10 October 2012 14:29, Albino B Neto wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > The main issue is where does the money come from to fund this? > > How can fund > > raising be coordinated and if funds are raised where are they store

Re: Marketing events

2012-10-10 Thread Ian Lynch
On 10 October 2012 01:54, Albino B Neto wrote: > Hi > > I'm from Brazil and there various events: FISL, LatinoWare, Revista > Espirito Livre and others spread throughout BR. > > You could have a fund for member "official" AOO, so you can attend the > AOO speaking, lecturing, talking etc.. But thi

Re: Marketing events

2012-10-10 Thread Ian Lynch
> > > > +1, this is just brainstorming about something of common interest so at > > this stage its best to be as public as possible. If there is a clear > > proposal outside the scope of ASF then we should move it outside. > > OK. > > > The issue of funding people to take part in marketing has alwa

Re: Marketing events

2012-10-09 Thread Ian Lynch
On 9 October 2012 21:37, Raphael Bircher wrote: > Am 09.10.12 22:19, schrieb Rob Weir: > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Raphael Bircher > wrote: > >> Am 09.10.12 21:07, schrieb Rob Weir: > >>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > >

Re: Marketing events

2012-10-09 Thread Ian Lynch
On 9 October 2012 18:00, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On 10/9/12, Ian Lynch wrote: > > OOo had a substantial community marketing project with community members > > attending key events. How do we improve on that now with AOO? > > I remember one of the last activities befo

Re: [RESULT][VOTE][PMC] PMC Chair

2012-10-09 Thread Ian Lynch
On 9 October 2012 13:45, Albino B Neto wrote: > Hi > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Peter Junge wrote: > > Congratulations Andrea! I think the community has made an excellent > choice. > > +1 > > > And, many thanks Andrew for driving this effort. > > Yeah! > > Albino > +1 -- Ian Ofqual

Re: OpenOffice SVG vector graphics

2012-10-06 Thread Ian Lynch
On 6 October 2012 22:23, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On 10/6/12, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > I think the OP is asking about printed forms, as on a bumper sticker. > Since > > they are presumably enlarged, the provision of trademark information in > > small but readable type at/around the marg

Re: Ask for advice:cloud office interoperability

2012-10-05 Thread Ian Lynch
the details involved in > order to improve AOO's interoperability with OOXML. It is tedious work in > the trenches that will calibrate the areas of feature harmony and the > places where bridging model incompatibility is intractable. > > -Original Message- > From: Ia

Re: Ask for advice:cloud office interoperability

2012-10-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 October 2012 13:28, Yong Lin Ma wrote: > That is an nice expectation. > > What do you suggest the AOO community do except improving AOO's > interoperability with ooxml? > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:18 PM, zhun guo wrote: > > To Yong Lin Ma,my proposal is to get all office software to be c

Re: Calling all consultants, developers, trainers, etc., offering professional services related to OpenOffice

2012-10-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 4 October 2012 16:49, Rob Weir wrote: > And a quick suggestion on process. Since inclusion is a reversible > action, I think we can safely handle each submission via 72-hour lazy > consensus. If a listing request comes in that you have concerns with, > respond to the request with your concer

Re: [VOTE][PMC] PMC Chair

2012-10-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 October 2012 10:04, Armin Le Grand wrote: > [X] Andrea Pescetti (pescetti) > > Armin > > > On 05.10.2012 01:41, Andrew Rist wrote: > >> This is a call for vote on selecting the PMC Chair the Apache OpenOffice >> PMC. >> Per the IPMC's "Guide to Successful Graduation" [1] the Apache >> OpenOf

Re: Seeking OpenOffice consultants -- help us validate our new consultants listings

2012-10-03 Thread Ian Lynch
On 3 October 2012 17:59, Guy Waterval wrote: > Hi all, > > 2012/10/3 Ian Lynch > > > > > The one issue that arises here is that the term certification could mean > > certificated to be an authorised developer, trainer or consultant as well > > as certificat

Re: Seeking OpenOffice consultants -- help us validate our new consultants listings

2012-10-03 Thread Ian Lynch
On 3 October 2012 02:36, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Albino B Neto wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > >> So I'm wondering... are there other kinds of certificatio

Re: Policy question: How to link to books about OpenOffice?

2012-10-02 Thread Ian Lynch
On 2 October 2012 22:22, Rob Weir wrote: > > > Anyone else have a thought on this? I tend to agree with Kay here, > that the book listings should be removed. > The problem with books is that they go out of date and they take a lot of writing and maintaining. Reviews go out of date. Before we ca

Re: bug in OpenOffice

2012-10-02 Thread Ian Lynch
On 2 October 2012 10:46, Yuri Myasoedov wrote: > 02.10.2012, 05:05, "Илья Родичев" : > > Hello, my english is bad, but i will try to tell you about a bug in > OpenOffice which i found in russian - you must translate it: > > > > Документ, содержащий маркированный список, вложенный в таблицу НЕ > С

Re: [VOTE] [PMC] Starting Membership for Apache OpenOffice PMC

2012-10-02 Thread Ian Lynch
e (arielch) >> Armin Le Grand (alg) >> Dave Fisher (wave) >> Donald Harbison (dpharbison) >> Drew Jensen (atjensen) >> Ian Lynch (ingotian) >> Jürgen Schmidt (jsc) >> Kay Schenk (kschenk) >> K

Re: Seeking OpenOffice consultants -- help us validate our new consultants listings

2012-10-02 Thread Ian Lynch
On 1 October 2012 21:46, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > On 1 October 2012 20:25, Albino B Neto wrote: > > > >> Hi. > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> > These thr

Re: Seeking OpenOffice consultants -- help us validate our new consultants listings

2012-10-01 Thread Ian Lynch
On 1 October 2012 20:25, Albino B Neto wrote: > Hi. > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > These three are closely-related and it will probably require an > > iterative approach to get these right. So it would be of great help > > to me if a few (3-4) consultants on the ooo-dev

Re: Ask for advice:cloud office interoperability

2012-10-01 Thread Ian Lynch
On 1 October 2012 05:41, zheng.easyfan wrote: > > HI, Zhun Guo: > > In general, I agree with your second point in the mail that, we should > make better interoperability of office productions. And my opinion here is > that, in the category of interoperability, we even should not trying to > sepa

Re: Need help, I can't open a presentation on my computer ....

2012-10-01 Thread Ian Lynch
On 1 October 2012 07:48, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 02:04:32 -0400 > "Koreen" wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I was able to open 3 other PowerPoint presentations with the OpenOffice > Impress (or something), but I have a fourth one that will NOT open at all. > I even had trouble gettin

Re: [proposed PMC] call for feedback: Are you willing to serve as a PMC member?

2012-09-27 Thread Ian Lynch
>>>Andre Fischer (af) >>>Andrea Pescetti (pescetti) >>>Andrew Rist (arist) >>>Ariel Constenla-Haile (arielch) >>> Armin Le Grand (alg) >>>Dave Fisher (wave) >>>Donald Harbison (dpharbison) >>>Drew Jensen (at

Re: [PMC] Proposed Initial PMC List and process

2012-09-25 Thread Ian Lynch
to me... > > >> >> >> Proposed Working List: >> >>Andre Fischer (af) >>Andrea Pescetti (pescetti) >>Andrew Rist (arist) >>Ariel Constenla-Haile (arielch) >>Armin Le Grand (alg) >>Dave Fisher (wave) >>

Re: What is a good Project Management Committee?

2012-09-25 Thread Ian Lynch
The Apache Way came up on the PMC list thread. Is the Apache Way exclusively about certain types of merit and not about any other factor or attribute? It seems from what mentors have written that community is a big part of the Apache Way and merit in building the community is important as well as t

Re: [DISCUSS] [PMC] Proposed PMC List

2012-09-25 Thread Ian Lynch
On 25 September 2012 14:20, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 9/25/12 2:49 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: >> On 25 September 2012 12:10, Rob Weir wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Ross Gardler >>> wrote: >>>> On 25 September 2012 11:22, Rob Weir wrote: >>&

Re: [DISCUSS] [PMC] Proposed PMC List

2012-09-25 Thread Ian Lynch
On 25 September 2012 12:10, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Ross Gardler > wrote: >> On 25 September 2012 11:22, Rob Weir wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: >>>> On 25 September 2012 06:15, imacat wrote: >>

Re: [DISCUSS] [PMC] Proposed PMC List

2012-09-25 Thread Ian Lynch
On 25 September 2012 06:15, imacat wrote: > I feel honored to be listed. I would like to help PMC if there is a > chance. > > In any case, I suggest at least one female should be included in the > PMC, to encourage the contribution of females in the community and bring > diverse voices in

Re: Open Office Certificate Query

2012-09-20 Thread Ian Lynch
On 20 September 2012 12:32, Dimitris Fotiadis wrote: > Dear Mr. Leibovitch, > > I represent the British Hellenic College of Athens (Greece) as director of > postgraduate programs. > > We are currently running franchise undergraduate and postgraduate programs in > cooperation with the University

Re: [DISCUSS][PMC] Proposed PMC List

2012-09-19 Thread Ian Lynch
Ok, Andrew persuaded me ;-) Andre Fischer (af) Andrea Pescetti (pescetti) Andrew Rist (arist) Armin Le Grand (alg) Donald P. Harbison (dpharbison) Jürgen Schmidt (jsc) Kazunari Hirano (khirano) Louis Suarez-potts (louis) Marcus Lange (marcus) Peter Junge (pj) But I can think of several others tha

Re: Apache OpenOffice Awarded Two InfoWorld Bossie (Best of Open Source Software) Awards

2012-09-19 Thread Ian Lynch
+1 - great news! On 19 September 2012 16:23, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Shenfeng Liu wrote: >> What a great news! >> Congratulations! >> > > I'm especially proud of the recognition the community received for the > OpenOffice Templates website. This almost did not happen

Re: [PMC] Proposed PMC List

2012-09-19 Thread Ian Lynch
I don't think I could do this fairly so I'm abstaining :-) For me, if people think I can be useful I'm happy to be included but equally I understand there are people much more qualified and with more time and resource to commit than I can so no real problem for me to be excluded. On 19 September

Re: Clipart library

2012-09-19 Thread Ian Lynch
On 17 September 2012 22:16, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: >> I'm organising the Open clipart library into categories. We could use >> this then as a useful resource to complement AOO. Any thoughts about >> the best way to implem

Re: Clipart library

2012-09-14 Thread Ian Lynch
On 14 September 2012 03:23, Armin Le Grand wrote: > Hi Joost, > > > On 13.09.2012 15:43, Joost Andrae wrote: >> >> Hi Armin, >> >> I can still reproduce the behavior described: >> >> Open eg. >> http://openclipart.org/detail/172011/racing-helmet-by-gnokii-172011 in >> Firefox and drag the SVG file

Re: Confusion between Macs and the rest of the world?

2012-09-13 Thread Ian Lynch
On 13 September 2012 10:23, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 9/13/12 10:48 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:44:46 +0200 >> Raphael Bircher wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> Am 13.09.12 10:34, schrieb Rory O'Farrell: In most implementations of OpenOffice the configuration information is

Re: Clipart library

2012-09-13 Thread Ian Lynch
On 12 September 2012 19:35, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Ian Lynch schrieb: > >> On 12 September 2012 17:52, Juergen Schmidt wrote: >>> >>> Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2012 um 08:42 schrieb Armin Le Grand: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>

Re: Clipart library

2012-09-12 Thread Ian Lynch
On 12 September 2012 17:52, Juergen Schmidt wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 12. September 2012 um 08:42 schrieb Armin Le Grand: >> Hi, >> >> just wanted to mention: I just tried it out, SVG graphics can now be >> part of the existing gallery due to the added SVG import support. D&D >> SVG into gallery theme

Re: [DISCUSS] ML Moderators

2012-09-10 Thread Ian Lynch
On 10 September 2012 15:27, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: > > On 12-09-08, at 20:58 , Peter Junge wrote: > >> On 9/9/2012 6:41 AM, Dave Fisher wrote: >>> Hi - >>> >>> Since Rob and Dennis will be leaving their ML moderators it is time to >>> revisit all of the lists. There are others that need actio

Re: Clipart library

2012-09-10 Thread Ian Lynch
On 10 September 2012 15:12, Shenfeng Liu wrote: > 2012/9/10 Joost Andrae > >> Hi, >> >> just to shorten this thread: There is already a possibility to add clipart >> to AOO by using the extension mechanism. Just have a look at the extensions >> page and search for clipart: >> >> http://extensions

Re: Clipart library

2012-09-10 Thread Ian Lynch
On 10 September 2012 12:26, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 9/10/12 12:39 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: >> On 10 September 2012 08:01, Shenfeng Liu wrote: >>> 2012/9/10 Jürgen Schmidt >>> >>>> On 9/9/12 11:36 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: >>>>> On 3 September 20

Re: Clipart library

2012-09-10 Thread Ian Lynch
On 10 September 2012 08:01, Shenfeng Liu wrote: > 2012/9/10 Jürgen Schmidt > >> On 9/9/12 11:36 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: >> > On 3 September 2012 02:19, Kevin Grignon >> wrote: >> >> KG03 - see comments inline >> >> >> >> On Aug 31, 201

Re: Clipart library

2012-09-09 Thread Ian Lynch
On 3 September 2012 02:19, Kevin Grignon wrote: > KG03 - see comments inline > > On Aug 31, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > >> On 31 August 2012 02:20, Kevin Grignon wrote: >>> KG02 -see comments inline. >>> >>> On Friday, August 31, 2012 , Ian

Re: Specific actions needed for developing the community

2012-09-07 Thread Ian Lynch
On 7 September 2012 14:06, Dave Fisher wrote: > Top posting because we have a specific ecosystem issue that needs handling - > distribution. > > In the former OOo days companies, groups and individuals could become > community distributors. They could make use of logos and CD labels and > packa

Re: Specific actions needed for developing the community

2012-09-07 Thread Ian Lynch
On 7 September 2012 12:56, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 9/7/12 12:30 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: >> On 7 September 2012 10:27, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >>> On 9/7/12 10:28 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: >>>> There is some difference between the way ASF sees "community" compa

Re: Specific actions needed for developing the community

2012-09-07 Thread Ian Lynch
On 7 September 2012 10:27, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 9/7/12 10:28 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: >> There is some difference between the way ASF sees "community" compared >> to the former structures of the OOo community. ASF sees much of what >> the old OOo called the commu

Specific actions needed for developing the community

2012-09-07 Thread Ian Lynch
There is some difference between the way ASF sees "community" compared to the former structures of the OOo community. ASF sees much of what the old OOo called the community as the "ecosystem". As a specific proposal I think we need at least one ppmc/pmc member with the role of linking to wider comm

Re: What is a good Project Management Committee member?

2012-09-07 Thread Ian Lynch
On 7 September 2012 06:42, Dave Fisher wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2012, at 7:26 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Sep 6, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sep 6, 2012, at 5:42 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: >>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > Think of an orchestra. We

Re: [PERSONAL] My absence

2012-09-07 Thread Ian Lynch
On 7 September 2012 08:41, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 9/6/12 10:28 PM, Donald Harbison wrote: >> I feel it necessary to explain why I have been absent from discussions here >> and on ooo-private recently. >> >> My wife was stricken with a serious medical emergency Wednesday, August >> 29th. She is

Re: OpenOffice.org Business Partnership Inquiry

2012-09-07 Thread Ian Lynch
respected. We encourage as wide a distribution of the software as possible. ASF trademark policy is at http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks. A good start would be to familiarise yourself with this policy so that you can see if there are likely to be any conflicts in what you propose to do. Please come back if you have any questions. -- Ian Lynch PPMC member

Re: What is a good Project Management Committee member?

2012-09-06 Thread Ian Lynch
On 6 September 2012 16:15, Phillip Rhodes wrote: > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: >> I see two things happening on this thread: Creation of a laundry list for >> what a PMC member should be. A request for PPMC members to be introspective. >> >> I suggest that there

Re: What is a good Project Management Committee member?

2012-09-06 Thread Ian Lynch
On 6 September 2012 10:59, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 9/6/12 10:51 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: >> On 6 September 2012 05:55, Juergen Schmidt wrote: >>> Am Donnerstag, 6. September 2012 um 05:30 schrieb Rob Weir: >>>> On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:20 AM, "Jürgen Schmidt&qu

Re: What is a good Project Management Committee member?

2012-09-06 Thread Ian Lynch
On 6 September 2012 05:55, Juergen Schmidt wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 6. September 2012 um 05:30 schrieb Rob Weir: >> On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:20 AM, "Jürgen Schmidt" wrote: > I agree again and the question is how to find the strong PMC team. My thought > with my email was that the current PPMC member

Re: Distribution Project - Update

2012-09-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 September 2012 23:47, Dave Fisher wrote: > > On Sep 5, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > >> On 5 September 2012 13:37, Guy Waterval wrote: >>> Hi Ian and all, >>> >>> 2012/9/5 Ian Lynch >>> >>>> On 5 September 2012 09:22,

Re: Distribution Project - Update

2012-09-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 September 2012 13:37, Guy Waterval wrote: > Hi Ian and all, > > 2012/9/5 Ian Lynch > >> On 5 September 2012 09:22, Rob Weir wrote: >> > On Sep 4, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: >> > >> >> [...] >> >> I think there is proba

Re: Distribution Project - Update

2012-09-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 September 2012 09:22, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sep 4, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > >> Hi John, >> Are there any updates on this? I have asked a little while ago with no response. I am willing to get this up and running. Please let me know. >>> >> >> I'd like to preface R

Re: What is a good Project Management Committee member?

2012-09-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 September 2012 09:40, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi all, > > some time ago we expressed, that we think the project is ready to graduate. > In the process of graduating, a proposal for a Project Management Committee > (PMC) will be brought to the Apache Board. Although discussion about > individ

Re: Clipart library

2012-08-31 Thread Ian Lynch
On 31 August 2012 02:20, Kevin Grignon wrote: > KG02 -see comments inline. > > On Friday, August 31, 2012 , Ian Lynch wrote: > >> On 30 August 2012 09:57, Kevin Grignon >> > >> wrote: >> > KG01 - see comments inline. >> > >> > On Au

Re: Clipart library

2012-08-30 Thread Ian Lynch
On 30 August 2012 09:57, Kevin Grignon wrote: > KG01 - see comments inline. > > On Aug 30, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > >> I'm organising the Open clipart library into categories. We could use >> this then as a useful resource to complement AOO. > &

Clipart library

2012-08-30 Thread Ian Lynch
I'm organising the Open clipart library into categories. We could use this then as a useful resource to complement AOO. Any thoughts about the best way to implement making the categorised library available to the community? -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theING

Re: [VOTE] Apache OpenOffice Community Graduation Vote

2012-08-20 Thread Ian Lynch
+1 On 20 August 2012 12:24, ZuoJun Chen wrote: > Hi, > > + 1 to graduate. > > Regards > > 2012/8/19 Rob Weir > >> Per the IPMC's "Guide to Successful Graduation" [1] this is the >> optional, but recommended, community vote for us to express our >> willingness/readiness to govern ourselves.

Re: Suggestion - file format

2012-07-11 Thread Ian Lynch
On 11 July 2012 09:23, Joost Andrae wrote: > Hi, > > people who want to have MS Office file formats as default storage format > can configure it within the dialog > > /tools/options/load~save/**general/ > > Please bear in mind that MS Office file formats are not OpenOffice's > generic formats. Op

Re: [UX] The Questions for users

2012-06-07 Thread Ian Lynch
On 7 June 2012 04:32, Kevin Grignon wrote: > Albino, > > Indeed, we have captured many good questions. > > I propose we start to share process and methology thoughts to move forward. > > Graham L. has some good suggestions. > > As for survey structure, I've been working on this online and will po

Re: Tolerance and acceptance

2012-06-06 Thread Ian Lynch
On 6 June 2012 13:13, Ross Gardler wrote: > PPMC who agree with me to consider > sending a polite but firm request to stay focused on helping users on > the ooo-users list." > +1 let's be the ones acting like grown ups. > Ross > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ)

MSO on ipad in November

2012-06-03 Thread Ian Lynch
http://read.bi/LdKYRD How easy to package AOO for Android and ipad? -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in Engl

Re: Troll warning

2012-05-19 Thread Ian Lynch
On 19 May 2012 01:39, imacat wrote: > I figured it is nonsense, and not worthy of my time. > If I do have spare time I would rather help the local LibreOffice > community than fight with nonsense from the troll. So I ignored it. > Period. > +1. Just accept the fact that headlines that stir u

Re: "How To Install Apache OpenOffice 3.4 Via PPA On Ubuntu 12.04/11.10"

2012-05-11 Thread Ian Lynch
On 11 May 2012 01:52, Albino Biasutti Neto wrote: > Hi. > > 2012/5/10 Paulo de Souza Lima > > > I put a pt-br translation at > > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/PT-BR/FAQ/Instala%C3%A7%C3%A3ofor > > now. as soon as a place for it is defined we can move it to there. > > > > Thanks Paul

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-05-01 Thread Ian Lynch
On 1 May 2012 17:35, imacat wrote: > On 2012/04/29 00:06, Ian Lynch said: > > Here is a fully svg version. It's close but not absolutely identical, not > > sure how important that is. Got to rush to the gym now. Only 16k > > Thank you. I'm looking for the AO

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-04-30 Thread Ian Lynch
ately with our logos :-). Perhaps they will in RC1 if so it would be a selling point over LibO ;-). That's all I can tell by a comparative inspection of the rendered images. > > - Dennis > > -Original Message- > From: Ian Lynch [mailto:ianrly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Su

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-04-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On 29 April 2012 23:27, Claudio Filho wrote: > Hi > > 2012/4/29 Ian Lynch : > > Just to say I have uploaded more logo candidates including with the text > > for 3.4 Release Candidate 1 and some versions incorporating the Apache > > feather. Any comments improvements, r

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-04-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On 29 April 2012 21:04, Ian Lynch wrote: > On 29 April 2012 10:21, Kevin Grignon wrote: > >> Ian, >> >> Nice work. >> >> Let's post the artwork to the wiki. >> > > I have uploaded a .odg and a .svg version. > > I'll do some mo

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-04-29 Thread Ian Lynch
unds like a plan. I'll take a look to see what needs doing. > > Regards, > Kevin > > > > On Apr 29, 2012, at 12:06 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > > On 28 April 2012 15:54, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Claudio Filho > wrote: > >

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-04-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On 29 April 2012 15:16, eric b wrote: > Le 29 avr. 12 à 16:02, Ian Lynch a écrit : > > > On 29 April 2012 14:44, eric b wrote: >> >> Hi, >>> >>> Le 29 avr. 12 à 15:36, Ian Lynch a écrit : >>> >>> >>> I'm also looking a

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-04-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On 29 April 2012 14:44, eric b wrote: > Hi, > > Le 29 avr. 12 à 15:36, Ian Lynch a écrit : > > >> I'm also looking at producing the same logo as a .odg. Unfortunately Draw >> does not import the svg file very well (at least no in the LibreOffice >> versi

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-04-29 Thread Ian Lynch
associated with our project, maybe we should support it! (Shame we can't easily rewrite the draw engine to support svg ;-) ). So I'll have a go at a Draw version and then we can decide which is the best way to go unless there is a general preference for one or the other. Regards, > Ke

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-04-28 Thread Ian Lynch
On 28 April 2012 15:54, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Claudio Filho wrote: > > Hi > > > > 2012/4/28 Rob Weir : > >> We already had this discussion and we already know these facts. We > >> also acknowledged that the logo would probably change in the next > >> release. We a

Re: Logo of AOO in SVG?

2012-04-28 Thread Ian Lynch
On 28 April 2012 14:26, Claudio Filho wrote: > Hi > > I will give my first presentation about AOO in Flisol - Latin America > Free Software Install Fest - and tried to find the current logo in > SVG. Other thing that i not found was the used font of current logo. > > The max that i found was this

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache OpenOffice 3.4 (incubating) RC1

2012-04-22 Thread Ian Lynch
+1 (PPMC) On 22 April 2012 00:01, Hagar Delest wrote: > +1 (PPMC) > > NB: installed the 64bit DEB on Ubuntu 11.10, no problem for the moment. > Thanks for this code release! > > Hagar > > > Le Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:58:24 +0800, Jürgen Schmidt < > jogischm...@googlemail.com> a écrit : > > Hi all,

Re: Apache OpenOffice Project Twitter Account

2012-04-19 Thread Ian Lynch
2012 at 2:18 PM, Alexandro Colorado < > j...@apache.org> > >>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> On 4/19/12, Rob Weir wrote: > >>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Ian Lynch > > >>>>&

Re: Apache OpenOffice Project Twitter Account

2012-04-19 Thread Ian Lynch
On 19 April 2012 11:34, Alexandro Colorado wrote: >>> What is your concern here? > >> > >> Rob contacted me on the matter, and I reply back into the thread and > >> now he said that nobody replied and refer to his decisions as we, when > >> he is the one alone making how things are shaping. > > >

Uk gov open standards consultation and odf

2012-03-30 Thread Ian Lynch
It seems Microsoft is lobbying the UK Cabinet office for OOXML in place of odf http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2012/03/microsoft-redeploys-ooxml-in-o.html Anyone that has a point of view can respond to the consultation at http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/how

Re: Fwd: Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On 29 March 2012 14:08, Shane Curcuru wrote: > Thanks Pedro for explaining the non-profit angle. The ASF does not offer > any such certificates currently - it's hard to see how they work with our > primary mission (of the ASF overall), which is providing software for the > public good. > > There

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On 29 March 2012 05:51, Kevin Grignon wrote: > Given the risk in a formal certification program, Why would there be risk - well any more risk than doing anything else? Not for profit is easy. Do it through ASDAN, (for example) a registered charity in the UK and regulated by the national govern

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread Ian Lynch
On 28 March 2012 02:38, Kevin Grignon wrote: > Many great thoughts here. > > In addition to supporting the open source movement, perhaps we could > market participation as a way to learn and develop skills. > Maybe a certificate for AOO development professional? Work out the key skills needed to

Re: Off topic

2011-12-18 Thread Ian Lynch
On 18 December 2011 15:42, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > > On 18 December 2011 14:57, Rob Weir wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Graham Lauder > >> wrote: > >> > On Friday 16 Dec 2011 12:0

Re: Off topic

2011-12-18 Thread Ian Lynch
On 18 December 2011 14:57, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Graham Lauder > wrote: > > On Friday 16 Dec 2011 12:03:53 Rob Weir wrote: > > > In other words you think my views are heretical. No, they are a political perspective dressed up as if rational. Of course, that doesn

Re: Off topic

2011-12-15 Thread Ian Lynch
On 15 December 2011 23:03, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Graham Lauder > wrote: > > > > > The evidence actually reveals the complete opposite. A vast vibrant > community > > with all the tension and foibles that brings with it, that produced, > marketed > > and distribute

Re: Off topic

2011-12-13 Thread Ian Lynch
one, not rules and regulations. > > Ross > > On 13 December 2011 09:40, Ian Lynch wrote: > > On 12 December 2011 23:44, Louis Suárez-Potts >wrote: > > > >> HI, > >> > >> > >> On 12 December 2011 18:24, Ross Gardler > >> wro

Re: Off topic

2011-12-13 Thread Ian Lynch
On 12 December 2011 23:44, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: > HI, > > > On 12 December 2011 18:24, Ross Gardler > wrote: > > forum for > >> ecosystem activity. > >> > >> Q: Would Apache be the site for that? > > > > That all depends on what you mean by "ecosystem activity". Apache > > exists to produce

Off topic

2011-12-12 Thread Ian Lynch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvqxjZr79eE Coursework submitted for the Gold INGOT certificate by a 15 year old competent in the use of Blender. Ok, its off topic but I thought it might be an interesting change :-) -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org

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