Hello TDF founders and SC, :-) I'm writing to you as a community member and end user of LibO.
TDF announced its founding on September 28, 2010. It is now November 13, and I must admit that I'm rather worried about the lack of visible progress that has been made in organization. I'm unaware of what's happening behind the scenes, but the Foundation still seems to be in limbo. As a result, the organization of work in various areas is suffering or even simply not possible. Fortunately, the code developers are continuing their work, and are making great progress. I'd like to say big thanks to Caolán McNamara and all the devs for that. But, seen from the outside, and from the viewpoint of someone who wants to contribute work to LibO, the Foundation *appears* to be floundering around like a headless chicken. IMVHO, a great deal of the initial momentum and goodwill of which the Foundation could have taken advantage is wasting away. Recently, there has been very little communication from you. I think this post I'm writing is actually the first on the steering committee discussions list. 1) Could you please give us an update about the situation? 2) When will appointments be made to key roles in the organization chart? 3) What have you decided about TDF membership rules? I'm sorry to be saying this, but the lack of visible governance by TDF is having repercussions right down the line... David Nelson -- E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/steering-discuss/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
