Florian Effenberger <flo...@openoffice.org> wrote on 09/05/2010 10:49:32 AM:
> > First, I'm sorry for the short notice. In fact, as Charles said, it was > indeed a short notice and idea for all of us, and I would have loved to > involve the community much more at the beginning. > > Honestly, two hearts have been in my breast - not announcing a next > OOoCon venue could have been a bad sign as well, but announcing it > without the community being involved first was also bad. We had to > decide quickly, and ended up with announcing. No matter what we had > chosen, someone would disagree. > > Believe me that behind the scenes we have been working hard on finding a > great location for 2011, but even with writing to all previous > applicants, and approaching several possible organizers ourselves, there > has been just *ONE* valid proposal, and that has been Paris. So, in the > end, we would have come up with this nontheless, without voting, as > there had been nothing to vote on. Skipping OOoCon for 2011 would be > even worse, and I guess you all agree to that. > > I agree that missing community vote is not a good choice, and it should > stay an exception. However, as said, we had to decide quickly, and there > had been no other valid proposal except Paris. Is this "valid proposal" posted someplace? It would be good to have it posted, even as an example of the kind of proposal we want to encourage in future years. I know that in past years, all proposals were posted before the community voted, the good ones and the not-so-good ones. Regards, -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@marketing.openoffice.org
