There are many good reasons to have any discussion as proposed by the TDF—Florian and Sophie—on a neutral ground. I've mentioned the compelling ones.
And I also think we need to proceed very carefully here. Not only for "community" reasons but also because a lot is at stake beyond our narrow concerns. Louis On 2011-05-25, at 10:29 , Sophie wrote: > Hi Florian, all, > On 25/05/2011 17:00, Florian Effenberger wrote: >> Hi Louis, >> >> Louis Suarez-Potts wrote on 2011-05-25 14.33: >>> Thanks, Florian for the long message :-) >>> But, can I request that we have such advocations (not sure that's a >>> word) presented in a more neutral space? My reasoning, besides the >>> obvious, that this is OOo-land, has to do with simply having a >>> suitable forum for what is likely to be a protracted and contentious >>> discussion, and that sort of thing calls out for neutrality. >>> >>> I also tend to think that having focused and if possible in-person >>> meetings is immensely helpful. >> >> as the topic was raised on this public mailing list, and as it concerns >> the OpenOffice.org Community, I thought it is indeed the right approach >> to reply publically to the discussion. >> >> The question I raised was not rhetorical. I don't want to say "take TDF >> as is", but I am open to feedback and criticism. If there is anything >> that needs to be changed or improved, any criticism that is justified, I >> definitely will not ignore it, but rather try to work on it and improve >> things. However, I will also take position to criticism that from my >> point of view is simply not justified, and I think, that combination is >> a good basis for a discussion. >> >> So, again, my question to all of the OpenOffice.org community: Is there >> any particular reason on why working together, jointly, united, is not >> possible? Is there any justified reason on why working under the >> umbrella of a different foundation, or even setting up another >> foundation in parallel, makes sense? >> >> I am open to discussion on any channel -- and although I think that the >> OpenOffice.org mailing lists are indeed the right channel to discuss the >> future of the OpenOffice.org community, I am happy to discuss on any >> other channel. Needless to say, I prefer openness and transparency, >> whereever possible. > > And of course, I'll support you in this discussion and completely second your > point of view and your position here. In the same way, I would be happy to > discuss further with the OpenOffice.org community what can be the best done > to join both. > >> >> Face to face meetings are of course an option, but it will exclude those >> who cannot participate, so why not initiate the discussion on the list >> here as I did? > > +1 > > Kind regards > Sophie > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org > For additional commands send email to sy...@marketing.openoffice.org > with Subject: help -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to dev-unsubscr...@marketing.openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@marketing.openoffice.org with Subject: help
