Guys, I am sure that a discussion in "neutral territory" can still mean a very transparent and productive conversation too.
Louis, Which forum did you have in mind? Gian On Wed 25/05/11 16:55 , Louis Suarez-Potts lsuarezpo...@gmail.com sent: > 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-unsubscribe@marketing.openoffice.orgFor > additional commands send email to sympa@marketing.openoffice.orgwith 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
