I am gratified by the endorsements made to me on this thread. I accept nomination for recommendation as the next Chair for Apache OpenOffice.
Jan's August 16 milestone should give us time to identify other's willing to serve as Chair and address any questions that the AOO community may have for all of us. Having served on the PMC since Valentine Day 2015, I thought it would be useful to update the statement that I provided on January 25. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHAIR My promise, if selected, is to faithfully deliver on the responsibilities of a PMC Chair as specified at <http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair>. I understand that the Chair is not an executive in any form, and that, apart from the accountability to the Board and facilitation of deliberations, the Chair serves as an ordinary member of the PMC. APPROACH TO APACHE OPEN OFFICE My promise is to serve as an effective member of the PMC with particular attention to PMC responsibilities to the Foundation and also to the cultivation of a sustainable, thriving project. This will also require a clear-eyed assessment of what our capabilities and capacity for development are and what the feasible opportunities are. I returned to AOO (and Corinthia) last year because of some ideas I had for furthering the interoperability among ODF-support products of all kinds. I have dabbled with the code but it is clear to me that the learning curve is too steep for me at this stage of my life. I will focus on those activities that I am already equipped to perform, including improvement of interoperability testing and test materials. I am also interested in QA and how user support can be broadened with materials brought current and highly-available. That will be more than enough for me to tackle by way of personal contribution over the next year or so. - Dennis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
