2015-09-04 5:06 GMT+02:00 Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com>: > Hi all, > Comments inline. > > > > On 03 Sep 15, at 16:24, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > As we discussed some weeks ago, the next ODF Plugfest will be held in > The Hague, Netherlands, mid-September: > > http://plugfest.opendocumentformat.org/2015-thehague/programme/ > > > > There are three issues that require attention in a very short time. > Deadline is 8 September when not otherwise specified. > > > > 1) Is anyone going in the end? We discussed this at length. I've never > considered going since it overlaps with another event I'm scheduled to > attend. Dennis and Roberto were both mentioned (and Dennis later clarified > he is busy in the US). Of course if someone goes we can still discuss to > allocate a budget from our events fund. >
When I made plans to go I didn't know about much about my calendar of business meetings. As of now I can't commit to that trip, unfortunately. > > The event somewhat overlaps with a personal engagement but that may be > negotiable. It depends on how much subsidy we have to support this very > late trip—of mine, I mean. I’d be coming from Toronto, Canada. A quick > price check via Orbitz reveals that for a flight via the dodgy Air Transat > the cost (R/T) would be about 740 USD. Include an Airbnb room—don’t know > how much that would be but probably not that much, though still, for three > days, at leasts 150 USD, and probably more. (I’m guessing the Hague is > costly.) Besides Air Transat, the average price for airfare to AMS is about > 1300 USD; to the Hague (Rotterdam) 500 USD more or so. I’m guessing a train > trip from AMS is cheaper. > > I’ve been to several of these events, including, I think, the initiating > one. I know ODF fairly well, was on the Oasis TCs, etc. (I quit them a > couple of years ago.) The drawback for me going is I’m not developing ODF > or for ODF and though I can certainly represent AOO’s continued interest in > furthering usage of ODF, not to mention other Apache projects’ ODF work, to > some extent I’ll be mostly competent at relaying speech. > I agree, and I think it would be important to give a speech about our concerns around office formats' interoperability. I believe we can still ask Michiel or Basil to accommodate a similar ask. > > > > > > 2) I was contacted (for no special reason; I've never attended a > Plugfest) by Basil Cousins of Openforum Europe, who gave me permission to > forward his request here, about updating a leaflet for the next ODF > Plugfest. The 2014 version is here: > > > http://openforumeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/OFE-COIS-DFD-ODF-Open-Document-Principles-for-Government-Technology-March-2015.pdf > > and there is also an infographic available at > http://www.openforumeurope.org/library/odf-toolkit-2/ > > Can you please suggest content updates to this leaflet? Basil in is CC. > We can discuss updates on this list and then one of us, ideally someone who > attends the event, can send the final comments to Basil. The part needing > more attention is the Applications Choices section on page 5. > > I can look at it, too. But others, here, can surely weigh in. I think we > have talent to enhance this, no? > > > > > 3) For this leaflet they also ask for a contribution for printing. One > can support printing the English version (addressed to UK government), the > Dutch version (addressed to Dutch government) or both. The contribution is > 100 GBP (so about 135 EUR or 150 USD) for each edition. If you feel it > would be useful, I assume that the fund for events and merchandising could > be used to support this. Please state if you propose that we allocate > budget and, in case it's a yes, if you'd rather contribute to the English > version or both versions. > > I think it would be money well spent. > Agree for the English version, as far as we can also enrich its content, though. Roberto > Note. This ODF Plugfest brings together some rather important players form > the UK, which is supposedly tending toward it. Independent of any > particular implementation’s concerns or desires, it is, as Roberto G. > pointed out, important that there be *real* solid interest in working with > the government to satisfy their mandate. > > > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > -best > louis > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
