> On 04 Sep 15, at 16:05, Roberto Galoppini <roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2015-09-04 19:39 GMT+02:00 Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com>: > >> Comments inline; Roberto, feel free… >> >> > > Actually I didn't go since the Orvieto Plugfest, that is almost 10 years > ago. Anyway, I believe we missed the opportunity to come up with something > valuable and interesting for the agenda, unless someone has a different > idea. If I would have gone I would have joined the technical sessions, but > again our understanding of how AOO is or is not compliant with the finally > approved ODF 1.2 is little at best. >
Interesting; I had the impression you’d gone to the most recent. Then, it would seem the case Rob and I have gone to more, as I’ve attended most of them, though not since 2012 Brussels. > To all this we should add the concerns and questions rightfully raised by > Dennis, here and on the other thread. Y. > > I would favor us to get a hold of where are we in respect of such a > standard, and plan to join the next Plugfest. I would go further and suggest we shape the content of our future. Not spectate. > > My two cents. I raise you a loony. (Loony: the Canadian dollar but probably less than that, given the plunging value of "money"; also a bird and useful adjective indicating craziness.) > > Roberto > > >> >> best >> louis >> >> >> >>> >>> - Dennis >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Louis Suárez-Potts [mailto:lui...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 07:27 >>> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: [DISCUSSION] ODF Plugfest, September 2015 >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> [ ... ] >>> >>> >>> >>> Status, then, is: >>> >>> * We need to update the English flyer that OpenDocs Society has created. >> Roberto (or DH) seem to think this is a PMC-level decision. Be that as it >> may, I think it’s in our interest as ODF implementers to do it. >>> >>> * We are agreed that it would be good to have an AOO representative at >> the upcoming ODF Plugfest. "Upcoming" is an understatement; it’s nearly >> imminent, 15& 16 September of this year. >>> >>> * Roberto cannot go. Andrea cannot go. Dennis (whose has invested a lot >> of time into ODF matters) cannot go. I may be able to go but would need to >> have my travel taken care of by our bursary. As I live in Toronto, it’s >> bound to be more expensive than someone coming from Europe. >>> >>> - Rob would also be a choice, as he used to lead, and may still, the >> Oasis TC, where ODF matters are decided (or not…). Rob? Rob would also >> encounter the same Atlantic as I, and as he is with a large company, there >> may be issues with him accepting AOO funds. (There were such issues when I >> was with large corporations.) >>> >>> Why is this event important? The UK government back in 2014 announced >> its ODF desires for a large swath of public documents. Other governmental >> entities in other parts of continental Europe, have been hedging towards >> ODF or at least away from 20th-century style desktop/intranet installations >> and toward what could be a future (or just a lousy investment). This ODF >> plugfest has several of the governmental practitioners presenting or >> attending. >>> >>> Our concern is that they look to AOO and see…. nada. An absence the >> would confirm what the tech journos love writing about us, that we’re dead, >> dying, and worse, stifle the living communities. >>> >>> >>> I don’t think those representations are justified at all, and I would >> hate for them to be given the semblance of truth by our absence >>> >>> But this is not the only Plugfest that will happen nor is it the first >> that has taken place since the UK gov’t’s announcement. The world will not >> come to an end because we do not show. But it would be better if we did. >>> >>> Finally, if we do need to take a PMC vote on updating the English flyer, >> then let’s get that going. Personally, I’d just think that if someone wants >> to tackle it, please, go ahead and drag in whomever else you want and is >> willing to help out. Why do we need to add yet more bureaucracy to this? >>> >>> Because to print out a lot of the flyers and make them look glossy and >> cool, that takes money, which we can spend, but only after the PMC has >> voted on doing so. Hence the PMC vote. >>> >>> -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 >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
