What is the meaning of this 2010/2/28 Bruce Martin <brucemarti...@gmail.com>
> Dear Mr. Potts: > > > > It is with regret that I cannot help here, much as I would have been proud > to. > > > > First, I don't know enough people in the overall group to make any kind of > informed decision for such important positions. > > > > Second, my personal situation already has too many other problems and > instabilities in it to feel I could do that kind of responsibility adequate > justice. > > > > >From time to time, I do what very little I can, but I cannot make any > specific commitments to anyone. > > > > I was trained as an electronic technician in the 1960's and have a wide and > varied technical background in electronics, electricity, industrial process > control as well as PC hardware and software. I would say about 95% of what > I > know has been independently self-taught, not from a lot of formal > education. > > > > I do not have a university degree. Most of my formal education has been at > the equivalent of community colleges.) > > > > Unfortunately, this ability was always vastly under-recognised because I > suffered from a history of bad parenting, but I can find nobody who knows > of > anyone who has done the same with that area of life, having come from such > a > bad beginning. > > > > Notwithstanding having made the best I could of a bad situation over most > of > a lifetime, this has had very negative financial and other consequences, > and > has had much less than ideal true general supportiveness form society in > general, hence the current unstable and limited situation. > > > > At age 65, no usual employer is interested and age discrimination laws > simply aren't effective enough to bother with. > > > > Nonetheless, I continue to follow this with what time I can, and informally > spread the word for Oo in 3 languages (English, French and some Spanish). > > > > If and when better opportunities come my way, I will then be able to make > the all-round best I can at the time, notwithstanding a strong personal > moral code which must take priority, yet expressly avoids dogmatic elements > and seeks to make the best of all religions and cultures, in the suburbs of > a city which for many decades has never had a language or cultural > majority. > > > > I often tell people, "If you live in Montreal, you don't have to spend > money > getting on an airplane, the whole world is on our doorsteps, 50 or more > languages in a day!" > > > > Naturally Oo fits this environment ideally! > > > > Recently we have seen some less than desirable messages on [discuss] due to > posters looking for free support, and others unhappy with some of those > posters less than polite postings. Along with these you will find a few of > my remarks on the subject. > > > > I hope you can find some ideas to help us all that we can brainstorm. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Bruce Martin. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: louis.suarez-po...@sun.com [mailto:louis.suarez-po...@sun.com] > Sent: February 27, 2010 11:32 AM > To: d...@native-lang.openoffice.org; discuss@openoffice.org; > d...@l10n.openoffice.org; project_le...@openoffice.org > Cc: “council“; Drew Jensen; Sophie Gautier > Subject: [discuss] Call for Nominations for Community Council Seats > > > > All, > > > > On behalf of the Community Council, I would like to announce the new round > of elections for the Council and start the process by asking the > OpenOffice.org Community members to nominate those they think would best > contribute both to the Council and to OpenOffice.org. You may nominate > yourself. > > > > Consider doing that. Or nominate someone you think has been particularly > valuable for the project; he or she need not be a developer! This cycle, > like the first one last year, is important. OpenOffice.org is ten this year > and the eyes of the world are looking upon us with eagerness to see how we > work with business, government, education, and individuals. Your voice, > your > input, your experience is needed to take OOo into its next decade. > > > > The rules for the process are detailed in a wiki on the subject.[0] I won't > bore you by repeating them here; please visit the wiki page. > > > > Several categories of OpenOffice.org contributors make up the Council, for > a > total of ten persons. Those categories cover the breadth of OpenOffice.org > and are detailed below. All but one, the permanent Sun/Oracle > representative, are elected by community vote as stipulated in the Election > Process Proposal. That seat is held by Stefan Taxhet. The terms of Pavel > Janík, Martin Hollmichel and John McCreesh have reached their end and their > seats are up for election. On behalf of all, I'd like to thank them for > their long and immensely productive contributions to the Council! > > > > The seats open for election include a Native Language Confederation > Representative (the seat now held by Pavel), a Code Contributor > Representative (Martin) and Product Development Representative (John). > Community members only vote for those who will represent the constituency: > developers vote for the developer seat, product development for that seat, > and so on. You will receive an email informing you of your constituency; > this is based on your role in the Project. > > > > > > Details about the nomination: > > ================== > > > > The nomination process is normally allotted one week dated from this post; > however, the last time we went through this, last year, we were asked to > give more time for nominations, and so this time around, we are allowing > two > weeks for nominations commencing 1 March and ending 15 March at 24:00 UTC. > We will be using tried and true technology for the actual voting: the > Survey > machine, and only Community Members will be allowed to vote. Results will > be > posted in accordance with the published Election Process Proposal and a > copy > of this message will also be posted to the wiki at > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Items/call_for_no > minations_201003.[1] A commissary will help coordinate the election > process, and I'll serve in that role. The observers will be Sophie Gautier > and Drew Jensen, as with last year's election. > > > > This announcement will be posted to the relevant public lists, as detailed > in the Election Process wiki:d...@openoffice.org<wiki%3a...@openoffice.org> > , > d...@native_lang.openoffice.org, discuss@openoffice.org as well as > d...@l10n.openoffice.org and project_le...@openoffice.org. > > > > Again, consider nominating yourself or someone equally interesting. We need > energetic contributors who understand the Project and have a sense of its > dynamic and potential. The world is changing--we know that-- and to make > sure it changes for the better, join us on the Council. > > > > Louis > > > > [0] > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Items/Election_Pr > ocess_Proposal > > [1] > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Items/call_for_no > minations_201003 > > > > > > -- > > Louis Suarez-Potts, PhD > > Community Manager > > OpenOffice.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: discuss-unsubscr...@openoffice.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: discuss-h...@openoffice.org > > > >
