On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> wrote: > My apologies if this proposal is out of place on either list, but I think > it's worth thinking about early. Obviously I speak for neither Apache nor > TDF but I have a deep concern for OpenOffice.org and am very keen to see the > community healed. > > Given that: > * both LibreOffice (October, Paris) and Apache (November, Vancouver) have > conferences in the second half of the year, > * between them cover both Europe and North America, > * plenty of people will be travelling anyway to attend them, > * it's much easier to co-operate with people you've met > > I would like to suggest to both TDF and Apache that they host an > "OpenOffice.org Unity Summit" (or some less cheesy name if you prefer!) at > both conferences, inviting everyone associated in any way with the overall > OpenOffice.org community (open source projects like LibreOffice or the > proposed Apache project, their direct downstreams like NeoOffice, their > commercial derivatives like Symphony) to attend, preferably without charge.
I'm interested. > The event would need a neutral Chair/Organiser and a suitably egalitarian > agenda, naturally. Is this worth exploring? Sounds like a rat-hole. I'd suggest that each chair a meeting at their respective venue. Or vice versa. > S. - Sam Ruby --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
