On Thursday, February 11, 2016 10:17:03 Sebastian Kügler wrote: > On Wednesday, February 10, 2016 09:42:31 PM Alexander Neundorf wrote: > > > > Also, what do you think about the relation between vision and mission > > > > ? > > > > > > When I joined the "vision team", my original proposal was to only define > > > a > > > mission, because I felt that visions make more sense for products than > > > for > > > communities. > > > However, Lydia convinced me that having a common vision for the future > > > to > > > work towards can have more positive effect on a sense of purpose and > > > motivation than only defining a strategy, so I agreed to define a vision > > > first and then derive the mission from that. > > > > That's just Lydias opinion. > > No need for this, not even if you think it's funny. For the record, it's > *not* just Lydia's opinion, so don't try to give that impression.
sorry, I didn't choose good words to express what I wanted to say. > > No, seriously, in the last weeks several people contacted me in private > > email and expressed that they are not exactly happy, some even seriously > > frustrated with the strong emphasis on non-technical topics in KDE in the > > last few years, and they would prefer to get some more emphasis on > > technology and products back. > > You know, same here: People express concerns about people who want to steer > KDE into a self-fullfilling, narrow-minded playground project. are you saying that the people who would prefer some more technical direction are wrong, they want the wrong thing, what you call "self-fulfilling, narrow- minded playground project" ? Can we please assume that everybody who is in KDE wants it succeed, and consider their opinions seriously ? I'm sure nobody here wants to harm KDE. > You know what I tell them: Please take part in the open discussions about > that -- that is why we're having these discussions. > > In a do-ocracy such as KDE, you take part and are able to influence > direction, or you stand at the sidelines and watch, but you don't stand at > the sidelines and watch and dictate through backdoor politics. This is what I actually wanted to point out. The decision, that we need a "community vision", and not a "product vision" was made by the inclusive-draft team, consisting at that time of 5 people in private discussion, and then presented as only choice to the community. I want to offer the community an alternative, so the community can actually decide, and not just approve the only option. Alex _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community