If you want to discuss with the oooforum owner, then just do it. Before creating
the http://user.services.openoffice.org forum, there have been discussions during
several months to avoid creating a new forum and splitting the effort; see also
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=249 . The
creation of the new forum is then a consequence of a dead end. Note that I don't
recall Clayton being admin of oooforum at all.
Why should they add "non official"? What prevents them to label it "The
OpenOffice.org forum"? During years, it has been indeed the main resource.
Hagar
Le dim. 20 nov. 2011 08:45:16 CET, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> a écrit :
On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts
<lsuarezpo...@gmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
Let's take this then as an opportunity? Clayton C used to be the admin
for the forums (oooforums) but with Oracle's departure—he was with
Oracle and still may be—there was, to put it mildly, a hitch.
I certainly see an opportunity here. This is one example of somethng
I see in many other parts of the project: We'll all be far more
successful if we but aside ancient grudges and divisions and try to
work together at Apache. We need to acknowledge that the past is past
and we have a new opportunity now to grow a community that is more
diverse and more open than ever before.
The OO forums are immensely important. They are mainly for users but
not only, though that's clearly their primary user base. They are
furthermore pretty much user-initiated, and thus arguably could be
administered by capable community members.
Was the infrastructure also ported over to Apache? Or will it be?
I don't see the benefits of having two different forum installations
at Apache. But is there anyway we could combine efforts toward a
single forum at Apache?
I think we could argue that a combined effort would:
1) Attract more users
2) Attract more volunteers to answer questions
3) Attract more moderators and admins to ensure the quality of the
user experience
4) Would grow a larger infobase of questions and answers
5) Would eliminate redundant effort
If it will be, and if we want to continue with it, I can ask if
Clayton would help with the transition, and even maintenance. It's
possible he may be interested in working with some others.
It would be worth having a conversation about how he sees the world,
and whether he thinks it is worth while to explore the possibilities.
What we need here, and I would like to issue a call for this to the
logical lists and other public fora ("twitter" comes to mind), is a
list (and list of lists) of things that are needed, wanted, and
actionable.
Maybe start with just opening the conversation, to see whether he is
receptive to further discussions. If we work it too much on our side
first, that may be seen as us dictating terms. But if we start with,
"We'd like to chat about the current situation with two forums and how
we might best improve things for the benefit our our mutual users",
this might be more attractive.
-Rob
Right now, lots needs doing but those who can do don't know they can
do it, or for that matter where, and using what tools. Not all of
those able and inclined read these lists.
-louis
