Hi. 2012/5/9 Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com>
> I'm not by any stretch the community manager of this new project, AOO, > but am like many of you on this list part of it, a member. And as we are > shouting out and offering praise, I'd like to thank the community and > the Apache group for what has been accomplished. > > The reviews keep pouring in. Do a simple Google search and you'll see > what I mean. And they have been trending positive, at least as of last > night, -0500 UTC. > > The first year is always the hardest, as we have to find our roles and > discover the ways to collaborate with the others--and also to learn what > has to be done in all regards, from infrastructure, code, governance, > and identity. > > For me, it was an odd and sometimes difficult year, as I discovered how > much I'd invested--emotionally, intellectually, socially--in OpenOffice. > That it has come out so well and that the product I use every day (and > which never crashes on me) is showing itself renewed, refreshed is > terrific. But even better is that the collaborators working on it have > formed and are forming a real community, one whose governance is open > and transparent, one in which evident merit marked by doing is the true > measure and one in which everyone is eligible to show their merits. > > Thanks then not only to Andrew R. and the mentors, but to those who make > up the actuality of the Apache way by doing. > ++1 AOO project brings me great satisfaction, a project the enhances the person, and I see good and excelent future! We are together! :) Best, Albino
