On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:27:04 -0400 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> As we perform the final preparations to release Apache OpenOffice > >> 3.4.1 it is a good time to look ahead to the future. A big > >> opportunity is OpenOffice 4.0. That once seemed so very far away, but > >> 2013 is getting closer every day. Will it be a large collection of > >> small ideas? Will it have a major overarching theme? Or will it just > >> be whatever random stuff we happen to have on a given date when we > >> release 4.0? The answer, of course, depends on what we, as project > >> members/volunteers decide to do. It is a good time now, as a > >> background activity, to poll the community and wider ecosystem on > >> ideas for Apache OpenOffice 4.0. > >> > >> To participate, go to this page on Google Moderator, where you can > >> help us gather and rate ideas: > >> https://www.google.com/moderator/#16/e=2011d5 > >> > >> A few project members have already "seeded" this with some initial > >> ideas. Of course, you are encouraged to add your own ideas, as well as > >> rate the ideas of others. Try not to censor yourself from thinking > >> outside-of-the-box. We need big ideas as well as incremental ones. > >> > >> We don't have a close date on this brainstorming activity, but it is > >> good to get your ideas in early, so there is an opportunity for others > >> to rate and comment on it. > >> > > > > This brainstorming has been ongoing for 3 weeks now. So far, so good. > > The latest stats are: > > > > 533 people have submitted 456 ideas and cast 6,491 votes > > > > Today, a week later: 633 users - 527 ideas - 7,607 votes > > So we are still getting a good amount of feedback. I added a mention > of this brainstorming on the www.openoffice.org website header. That > should give this even more visibility. > > I've heard from some that it would be good to get to a point where we > can take a "snapshot" of the feedback received, and process that, to > help set priorities for AOO 4.0. > > Would it make sense to do that in another week, say on October 1st? We should close feedback nominaly at end of September. > > At that point we can: > > 1) Put a "thank you" note on the Google Moderator page and stop > accepting new suggestions. Point the users to the ooo-users or > ooo-dev mailing list instead, > > 2) Export the ideas and scores received so far to a CSV file and > archive that someplace. This is probably the first step in the analysis of the feedback; many of the suggestions will amalgamate under more general headings, for example, suggestions for better doc/docx support will most probably amalgamate with suggestions for better MS format support. > > 3) Discuss the results received > > 4) Maybe a blog post to highlight the brainstorming activity and the > results received? > > Any other ideas? After the analysis process perhaps list the top ten on the Google Moderator site, without committment that they will be progressed into AOO 4.0 > > I don't need to own any of this, but since I started it I'm willing to > finish it. But if anyone else wants to take a lead on this, please > volunteer. > > Regards, > > -Rob > > > If you have not reviewed the new ideas recently, it would be worth > > taking another look. It is good that all ideas are rated, not just > > the ones that came in early. > > > > Maybe let it run to the end of September and then we can snapshot it > > and start analyzing the results? Or mid October? It would be good to > > wrap this up in advance of ApacheCon, so we can discuss further there. > > > > Regards, > > > > -Rob > > > > > >> Regards, > >> > >> -Rob > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie>
