Re: [board-discuss] WollMux adoption proposal for The Document Foundation
On 02.01.2023 12:08, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Hi Marina, all, marina latini wrote: The WollMux repos are now under the LibreOffice GitHub organisation that, to my understanding, should be just a read only mirror from our git instance hosting the LibreOffice source code. That place was picked on purpose, since (in contrast to e.g. the ODF toolkit), WollMux is exclusively meant for LibreOffice. You'll also find other repos there, with equally strong ties to the main code base (impress_remote, loeclipse, noa-libre, the barcode extension, and the DLP libraries). ...indeed, the LibreOffice organisation is a mix of read-only and push allowed repos. I got fooled by the main description: "Read Only Mirror fo Libreoffice-related git repos (see url for code submission)" and I didn't noticed that only some repos are read-only. I'm wondering if the TDF organisation could be a better place for WollMux instead of the LibreOffice one. It's of course not a problem to move the repos further, but - at least to me it appears currently more consistent with the existing layout. No no, it makes sense to keep WollMux under the LibreOffice org, I agree. If you are fine with the current status, can we start to work on WollMux? But, apart from WollMux... I think we could take this opportunity also for a clean-up of repos in https://github.com/tdf. ;) You mentioned the DLP libraries, but libcmis is hosted under the TDF organisation, and, if I'm not mistaken, the libraries from the DLP aren't LibreOffice only but can be reused also elsewhere. Under the TDF organisation there are also other repos that should probably be archived (but we are going semi off-topic now). ;) We could also mention that we have the other LibreOffice organisation and cross link from tdf to LibreOffice too. But...for this clean-up, where we can continue this discussion? this list doesn't look like the right place to me. :) Cheers, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] WollMux adoption proposal for The Document Foundation
Hello Thorsten, hi all, Thanks for taking care of those changes. I have a doubt that I would like to clarify before starting to have contributors pushing changes to this new place. The WollMux repos are now under the LibreOffice GitHub organisation that, to my understanding, should be just a read only mirror from our git instance hosting the LibreOffice source code. We also have a different organisation (https://github.com/tdf) where we moved in the past the ODFtoolkit. The same place is also hosting other tools and collateral repos like the LibreOffice metadata. I'm wondering if the TDF organisation could be a better place for WollMux instead of the LibreOffice one. Looking forward to hearing from you, Marina Sent from Nine
Re: [board-discuss] WollMux adoption proposal for The Document Foundation
On 05.12.2022 08:10, Samuel Mehrbrodt wrote: Hi, Hi Samuel, nice to read you :) To clarify - my expectation is, once the project would be at TDF's, that future PRs would be done in English (as the most inclusive way). All current PRs against master are in English already. There are a few German ones left which are against the 18.2 branch which is still maintained by LHM. Over time, these should be merged or closed. Sure, any contributor can port those PRs against master, and then they should be filed in English of course. Thanks for the clarification :) And, just to spell it out, I have nothing against German, it's just that having PRs and issues in English could increase that chance to involve more contributors. But for sure, I don't want to add extra work for the maintainers just for having things translated from German to English ;) But yeah, my preference would be switching also the existing ones to English (Samuel or Björn, what's your take here?). Yes, these should be converted to master (after checking they are still valid). yes, some help in closing invalid issues will be extremely valuable. I think it does make sense to either use the Cloud version of SonarQube (as we do with Coverity), or host it ourselves (up to Infra team to decide). Might add value to other TDF java projects as well (Java parts of LibreOffice, LOEclipse, etc). yep, from my experience, sonarcloud seems to be good too. P.S: @Thorsten, I saw that some of the feedback we shared in this discussion are now listed as new GitHub issues. Thanks for that. :) Happy hacking and have a lot of fun, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1
Hello Cor, hi all, during the last board call on Monday, I unsuccessfully tried to get clarifications about this new "proposal" for hiring in-house developers. I'm still struggling to understand why there was the need to trash 9 months of work for presenting a new text that sounds more like just the "abstract" of the previous document with some changes that are even bringing more controversial problems on the table (like for example how many positions will be opened for hiring the in-house developers - one, two, many). In parallel with this, I'm still not buying the explanation given to the exclusion of one elected board member from the work on this new "proposal". During the call you replied to me in a contradictory way, first saying that Paolo and Kendy have been excluded, than stating that the new "proposal" have been worked on when Kendy was already out of the board...that brings back again to "just Paolo being excluded". I attended the board call, I read the thread here and, also to me, Sophie's questions are valid and still unanswered. This "proposal" is just ignoring all the work done in the last 9 months and it reduces the previous publicly available document to just an analysis of the areas where this potential in-house developers could work on, when and if the ESC will give the permission to work. And, BTW, I agree with the concerns already expressed by others in having this in-house developers reporting to the ESC instead of the ED and from him to the board like all the others. On this particular point I'm also having a sense of déjà vu. I remember the board discussed the very same idea of "special" reporting chain when in the past there was the discussion about the developer mentor. ...and as far as I remember, also at that time the discussion was quite heated and at the end the "special" reporting chain proposal was dropped. So, I'm wondering, why we have again the same non working approach on the discussion table?! For what concerns the legal review of the hiring proposal, I would disagree that there's no need to have a legal review for it. I would like to remind that TDF is based in Germany and that the hiring proposal will need to clearly define the job role, the tasks that the new hire will work on, the expectations for what concerns deliverables, the working hours etc. So, if in the voted proposal parts of those topics are touched, a legal review is needed (and to me, it looks like this). If as you seems to hint, the proposal is just something generic for approving to hire someone and the details of the job offer will be clarified in a separate document, your "proposal" should just mention that the board resolves to hire the in-house developers and that the details of the job offer and the contract will be provided in a separate document reviewed by TDF's legal counsel. The board resolution can't mix up the two things. If the resolution is really intended to cover the "full package", your proposal is actually incomplete and can't be voted on. My two cents, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] WollMux adoption proposal for The Document Foundation
On 23.11.2022 12:12, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Dear community, Hello Thorsten, hello all, as announced during LibOCon, and subsequently discussed in the ESC, here's the formal adoption proposal for the "WollMux" template / form letter / mail merge engine / Java extension, from the City of Munich. Reply-To: board-discuss please, unless there's technical questions to discuss (for those, I copy the developer list). I would like to ask some questions but I'm keeping the dev-list out for not disturbing them. @Thorsten, please, feel free to pull the dev list again in if you think that their feedback is needed too. My memory of WollMux is a bit rusty and I had a look at the source code on GitHub[0]. # Topic: license The license is "EUPL-1.1" but looking at some of the subfolders I found for example also mentions to GNU LGPLv2 [1]. Did the ESC (or anyone else) make an analysis of the source code looking for other licenses mentioned? Could it be possible to make use of the REUSE[2] project started by FSFE? In the potential move under the TDF umbrella, is there any plan to also re-license it following the usual licenses of LibreOffice? # Topic: naming and conventions I'm aware that there's an ongoing translation from German to English. In this translation and renaming, is there any plan/agreement to also look at harmful and exclusionary language[3]? For example, looking at the GitHub project the main branch is called "master". Some comments are also affected by a similar non inclusive writing like for example here [4] where the comment states "the bookmarks aren't deleted and the user is request to confirm, that he wants to create a" and there's the assumption that the user can be only a male. # Topic: pull requests and issues ## pull requests As per today, there are 8 open pull requests[5] and some of them are in German. Is there any plan to translate the content or close the PRs in German and reopen new PRs in English? Some of the existing pull requests use a tag "trac" but I could't find any reference to this naming convention? Is this something private that the mentioned maintainers from 2 organizations will take care of document? Could it be possible to know more about those tags? ## issues As per today, there are 14 open issues[6] and some of them are in German. Like for the case of the pull requests, is there any plan to translate the content or close the issues in German and reopen new issues in English? # Topic: security The security policy[7] seems to be not defined. Which is the agreement here? Are the two mentioned maintainers supposed to take over everything or WollMux will also be covered by the LibreOffice security[8] policy? With that amount of lines of code I suppose the ESC should have a clear view of the status of the project. The jenkinsfile is mentioning the integration with SonarQube[9] for the the security scans, is there any plan to also move the SonarQube setup under the TDF infra? # Topic: localization The proposal mentions the move of the localization to Weblate. There's also an open issue intended for modernizing the localization environment from "one config file" to .po files[10]. Which is the potential timeline for having the localization on Weblate? Is there any ongoing discussion with the L10N team at LibreOffice? Should the L10N community consider also WollMux as a priority project to be translated with high priority like LibreOffice (UI, Help, Guides)? # Topic: support The main WollmMux website[11] has a link to a catalog on JoinUp[12] that describes WollMux as an extension for OpenOffice. Is this just an old catalog description or WollMux is really intended for working with both LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice (and it will need to support both?) On which operating systems WollMux is suppose to be supported? Thanks a lot for your feedback. Happy hacking, Marina [0] https://github.com/WollMux/WollMux [1] https://github.com/WollMux/WollMux/blob/master/bin/text_cat/Copyright [2] https://reuse.software/ [3] https://inclusivenaming.org/ [4] https://github.com/WollMux/WollMux/blob/011270779d9fce4efc195eae66d95c95a64a3cee/core/src/main/java/de/muenchen/allg/itd51/wollmux/slv/events/OnMarkBlock.java#L150 [5] https://github.com/WollMux/WollMux/pulls [6] https://github.com/WollMux/WollMux/issues [7] https://github.com/WollMux/WollMux/security [8] https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/ [9] https://github.com/WollMux/WollMux/blob/011270779d9fce4efc195eae66d95c95a64a3cee/Jenkinsfile [10] https://github.com/WollMux/WollMux/issues/398 [11] https://wollmux.org/ [12] https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/egovernment/solution/wollmux -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/ma
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role as full member of the Board of Directors
Dear Ayhan Yalçınsoy, as per § 7 III of our statutes [1], the deputy that follows next in order of preference will become a full member of the Board of Directors. Based on the last election [2], Ayhan Yalçınsoy is the next elected deputy. I therefore ask you, Ayhan Yalçınsoy, do you want to accept your new role and want to serve in The Document Foundation's Board of Directors as a full member? Please, reply to this message with a "Reply to all". [1] https://www.documentfoundation.org/satzung.pdf (binding version) and https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf (non-binding translation) [2] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/results.php?election_id=14 On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of MC role
I, Marina Latini, elected member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2022. Signed: Marina Latini Ich, Marina Latini, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2022. Unterzeichnet: Marina Latini -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] First Questions To All MC Candidates
On 24.08.2022 17:40, Andreas Mantke wrote: Hello MC Candidates, Hello Andreas, hi all, thanks for sending those questions. Here my first questions to all candidates: - What are the criteria to measure the value of a contribution? - Which are the criteria for a non trivial or obviously insignificant contribution? - Would your rating differ from areas of contribution? Let me try to share my view on this topic. First of all, there are several ways to contribute to our projects and, as a common ground, our statutes provides also some guidance on the areas and on the ways to evaluate if a contribution is meaningful. I think that the Board of Trustees is the heart of TDF, it's the body that will empower the governance (both Membership Committee and Board of Directors) and, at the same time, it's also the body that will have the right to vote and elect the members of TDF's governance. It's not a secret that I consider really important to have a Board of Trustees that can represent all the different voices we have at TDF. For this reason I believe that it's crucial to keep a good balance in it while working at the evaluation of new applications or renewals. With this I don't mean that in some cases the Membership Committee should be stricter or more flexible just for a "quota" reason. In the past term, my first in the Membership Committee, we had cases where it was really trivial to take a decision, in others the evaluation took quite some time, required extra investigations and even extra inquiries, reaching out to the people mentioned as contacts for verification for understanding the kind of contributions. What I also noticed is that in some local communities there's a lot of activity and commitment and that unfortunately there's no visibility at "international level". This is also what I described in my candidacy as the problem to "bridge the gap between the local and international communities". Last year with the community survey and this year with some sessions with the local communities I think that as MC we made good steps in this direction, but the path to walk through is still a long one from my point of view. One of the questions we are asking to every member that asks to renew the membership or to every new applicant is their commitment to contribute to our projects. Commitment and engagement are good metrics to be considered in the evaluations, together with the quality of the contributions. I also think that as Membership Committee we should improve and proactively look at our local communities, searching for new ideas/needs/feedback and new potential contributors that are eligible to became members. Our foundation stands on the idea that contributors are entitled to take decisions. I would like to go a step further trying also to ensure that all the contributors will be aware of how our foundation works and that if they are interested they can also actively join the governance of our project. This is something that needs to be done in parallel with the constant improvements for lowering the entry contributing barrier for empowering all the users that are still not actively contributing but that could be interested in doing so. I also strongly believe that "contributors are not falling from the sky". I think that the direction to look into is to increase and strengthen the cooperation between the existing members of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Directors, the Membership Committee, the TDF team, the Engineering Steering Committee, the Advisory Board and the Certification Committee. This group of people is extremely small if compared with the number of users consuming what is available thanks to LibreOffice or the Document Liberation Project. For this reason we should take care of all the resources we have available, share the workload and maximise the outcome. We are plenty of users out there, now it's time to let them evolve to the "contributor phase" and to listen to and engage with all the local communities that are already doing an amazing work. I hope that this clarifies even more what I would like to focus on in this term if the Board of Trustees will decide to re-elect me. Thanks a lot and happy hacking, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Self nomination for next TDF's Membership Committee: Marina Latini
Dear Community, as some of you already know, I'm not "new at TDF" and at the same time I would like to share more about me and my background. I'm Marina Latini, an Italian living in Germany from 2018. If I should start to describe myself a bit more I could definitely divide my life in three big chapters, the "before OOo and TDF", the "during OOo and TDF" and the "from 2020" time. Before starting to contribute to OOo (and after 2010 to LibreOffice) I was a computer science student, curious to learn every day something new while also starting to move my first steps with the Linux side of technology. I had also other passions and hobbies and, all those activities and new people I met, guided me in the next phase, the one I call the "during OOo and TDF" phase. As it really often can happen, I started to contribute to OpenOffice as Italian translator and in QA. Before as volunteer and later on also with a full time job, those activities brought me to focus completely on LibreOffice. Those were also the days where I worked on migrations and trainings from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, with a particular focus on the Italian public administrations. In those years I had the opportunity to work on several migrations, taking care of the technical bits, the deployments, the trainings and also the communication and marketing parts. I had the opportunity to interact with a lot of users that started to use LibreOffice really often for cutting costs, but also for "more noble causes" like a real commitment to open source. ;) You know that working on migrations to LibreOffice isn't an easy task. There's a lot of work to do, there's the need to explain why those new users should also "do the next step" and start to "give something back to the Project". There's the need to always push for interoperability and at the same time there's the not easy task to explain that LibreOffice isn't "just an Office clone" but that we are the heterogeneous global community that keep everything working while introducing new improvements. In this "during OOo and TDF" phase I had the honour to meet several of you, I co-founded the Italian home of LibreOffice that we called LibreItalia, and I started to look at the Project from different points of view. In this phase I also had the honour to serve TDF as board member for two consecutive terms. In 2020 there's the start of what I call the "from 2020" time. After several years where I was a LibreOffice volunteer and also a paid contributor, I started a new chapter at SUSE. Let me clarify that at SUSE I'm not part of a LibreOffice team, but as "Maintenance Release Coordination Engineer" I also work on the LibreOffice updates that the SUSE customers and the openSUSE community will receive on those systems. The work requires to also solve dependencies issues, build LibreOffice on really old (but still supported systems) and also help with the backport of fixes on those maintained systems. We are also doing bug triage and more testing and several of those bugs are directly reported at the TDF's Bugzilla. With the experience I made over those different phases I described, I think I developed a good understanding of the needs of volunteers and also paid contributors and I would like to help in supporting both the areas and their needs always taking into account TDF's mission and vision. During those years I saw TDF growing and evolving, and I formed the idea that the foundation needs to invest more in growing the Board of Trustee and together with it also involve and grow more members into the governance. In parallel with this I strongly believe that TDF is what it is today thanks to the shared efforts of all its contributors, from volunteers to paid ones. I would really stress the concept that all the contributions are crucial and vital and that everyone who invests spare time and/or paid work on our foundation needs to be included and listened. With this I also mean that TDF, and in particular the Membership Committee, needs to reduce the gap between what I call the "local communities" and the "international project". With the other Membership Committee's members we recently organised some sessions with some local communities and this disconnection between the local communities and the Foundation is unfortunately still too prominent. If you will decide to support my candidacy, I assure you that I'll focus on bridging those two sides of our foundation, trying to also support the local communities with what is needed for contributing to TDF's projects in the most efficient way. All the contributors should have the chance to be listened and the users that are still "only" users should be supported a
Re: [board-discuss] Acceptance of role as full member of the Board of Directors
Dear Gábor, I'm not sure if you missed my previous e-mail [ 0 ] or if the reply wasn't delivered successfully. Could you please reply to my previous message with a "Reply to all" and clarify if you are willing to accept the role of full member of the Board of Directors? Please, don't hesitate to reach out if you have any question. [ 0 ] https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/2022/msg00851.html Thanks a lot for your support and commitment. On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role as full member of the Board of Directors
Dear Gábor Kelemen, as per § 7 III of our statutes [1], the deputy that follows next in order of preference will become a full member of the Board of Directors. Based on the last election [2], Gábor Kelemen is the next elected deputy. I therefore ask you, Gábor Kelemen, do you want to accept your new role and want to serve in The Document Foundation's Board of Directors as a full member? Please, reply to this message with a "Reply to all". [1] https://www.documentfoundation.org/satzung.pdf (binding version) and https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf (non-binding translation) [2] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/results.php?election_id=14 On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] re-discovering the Foundation roots?
On 05.07.2022 14:45, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi, Hello Cor, Uwe Altmann wrote on 05/07/2022 14:30: Am 05.07.22 um 14:18 schrieb sophi: Is this meeting reserved to the board members or the whole community (not only TDF members) is also invited? Basically yes ;-) To be honest: I didn't think of this - both variants have their pros and cons. I see three :) It would definitely be worth I think to have a meeting where not only the Board of Directors but also the Board of Trustees (TDF members) _participates_. And that would need preparations, is my first feeling. Unless I'm missing something, the Board of Trustees includes already all the informally called "members" (AKA Board of Directors + Membership Committee + Members). If your proposal Cor is to allow the participation of the full Board of Trustees and not only the Board of Directors I think it will be also important to consider the possibility to have this workshop in its hybrid version, giving to the whole Board of Trustees a chance to participate (not only in person but also from remote). Then others joining, in the sense of being present more than actively involved, could be considered too. ...this sounds to me that community members not part of the Board of Trustees can't really participate but only "listen" but as I wrote before I'm probably missing the full picture here. My two cents, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] Advisory Board Membership of Rubitech-Astra
On 25.02.2022 21:17, Andreas Mantke wrote: Hi, Andreas, Sophie, all, I think physical integrity, self-determination, freedom of expression are indispensable foundations of the LibreOffice community. And TDF doesn't want to be associated with any member / organization which is connected to violation of this foundations or with the breach of international law, attacks against other countries (e.g. the Ukraine) or war lords. Although TDF makes usually no political statements maybe there need to be an exception in this special case. Thanks for quickly asking TDF's board to take an action on this. I agree that usually TDF doesn't make political statements and this is an exceptional case that deserves a clear position from our foundation. I support this motion too and I hope to see an official reply from our board soon. Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs
On 10.02.2022 17:56, Michael Weghorn wrote: Hi Michael (W.), I absolutely agree with what you wrote. My deepest thank you for being so open-minded! On 10/02/2022 16.31, Italo Vignoli wrote: On 2/10/22 13:36, Michael Weghorn wrote: Of course, in case the main intention were for TDF to provide more business-like services (like an LTS version or creating an impression of "donate a certain amount of money and your pet bug will be fixed"), I see very well how that might interfere significantly with the business model of ecosystem companies. Totally agree. But I don't see the issue, as ESC and BoD members could easily stop any project before it starts, when there is a potential risk of conflict. AFAIK, major development activities are scrutinized by both bodies, as they are ranked in order of importance, suggested, approved and transformed to tenders, or not considered for tendering. I totally agree, extending that process to cover significant tasks that internal developers would work on may be a solution. Development activities which are not considered for tendering, or just ignored, could probably be developed by TDF without creating disruptions (or even discussions). To double-check nobody is "secretly" working on that as well or is planning to do so, discussing/mentioning larger items first certainly won't hurt. (But that doesn't only apply for work done by TDF developers; e.g. the weekly ESC call already has a "What’s cooking" section where that would fit well.) I am rather sure that in 7 million lines of code (plus the open bugs) there are enough challenges for everyone. Definitely! Of course, given my complete lack of understanding of development, is too easy to find a technical angle to disprove what I just wrote, [...] At least from my developer's perspective, I totally agree with what you wrote. Thanks again, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs
On 10.02.2022 17:53, Michael Meeks wrote: Hi Michael, all, It seems reasonable to explore what people should be hired to do - before hiring them =) That has the benefit of working out what skills are needed in the job advert and/or interview process for example. The 'discussion' here - I would not see as blocked, but problematic see later. I don't think the discussion is even at this point. Reading the messages I can only see some board members just questioning every single commas used by the others, fighting in public without even realising that all this drama is only bringing away community members interested to share more ideas and proposals for solving this deadlock we are experiencing. As for no-one listening to users - I spend my life listening to customers & partners & users - and trying to do what they want. Anyone jealous of some big pool of unconstrained money / development power in corporate contributors is mistaken. Nevertheless I still get impassioned complaints of why Collabora did X and not Y from intelligent, articulate, engaged community members. ...and again, it's not always "Collabora vs others" discussion. There's a discussion, not even a concrete proposal on how TDF could contribute more code, there are other opinions shared and an attempt to really act like a community that tries to shape its own projects. Can we stop to reduce every possible discussion to the "ecosystem vs all the others"? We are all part of the same project, many of us were part of it from day 0, some officially, others unofficially, but we were all there. Can we stop to act like kids and try to really cooperate like adults? As for finding new board members on the list to express a view you feel represents you: these long threads packed with trolling and misrepresentation on board-discuss are not a great way to interact I suspect. Why would a new board member want to engage in them while they find their feet ? Lets not be quick to preemptively despair of sensible decision making. This way to act is not only affecting the board members. It has a negative impact on the full community and on all the potential new contributors that are just scared away by all those dramas. These days the we have created rules to exclude people from such decision making - which has the potential to significantly exacerbate conflict and division I feel. ...talking about trolling, I was indeed missing yet another comment against the CoI policy. Cheers, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs
On 10.02.2022 17:44, sophi wrote: Hi Sophie, hi all, And I feel the same. Hiring developers is not the only way forward, it's one of them. We, as members, knows the ecosystem companies have needs and I (for myself) understand perfectly the market pressure. But here, as a member of TDF, we contribute with the ecosystem companies, not for them. I agree. you simply wrote what I was thinking to add. thanks. Their is even no written proposal at the moment, but only a discussion on the pros and cons and what it could bring to the project. But it seems impossible to discuss because the ecosystem companies won't allow it. I'm sorry, I already wrote in a previous thread that TDF has failed to have a balanced position during the pandemic, caring of the charitable part of its duty, I hope we will not continue in that way because, again as a member, this is not how I feel represented. ...and I fully agree again. Cheers, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
Dear Gabriel Masei, let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for having been elected as deputy member of the board. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the board by answering to this message with a "Reply to all". On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini I, Gabriel Masei, elected deputy director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: Gabriel Masei Ich, Gabriel Masei, gewähltes Ersatzmitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2022. Unterzeichnet: Gabriel Masei ==== -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
Dear Ayhan Yalçınsoy, let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for having been elected as deputy member of the board. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the board by answering to this message with a "Reply to all". On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini I, Ayhan Yalçınsoy, elected deputy director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: Ayhan Yalçınsoy Ich, Ayhan Yalçınsoy, gewähltes Ersatzmitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2022. Unterzeichnet: Ayhan Yalçınsoy ==== -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
Dear László Németh, let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for having been elected as member of the board. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the board by answering to this message with a "Reply to all". On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini I, László Németh, elected director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: László Németh Ich, László Németh, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2022. Unterzeichnet: László Németh ==== -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
Dear Gábor Kelemen, let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for having been elected as deputy member of the board. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the board by answering to this message with a "Reply to all". On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini I, Gábor Kelemen, elected deputy director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: Gábor Kelemen Ich, Gábor Kelemen, gewähltes Ersatzmitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2022. Unterzeichnet: Gábor Kelemen ==== -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
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[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
Dear Caolán McNamara, let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for having been elected as member of the board. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the board by answering to this message with a "Reply to all". On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini I, Caolán McNamara, elected director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: Caolán McNamara Ich, Caolán McNamara, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2022. Unterzeichnet: Caolán McNamara ==== -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
Dear Emiliano Vavassori, let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for having been elected as member of the board. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the board by answering to this message with a "Reply to all". On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini I, Emiliano Vavassori, elected director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: Emiliano Vavassori Ich, Emiliano Vavassori, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2022. Unterzeichnet: Emiliano Vavassori ==== -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
Dear Jan Holešovský, let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for having been elected as member of the board. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the board by answering to this message with a "Reply to all". On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini I, Jan Holešovský, elected director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: Jan Holešovský Ich, Jan Holešovský, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2022. Unterzeichnet: Jan Holešovský ==== -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
Dear Paolo Vecchi, let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for having been elected as member of the board. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the board by answering to this message with a "Reply to all". On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini I, Paolo Vecchi, elected director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: Paolo Vecchi Ich, Paolo Vecchi, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2022. Unterzeichnet: Paolo Vecchi ==== -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors
Dear Thorsten Behrens, let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for having been elected as member of the board. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the board by answering to this message with a "Reply to all". On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini I, Thorsten Behrens, elected director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: Thorsten Behrens Ich, Thorsten Behrens, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 18. Februar 2022. Unterzeichnet: Thorsten Behrens ==== -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] FINAL Results of 2021 Elections for next TDF Board of Directors
Dear Members, Dear Community, the MC hereby announces the FINAL results of The Document Foundation's Board of Directors elections 2021. The challenging phase has ended, and the following results are now the final ones. Elected as members of the Board of Directors are, in this preference order: 01. Thorsten Behrens 02. Paolo Vecchi 03. Jan 'Kendy' Holešovský 04. Emiliano Vavassori 05. Caolán McNamara 06. Cor Nouws 07. László Németh Elected as deputies of the Board of Directors are, in this preference order: 08. Gábor Kelemen 09. Ayhan Yalçınsoy 10. Gabriel Masei Many thanks to all the candidates who stood for election and to all the voters, who have demonstrated their engagement in our Foundation. My congratulations to all the elected. By separate mail each one will be invited to accept the new role as Member or Deputy of the Board of Directors. The newly elected Board of Directors will only be in charge beginning from February 18, 2022. On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] PRELIMINARY Results of 2021 Elections for next TDF Board of Directors
Dear Members, with this message, the Membership Committee is confirming that as PRELIMINARY results, elected as member of the Board of Directors, are the following candidates, in this preference order: Full members: 01. Thorsten Behrens 02. Paolo Vecchi 03. Jan 'Kendy' Holešovský 04. Emiliano Vavassori 05. Caolán McNamara 06. Cor Nouws 07. László Németh Deputies: 08. Gábor Kelemen 09. Ayhan Yalçınsoy 10. Gabriel Masei Before these results can be final, we have the challenging phase from Wednesday, 2021-12-15, 00:00 CET/UTC+1 (beginning of day 15) until Monday, 2021-12-20, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 20). As member you are invited to check your votes as explained after the voting, and with the anonymous token given at that time. It's only you who have that token. The results to verify, for all members who voted, are here https://elections.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=14 In case you think there is any irregularity or if there are other questions, please contact the Membership Committee AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, and in any case no later than Monday, 2021-12-20, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 20), through electi...@documentfoundation.org For further details, please check my previous message: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/26jUfMUlj0aDHui3gZjBQQ5x On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] PRELIMINARY Results of 2021 Elections for next TDF Board of Directors
Dear Members, this is the announcement of the PRELIMINARY results of the voting for the next Board of Directors. First of all: many thanks to all people who ran for elections! The number of members who voted is 120, so 91 members did not. In fact the total amount of eligible voters was 211. I'd also like to say thanks to all the voters. Elections are the most significant moment for a member, what let them differ from anyone else in our community. With the PRELIMINARY results, elected as member of the Board of Directors, are the following candidates, in this preference order: Full members: 01. Thorsten Behrens 02. Paolo Vecchi 03. Jan 'Kendy' Holešovský 04. Emiliano Vavassori 05. Caolán McNamara 06. Cor Nouws 07. László Németh Deputies: 08. Gábor Kelemen 09. Ayhan Yalçınsoy 10. Gabriel Masei These results were calculated using the same tooling and rules as usual: OpenSTV (https://github.com/Conservatory/openstv - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_single_transferable_votes#Meek). The Membership Committee agreed on the ranking of the first six candidates, but is still discussing about the last four candidates. Unfortunately, given that there are 10 candidates and 10 seats, the version 1.7 of OpenSTV is not proposing more than one round for considering how to rank all the candidates that are not reaching the threshold, but it only considers all the candidates as elected. For more details, see https://elections.documentfoundation.org/results.php?election_id=14 The Membership Committee will investigate this further, and we will update the members and the general public on this soon. Before these results can be final, we have the challenging phase from Wednesday, 2021-12-15, 00:00 CET/UTC+1 (beginning of day 15) until Monday, 2021-12-20, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 20). As member you are invited to check your votes as explained after the voting, and with the anonymous token given at that time. It's only you who have that token. The results to verify, for all members who voted, are here https://elections.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=14 In case you think there is any irregularity or if there are other questions, please contact the Membership Committee AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, and in any case no later than Monday, 2021-12-20, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 (end of day 20), through electi...@documentfoundation.org For reference, details of the whole election process are in the first announcement, to be found here: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] [REMINDER] Board of Directors elections - voting phase ending soon
Dear Members, The election phase where is it possible to vote for the new Board of Directors is coming to an end. Let me remind you of some information and deadlines as already shared in my previous message[0]. The subject of the message with the token for voting was: "Your Document Foundation 2021 Board Elections Voting Token" from the sender: "electi...@documentfoundation.org" If you are a TDF member and you didn't get the message, please, check your inbox and the spam folder too! ;) In case you didn't find the message, please, reach out to us as soon as possible at electi...@documentfoundation.org. According to the announcement[1], this is the relevant timeline for voting: * Friday, 2021-12-03, 00:00 CET/UTC+1: official start of the election * Monday, 2021-12-13, 24:00 CET/UTC+1: end of the election You have still time time to cast your vote but don't wait for the last minute! I would also like to invite the candidates who didn't answer the questions from the Membership Committee to take the opportunity to answer. For what concerns our voting system, the foundation adopted the STV voting system with the Meek method. Please realise that it tries to optimise to make your first choice most likely to be on the board, with subsequent choices being much less probable (unless your earlier choices are very popular). As such the order of your choices really is important. For more details please read also the page on Wikipedia[3]. You can find more information on this election directly from the election website[2] that includes also the list of candidates with their affiliations and candidacy statements[4]. On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/xBaia3pdjlwuKABX8g0KBEMj [1] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou [2] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2021-board/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote [4] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2021-board/candidates.html -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board of Directors elections - voting token and more information
Dear Members, On Monday November 29th we sent out the mail with the token and the invitation to vote for the new Board of Directors. The subject of the message was: "Your Document Foundation 2021 Board Elections Voting Token" from the sender: "electi...@documentfoundation.org" Please, check your inbox and the spam folder too! ;) In case you didn't find the message, please, reach out to us at electi...@documentfoundation.org. According to the announcement[0], this is the relevant timeline for voting: * Friday, 2021-12-03, 00:00 CET/UTC+1: official start of the election * Monday, 2021-12-13, 24:00 CET/UTC+1: end of the election You have enough time but don't forget to cast your vote! For what concerns our voting system, the foundation adopted the STV voting system with the Meek method. Please realise that it tries to optimise to make your first choice most likely to be on the board, with subsequent choices being much less probable (unless your earlier choices are very popular). As such the order of your choices really is important. For more details please read also the page on Wikipedia[2]. You can find more information on this election directly from the election website[1] that includes also the list of candidates with their affiliations and candidacy statements[3]. On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou [1] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2021-board/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote [3] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2021-board/candidates.html -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] (Self-)nomination for the election for the next TDF Board of Directors
Hello László, we are preparing the needed information to populate the election website[0]. For each election we have an overview page where the voters can see some aggregated information on the candidates and a link to their full candidacy message. From your candidacy message[1] some of those information are missing. Could you please reply to this message providing: - full name - e-mail address - corporate affiliation - a statement of up to 75 words Thanks for your support and your understanding. On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/ [1] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/XIA6l1RNM92QajDcPR9BySOe -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Schedule for the live sessions with the Board candidates
Dear Members, dear Community, The organisation of the live Q&A sessions with the Board candidates has been finalised. Please, remember to send in your questions as described in the previous message[0]. Where: * The URL for the sessions will be always the same: https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/BoardElections2021 When: - Monday, November 29th: 11.00-13.00 UTC / 12.00-14.00 CET: session suitable for JST timezone[1] - Tuesday, November 30th 19.00-21.00 UTC / 20.00-22.00 CET: session suitable for CET timezone[4] - Thursday, December 2nd 21.00-23.00 UTC / 22.00-24.00 CET: session suitable for BRT timezone[3] Some reminders and clarifications: - There are 3 sessions planned on 3 different days for making it easier for contributors on different timezones to find a suitable slot. - The sessions are optional (both for the candidates and the attendees) and everyone of you is of course invited. :) - If you want you can also attend all the sessions. - We didn't ask you to pre-register yourself for leaving everyone free to decide to join also at the very last minute. This implies that we don't know how many people will show up during the live session. - We would like to give to the attendees also the chance to ask questions in a language different from English. In every session we will have a person that will do live translations when needed. - The questions to the candidates will be in English or translated to English. - We would like to record the sessions in particular for the TDF members that will be not able to join the live session. - This is the first time we are organising a live Q&A session with candidates so, be patient and remember to have fun! Some notes on Jitsi: - Mute yourself while not speaking. :) - If you don't want to be recorded remember to keep your video off. - If you don't want to have your voice recorded, feel free to type in the chat. - Please, keep in mind that also the chat will be recorded. If something is unclear, please, feel free to reach out. On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/TzOA-xWGx0Pysn52WFAwDqUE [1] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20211129T11&p1=tz_cet&p2=tz_brt&p3=tz_jst&p4=1440 [3] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20211202T21&p1=tz_cet&p2=tz_brt&p3=tz_jst&p4=1440 [4] https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20211130T190000&p1=tz_cet&p2=tz_brt&p3=tz_jst&p4=1440 -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate Gábor Kelemen
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate Thorsten Behrens
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate Cor Nouws
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate Emiliano Vavassori
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate László Németh
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate Paolo Vecchi
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate Caolán McNamara
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate Gabriel Masei
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate Ayhan Yalçınsoy
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Board elections: questions to the candidate Jan Holešovský
Dear candidate, Now that the nomination phase is ended and we still have some more days before the start of the voting phase, as previously announced[0], we would like to ask you some questions about your views and intentions regarding The Document Foundation and your plans as potential director of the entity. While replying to this email, please ensure to keep all the recipients in copy. 1. Do you commit yourself to have enough time and the necessary technological tools in order to participate to the regularly scheduled board calls? 2. Do you commit yourself to follow up and work on (at least) the main items and actions you will volunteer to oversee or that will be assigned to you by the board? 3. What is your willingness to delegate decisions, especially in lack of time? 4. What are your views on the foundation's budget? How should the money be spent, besides our fixed costs? 5. Should we work towards broadening our pool of contributors, both technical and non-technical? 6. What actions do you suggest to increase the engagement and participation of volunteers from local communities around the world in project's activities? 7. Should the Foundation -as an entity distinct from the LibreOffice project or the Document Liberation project- engage into growing its influence and promoting and defending Free Software and Digital Freedom? It is, after all, an integral part of its mission per its very Statutes. If yes, do you have ideas on what should be done about this? 8. What's your idea to let TDF membership become more appealing? Currently, the only difference from being Community member and TDF member is the possibility to vote and be voted for TDF's governance, and it's fine, but can you imagine anything to encourage more Community members to become also part of TDF? 9. How do you view your (potential) role as a member of the board of directors, given that this position does not give you any specific functional role inside the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects? 10. What is the biggest problem of the foundation in your opinion? What is its biggest opportunity? 11. If they will occur, how do you think to handle conflicts within the board? On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Live sessions with the Board candidates: send in your questions!
Dear Members, dear Community, the nomination phase of the next Board of Directors election is now ended and we have 10 candidates standing for this role[0]. As we announced previously[1], for this Board election we would like to introduce a new format for increasing the interactions between the TDF Members, the whole Community and the group that is standing for becoming part of the next Board of Directors. Let me give you some more details on those sessions: - Everyone is invited to attend, also non TDF members. - Membership Committee members will join the sessions and act as facilitators between the candidates and the local communities. - We would like to organise on 3 different days 3 sessions of 2 hours each, for covering as many timezones as possible. - The sessions will take place next week, so please, be prepared and check our next announcements with the details on time and days! As TDF Member you will have the opportunity to ask questions to the candidates. Please send your questions in advance to tdf-members...@lists.documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Membership Committee in private). The Committee will collect questions together, for easier moderation of the sessions. On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/sCzCUqAF3DLM4mVmScmCyKBZ [1] https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/11/04/tdf-board-elections-live-sessions-with-the-candidates/ -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] List of candidates for the next TDF Board of Directors term
Dear Community, on Monday, 18 Oct 2021 I announced the start of the election and the start of the nomination phase[0]. The nomination phase is now ended and I'm announcing the list of candidates and their candidacy statements. The list is sorted according to the candidacy submission day and time. 1) Jan "Kendy" Holešovský: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/xdm1IQS2yx5wyHbVY943HEze 2) Ayhan Yalçınsoy: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/mfNyQQERqzcT_lhuBL9kcVQo 3) Gabriel Masei: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/SROnbyu2RFNFx6G0bC8pO8Z8 4) Caolán McNamara: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/6O9K1Vu4K3catG2rhFvN6hbI 5) Paolo Vecchi: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/sNM1OahrQ8KQmyaDNFJxMxN1 6) László Németh: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/XIA6l1RNM92QajDcPR9BySOe 7) Emiliano Vavassori: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/QrLrIs0SIhtl2kBiEtdx-nYs 8) Cor Nouws: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/0UdqpeBS_w3a5CjSngcwL1rA 9) Thorsten Behrens: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/epUtxe7N5MB7d8rndUg19JYm 10) Gábor Kelemen: https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/2xuOZTUxFSvzY4aN9J_yUME5 If you have sent your candidacy statement and your name is not listed, please, reach out to the Membership Committee as soon as possible by sending an email to electi...@documentfoundation.org. [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] REMINDER: Board of Directors nomination phase ending on Thursday, 2021-11-25, 24:00 CET/UTC+1
Dear Community, the nomination phase for the election of the next Board of Directors is still open until Thursday, 2021-11-25, 24:00 CET/UTC+1 If you haven't done yet, please consider to nominate yourself or another TDF Member that you think could be a good fit for the role. Please send nominations and self-nominations via e-mail to electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Membership Committee in private) and *at the same time (!)* to board-discuss@documentfoundation.org (which is a public mailing list). This election is one of the most important moment of the democratic life of our Foundation and now you have the opportunity to stand up and make the difference At this link[0] you can see the full timeline of the election. [0] https://listarchives.tdf.io/i/tFJzSYUUGcSjf0c0NtNiEOou Don't be shy, stand up! Sincerely yours, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Announcing the election for the next TDF Board of Directors
ction (Friday, 2021-12-03, 00:00 CET/UTC+1), the Membership Committee will organise public - and if possible recorded - live sessions, where members of the Board of Trustees can ask questions to the candidates. Everyone, also non-members, is invited to join these sessions. We will also make available to the general public the recordings and the answers given. Questions to the candidates: In addition, after the end of the nomination phase (Thursday, 2021-11-25, 24:00 CET/UTC+1), the Membership Committee will provide a set of questions to all the candidates. All candidates are kindly invited to send their answers, which will also be made available to the general public. Be advised that the newly elected Board of Directors will only be in charge from February 18, 2022 on. The current Board of Directors will however include them in the decision making process, to ease up the transition. Challenges to this announcement with respect to the deadlines outlined have to happen no later than seven (7) days after this announcement, via e-mail to electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Membership Committee in private). Challenges to the preliminary results of the election have to happen until the deadline set forth above, via e-mail to electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Membership Committee in private). On behalf of the Membership Committee, Marina Latini [1] https://www.documentfoundation.org/satzung.pdf (binding German version) and https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf (non-binding English translation) -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on LiberaChat The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] TDF Advisory Board Members
On 24.03.2021 00:59, Simon Phipps wrote: Instead, I am asking the Board to suspend FSF's membership of TDF's Advisory Board until such time as they regain the authority that led to them being freely offered the role in the first place and which they have squandered by their recent actions. I suggest the Board simply vote on this action directly, in the light of all the available public information. This is the minimum common understanding that TDF should agree on. Thanks, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] TDF Advisory Board Members
On 23.03.2021 18:46, Simon Phipps wrote: Hi Simon, all, I'll be more direct than Andreas in this matter. Given the FSF Board has demonstrated[1] that it is aware that reappointing RMS would be regarded as bad judgement by everyone at LibrePlanet, and given other organisations[2] are choosing to disconnect FSF from their governance, TDF's Board should also consider removal of FSF from their advisory board, at least temporarily until it has achieved representative governance. Agree, what happened is unbelievable and TDF should take distance. Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Open Letter from Membership Committee - a follow-up
Dear Board of Directors, what we are facing during the last days it's definitely something sad that will leave a scar in our history and memory. 2020 is the year where we planned to draw and shape our present together, celebrating our history and origin and forging our future always together. Big changes like these are really often a source of frictions among the involved parties and it's not always easy to conciliate positions, interests and needs of all the people involved in the discussion. There's a general tension between the board members that seems to be not solvable internally without someone external acting as moderator. This ongoing pandemic emphasized even more the lack of in-person meetings and opportunities to discuss face to face the controversial topics and re-gain the lost trust. It's unfortunate to see that the great efforts and energies spent in an innovative marketing and communication plan, that was already planned to be discussed in the next days, after a first round of feedback, will be probably impacted by the recently announced move. This project is far from being perfect and moving away with parts of the project because of internal conflicts in a body of our foundation won't apparently improve the situation for neither TDF nor the ones leaving. The Membership Committee was already offering to mediate the ongoing discussions with the previous open letter. Today we are renewing the offer to constructively work on the planned improvements and we would like to invite all the members of the Board of Directors to attend the planned shared meeting on October 14th during our 10th anniversary conference. It's a really sad and bitter day just after our 10th anniversary, that we all hoped to spend together, planning for new exciting things. We want to renew our offer to moderate conflicts and work in a constructive way to achieve a solution that could make all the parties satisfied. Yours, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairperson of the Membership Committee Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of MC role
I, Marina Latini, elected member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung Bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2020. Signed: Marina Latini Ich, Marina Latini, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung Bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2020. Unterzeichnet: Marina Latini -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] MCC questions ..
Well, every TDF member should also advocate and share why someone should contribute to the Project and decide to apply for the membership. Doing the same with the "MC hat" should increase the time spent on this topic and improve the way to achieve this particular goal. I'm not used to count to how many people I'm talking to about TDF and the projects developed under the Foundation's umbrella but I think the number is not so small. * How many applications have you voted against ? I wasn't serving TDF in this role and this question doesn't apply to me. ;) * Do you believe we should have a half-way house / badge between membership and non-membership that encourages a person, and gives the a path via more contribution to achieve full membership ? I'm not sure if I completely got your question. Are you talking about a fixed number of required contributions (cf. badge) in one or more areas of the Project before being qualified to apply and ask for the membership or are you suggesting to draw a path that could guide a new contributor to the needed steps for being part of the project and become at the end a (long term) contributor and also a TDF member? I think that before adding extra barriers we should draw a path and encourage and attract contributors that at the end could be also new TDF members. We already have something in place with the https://whatcanidoforlibreoffice.org website and the next step could be to expand the part "how" and "why". * When there are no concrete metrics (such as translated strings, code commits, wiki changes, ask comments, etc.) available to decide on a person's contribution; what is best practice for MC members vouching for their friends' contributions, and how should other MC members validate that ? In the ideal world this is a corner case that doesn't exist but you know, the real world is not always so easy. ;) The MC has in place a good peer-review process and if no-one in the group can decide if it's better to approve or decline an application, the first step should be to ask for more details directly to the applicant. If also in this case the info are not enough, the next step should be to ask to the community members if someone has some evidences of that person's contributions. Usually the local community is the right place to query in this step. If also after that step it's still not possible to evaluate and come to a positive decision, probably the best solution is to reply to the person that should contribute more and reapply again. This is something that should be communicated properly, providing to the person also some advice on how to contribute and in which areas and could also be a good idea to try to contact that person from time to time for understanding if there's the need of support and if with the first "decline" the person is also facing the imposter syndrome. * To what degree should the MC's decisions & discussion be transparent (ie. publicly available) ? Our project is a global one and we have different people from different countries and cultures involved. I don't think that the details behind a MC vote should be made public because again, we could cause the imposter syndrome due to a "public exam" and a "public vote" (and I'm not considering at all legal implications ;) ). Apart from this critical set of info, the workflows, the processes and all the other activities should be made public and shared and discussed in advance also with the existing TDF members. In this "open first" approach all the legal requirements or limitations that come "by law" should also be taken into account ;) * How do you believe we can improve the existing election system - assuming the statutes can be tweaked ? + I'm interested in where we have the situation that being too popular can stop you being able to engage at all as a deputy - as we saw with Miklos/Jona in the last MC election, and Kendy in the last Board election. Let's try to improve one area at time ;) Running too many big projects in parallel could bring to a chaos where the MC members can't really focus on the goals. Please, keep also in mind that the MC has less people than the board of directors and the goal to grow the number of contributors and members is already a challenging one. ;) Thanks for any answers =) Thanks for the questions and for the patience for reading such a long reply! :) Happy hacking and have a lot of fun! Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] Questions To MC Candidates
On 28.08.2020 08:18, Andreas Mantke wrote: Hi, Hello Andreas, I have two first questions to the candidates: first of all, let me say thanks for dedicating your time to the Project and for asking these questions. a) regarding the mission of the MC (§ 12 of the statutes) have you already participated in board calls during the last two years as external (non-member)? After the end of my term as board member (February 19th 2020) I had the chance to join the public part of the board calls only two times. Unfortunately the call was conflicting with other calls related to my daily job. For staying updated on what is going on at TDF I'm reading the public minutes, the information shared on this list and on the internal member list. If I'll be elected I'll adjust my calendar trying to keep the board call slot available for having the chance to directly attend the public part of the board calls. b) What is your personal take on a 'cooling down' periode between being a member of leading bodies of the foundation, regarding the first sentence in the statutes § 12? Our statutes don't require a "cooling period" before joining one of the governing bodies. I agree with Dennis that an elected member of the MC should remain in charge until the end of the term, avoiding to step-down after having the confirmation of being elected in the Board of Directors. I can see in this "habit" several negative effects like: a) the Board of Trustees elected that member for fulfilling the duties of the Membership Committee for a two years term; b) leaving the MC role for jumping in the controlled body could lead to a conflict being that person the "controller" and than the "controlled"; c) leaving the Membership Committee for joining the other body will reduce the number of available MC members taking care of the important responsibility the MC has. Please, let me know if this clarifies your questions. Have a nice evening, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Self nomination for next TDF's Membership Committee: Marina Latini
Dear Community, in the last months I took some time to look at our Project and Community from a different perspective. My daily job at SUSE, completely unrelated to LibreOffice, finally gave me also the independence and the opportunity to look with different eyes at what we are now as a Community and as a Foundation. 2020 is also a special year for our Community given that we are celebrating our 10th anniversary as an independent Project. I'm not looking at the past with the nostalgic eyes of someone that would search for a way to bring the project back to the early days and, at the same time, I think it's quite normal to try to look at what we achieved and what could be improved and how. From 2007 I saw the OpenOffice.org community growing, claiming for independence and I had the honour to see TDF improving day by day from 2010 on. Now that we reached a good stability and independence, I think it's time to focus more in establishing stronger relationships between our local Community members, Contributors, and the Foundation itself, increasing the number of TDF Members and giving a voice to all the underrepresented Contributors and new potential users that found too high the barriers for joining our Project. I also consider it fundamental to open our Project to other open source communities that share with us similar ideas and goals and take the chance of looking at other improvements opportunities and constant growth. I already had the honour to serve this Community for two terms as board member and chairperson and today I would like to share with all of you my desire to run for the new Membership Committee elections and, if elected, to continue to serve our Project not only as contributor but also as active element of our daily Foundation life. If you have further questions, please, don't hesitate to contact me. Full name: Marina Latini E-mail address: marina.lat...@libreoffice.org Corporate affiliation: SUSE Location: I'm Italian but based in Germany I will provide information on all future changes as soon as possible. -- 75 words statement -- I think it's now time to focus on establishing stronger relationships between our local Communities and TDF itself, increasing the number of TDF Members and giving a voice to the underrepresented Contributors and new potential users that found too high the barriers for joining our Project. I also consider it fundamental to open our Project to other open source communities that share with us similar goals to join forces for constant growth. Have a lot of fun! Yours, Marina -- Marina Latini openSUSE Board: deneb_alpha Member of: www.documentfoundation.org Member and founder of: www.libreitalia.org -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Affiliation change and greetings
Dear Community, the end of 2019 was also marking an important change to my relationship with TDF. I already informed the core group (board, team and MC) and now it's time to share the news with you too. After 18 months of collaboration, CIB decided to not extend my contract. This decision is obviously having a big impact on my general LibreOffice commitment and from December 15 I officially changed my affiliation from CIB to unaffiliated. Let me say thanks to everyone before the end of my last term as board director. Was a real pleasure and honor to serve TDF and the Community and I can't still find proper words to say thanks to all of you for the trust you gave me for two consecutive terms. This was a four years journey where I learned a lot from each of you. I can't say that everything was going on always smoothly, but I hope I was able to met the expectations. I hope to keep the good relationships established with all of you also when the term will end. I wish all the best to the new elected board. Yours, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Invitation to comment on Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.3 - ends Dec. 12th
Hi all, FYI, the following is the public announcement of the new review session for ODF v1.3 https://www.oasis-open.org/news/announcements/invitation-to-comment-on-open-document-format-for-office-applications-opendocum-0 Thank you again to everyone involved in improving ODF. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, October 25th at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2)
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, October 25th at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2) We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public Part 00. info: Board elections 01. info: Board meetings - workflow for agenda composition and items to be discussed If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] public vote resolution on TDC (The Document Collective)
On 30.09.2019 12:12, Marina Latini wrote: The following vote was proposed during the last meeting: - The Board RESOLVES to start creation of The Document Collective (TDC) by taking the following acts: - Broadly, to implement the concepts in the Board's Document "The Document Collective" version 0.4 (https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/6FLTHyR8kYTAjrY) - Appoint a transitional leadership Group comprising Nicolas Christener, Eike Rathke, Michael Meeks, Thorsten Behrens, Uwe Altmann - Direct the Group to sign an agreement with Public Software CIC hosting TDC as an unincorporated association - Allocate a line of credit of €5 to be requested incrementally as needed by Public Software CIC for TDC when the Group so directs, to be returned once a surplus is available and at the Group's discretion concerning timing and portioning, with the addition of 3% annual interest. - Grant Public Software CIC a trademark license for "LibreOffice" when used in the context of an online application software store - Direct the Group to initiate availability of LibreOffice for Mac OS and Windows through the appropriate app stores for an appropriate fee - Request the Group to take over making available Impress Remote and LibreOffice Viewer if each or either proves appropriate for TDC - Direct the Group to commission a mechanism to spend TDC's income surplus in the manner agreed by the Board's Document - Direct the Group to plan for the transfer of all TDC activities and liabilities to an independent legal entity as soon as practical, with governance implementing the concepts in the Board's Document. ----- I abstain. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] [VOTE] public vote resolution on TDC (The Document Collective)
Dear Directors, at the end of the last board meeting (27.09.2019) I was asked to send out this email vote to be posted on this public board-discuss list. The following vote was proposed during the last meeting: - The Board RESOLVES to start creation of The Document Collective (TDC) by taking the following acts: - Broadly, to implement the concepts in the Board's Document "The Document Collective" version 0.4 (https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/6FLTHyR8kYTAjrY) - Appoint a transitional leadership Group comprising Nicolas Christener, Eike Rathke, Michael Meeks, Thorsten Behrens, Uwe Altmann - Direct the Group to sign an agreement with Public Software CIC hosting TDC as an unincorporated association - Allocate a line of credit of €5 to be requested incrementally as needed by Public Software CIC for TDC when the Group so directs, to be returned once a surplus is available and at the Group's discretion concerning timing and portioning, with the addition of 3% annual interest. - Grant Public Software CIC a trademark license for "LibreOffice" when used in the context of an online application software store - Direct the Group to initiate availability of LibreOffice for Mac OS and Windows through the appropriate app stores for an appropriate fee - Request the Group to take over making available Impress Remote and LibreOffice Viewer if each or either proves appropriate for TDC - Direct the Group to commission a mechanism to spend TDC's income surplus in the manner agreed by the Board's Document - Direct the Group to plan for the transfer of all TDC activities and liabilities to an independent legal entity as soon as practical, with governance implementing the concepts in the Board's Document. --------- ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, August 2nd at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2)
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, August 2nd at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2) We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public Part 1. discuss: safety improvements for events 2. discuss: dedicated sponsorship program for students 3. discuss: new Certification category discussion If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0x3DB82837F010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint 0x3DB82837F010C774.asc Description: application/pgp-keys
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, July 19th at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2)
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, July 19th at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2) We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. The pad is at https://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/boardminutes Public Part 1. info: evaluation of the proposals for Almeria 2. discuss: new Certification Category discussion If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, July 5th at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2)
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, July 5th at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2) We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public Part 1. Discuss: new Certification Category 2. Discuss and vote: Carbon Policy If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, June 21st at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2)
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, June 21st at 1400 Berlin time (UTC+2) We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public Part 1. Info: Board meetings and agenda 2. Discussion: Budget/guide lines for inviting members to conferences 3. Discuss: new Certification Category discussion If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, June 7th at 1400 Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, June 7th at 1400 Berlin time We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public Part 1. Info: Board meetings and agenda 2. Discuss: new Certification Category discussion 3. Discuss: marketing strategy If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0x3DB82837F010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint 0x3DB82837F010C774.asc Description: application/pgp-keys
[board-discuss] CANCELLING this Friday's board call (2019-05-24)
Dear Community, this Friday's (2019-05-24) board call is CANCELLED. The next scheduled board call will be on Friday, June 7. Hear you then! If you have something to discuss with the board, please, send us a message with your request and join the next available meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0x3DB82837F010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint 0x3DB82837F010C774.asc Description: application/pgp-keys
[board-discuss] CANCELLING this Friday's board call (2019-05-10)
Dear Community, this Friday's (2019-05-10) board call is CANCELLED. The next scheduled board call will be on Friday, May 24. Hear you then! If you have something to discuss with the board, please, send us a message with your request and join the next available meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] NO Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, April 26th at 1400 Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, April 26th at 1400 Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance. For this meeting we have NO public items and we'll meet directly in private. If you have something to discuss with the board, please, send us a message with your request and join the next available meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] NO Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, April 12th at 1400 Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, April 12th at 1400 Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance. For this meeting we have NO public items and we'll meet directly in private. If you have something to discuss with the board, please, send us a message with your request and join the next available meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0x3DB82837F010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint 0x3DB82837F010C774.asc Description: application/pgp-keys
[board-discuss] NO Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, March 29th at 1400 Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, March 29th at 1400 Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance. For this meeting we have NO public items and we'll meet directly in private. If you have something to discuss with the board, please, send us a message with your request and join the next available meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] NO Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, March 15th at 1400 Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, March 15th at 1400 Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance. For this meeting we have NO public items and we'll meet directly in private. If you have something to discuss with the board, please, send us a message with your request and join the next available meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint 0x3DB82837F010C774.asc Description: application/pgp-keys
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, March 1st at 1400 Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, March 1st at 1400 Berlin time We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public Part Status update on extensions & templates page (Florian, 5 minutes) If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] NO public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, February 15th at 1400 Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, February 15th at 1400 Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance. For this meeting we have NO public items and we'll meet directly in private. If you have something to discuss with the board, please, send us a message with your request and join the next available meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF BoD web meeting on Friday, January 18th at 1400 Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, January 18th at 1400 Berlin time We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public Part FOSDEM updates If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint 0x3DB82837F010C774.asc Description: application/pgp-keys
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, December 7th, at 1400, Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, December 7th, at 1400, Berlin time We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public part 1) LibreOffice Online for other organizations 2) quarterly reports If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Host the ODF Toolkit project at TDF
Hi all, Il 30/11/18 18:03, Thorsten Behrens ha scritto: > Dear board, > > as the discussion seems to have calmed down, and also folks over at > Apache seem to be supportive - let me call a vote: > > * TDF to formally offer the ASF to take over the ODF Toolkit project > * by copying the existing github repo (minus perhaps the simple API) > * taking the existing markdown documentation & website, and on a best-effort > basis either importing that into MediaWiki, or keeping a static HTML > copy available > * offer to take over ownership of the odftoolkit.org domain > > Vote is open for the usual 72h. I approve the proposal. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ 0x3DB82837F010C774.asc Description: application/pgp-keys
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, November 23rd, at 1400, Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, November 23rd, at 1400, Berlin time We'll meet using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public part 1) LibreOffice Online for other organizations 2) FOSDEM meeting and agenda 3) quarterly reports If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Updated representation statement
I, Marina Latini, elected member and Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of The Document Foundation, hereby and until further notice, nominate the following deputies to represent me during board calls and meetings, in the order set forth below: 1. Jan Holešovský 2. Simon Phipps 3. Osvaldo Gervasi In case neither the Deputy Chairman nor me as Chairwoman of the Board are available during a board meeting, this representation statement also applies to my role as Chairwoman of the Board, unless conflict of interest or other rules prevent so. In case the Deputy Chairman is present, but not me as Chairwoman of the Board, this representation statement only applies to my role as member of the Board of Directors, and not to my role as Chairwoman of the Board. -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, October 12th, at 1400, Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, October 12th, at 1400, Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. Public part 1) LibreOffice Online for other organizations 2) Budget for the Hackfest in Munich If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role
Dear Ahmad, Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for your election as member of the Membership Committee. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the MC by answering to this message with a "Reply all". With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors == I, Ahmad Haris, elected Deputy Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018. Signed: Ahmad Haris Ich, Ahmad Haris, gewähltes stellvertretendes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018. Unterzeichnet: Ahmad Haris == -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role
Dear Muhammet, Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for your election as member of the Membership Committee. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the MC by answering to this message with a "Reply all". With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors == I, Muhammet Kara, elected Deputy Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018. Signed: Muhammet Kara Ich, Muhammet Kara, gewähltes stellvertretendes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018. Unterzeichnet: Muhammet Kara == -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role
Dear Ilmari, Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for your election as member of the Membership Committee. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the MC by answering to this message with a "Reply all". With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors == I, Ilmari Lauhakangas, elected Deputy Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018. Signed: Ilmari Lauhakangas Ich, Ilmari Lauhakangas, gewähltes stellvertretendes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018. Unterzeichnet: Ilmari Lauhakangas == -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role
Dear Dennis, Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for your election as member of the Membership Committee. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the MC by answering to this message with a "Reply all". With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors == I, Dennis Roczek, elected Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018. Signed: Dennis Roczek Ich, Dennis Roczek, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018. Unterzeichnet: Dennis Roczek == -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role
Dear Jona, Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for your election as member of the Membership Committee. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the MC by answering to this message with a "Reply all". With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors == I, Jona Azizaj, elected Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018. Signed: Jona Azizaj Ich, Jona Azizaj, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018. Unterzeichnet: Jona Azizaj == -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role
Dear Gustavo, Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for your election as member of the Membership Committee. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the MC by answering to this message with a "Reply all". With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors == I, Gustavo Pacheco, elected Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018. Signed: Gustavo Pacheco Ich, Gustavo Pacheco, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018. Unterzeichnet: Gustavo Pacheco == -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role
Dear Klaus-Jürgen, Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for your election as member of the Membership Committee. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the MC by answering to this message with a "Reply all". With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors == I, Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn, elected Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018. Signed: Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn Ich, Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018. Unterzeichnet: Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn == -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role
Hi Gabriele, let me send you an errata corrige of your statement. == I, Gabriele Ponzo, elected Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018. Signed: Gabriele Ponzo Ich, Gabriele Ponzo, gewähltes Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018. Unterzeichnet: Gabriele Ponzo == -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Acceptance of MC role
Dear Gabriele, Let me first take this opportunity to personally congratulate you for your election as member of the Membership Committee. Then I kindly invite you to officially accept your position in the MC by answering to this message with a "Reply all". With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors == I, Gabriele Ponzo, elected (Deputy) Member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this role within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start September 19, 2018. Signed: Gabriele Ponzo Ich, Gabriele Ponzo, gewähltes (stellvertretendes) Mitglied des Mitglieder-Komitees der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt innerhalb der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts an. Meine Amtszeit beginnt am 19. September 2018. Unterzeichnet: Gabriele Ponzo == -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] [ANN] Results for the 2018 Membership Committee election
Dear members, with the preliminary MC election results posted last Tuesday, and having received no objections within the challenge period, that ended last Friday, it is my pleasure to now declare the official results of the 2018 Membership Committee Election. AFFILIATION conflict resolution: The vote preliminary results were in conflict with § 8 IV of our statutes (https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf), with both Miklos Vajna and Jona Azizaj having the same affiliation. The two elected candidates and the board discussed the options to resolve the conflict and Miklos decided to step down in favour of Jona. Considering that Miklos can't be a MC member and that Stephan decided to not run again for the role, Miklos declared his availability to support and mentor the new MC with the internal tools already in place for the daily workflow of the Committee itself. The Board is really glad for this proposal and the support Miklos is offering to the MC and the whole LibreOffice community. FINAL RESULTS: The board declares the following Members of The Document Foundation elected into the Membership Committee. Candidates are sorted in their order of election preference, after all preferences have been considered according to the Meek STV method with Droop-Dynamic-Fractional setting, default threshold. Elected Members: * Gabriele Ponzo * Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn * Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco * Jona Azizaj * Dennis Roczek Elected Deputies: * Ilmari Lauhakangas * Muhammet Kara * Ahmad Haris Full detailed election materials are to be found at https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2018-mc/ with the processed STV result here: https://elections.documentfoundation.org/results.php?election_id=10 and the list of all votes here: https://elections.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=10 The board wants to take the opportunity to thank all past and new members of the Membership Committee for their service to the community, and all candidates for running. Congratulations to the newly elected committee members and their deputies! With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] NO public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, September 14th, at 1400, Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, September 14th, at 1400, Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance. For this meeting we have NO public items and we'll meet directly in private. If you have something to discuss with the board, please, send us a message with your request and join the next available meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Preliminary Results for the 2018 Membership Committee election
Dear members, with the vote closing last night, we've now processed the results using OpenSTV, and I'm hereby announcing the preliminary results ready for review. The number of members that casted their votes is 114, 81 members did not. The board thanks all candidates for running, and all voters for their participation! PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Candidates are sorted in their order of election preference, after all preferences have been considered according to the Meek STV method with Droop-Dynamic-Fractional setting, default threshold. Elected Members: * Miklos Vajna * Gabriele Ponzo * Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn * Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco * Jona Azizaj Elected Deputies: * Dennis Roczek * Ilmari Lauhakangas * Muhammet Kara * Ahmad Haris AFFILIATION: The above preliminary results are in conflict with § 8 IV of our statutes (https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf), with both Miklos and Jona having the same affiliation. The elected candidates and the board are currently discussing options to resolve this conflict, which will likely affect the final results. We will update the members and the general public on this soon. CONFIRMATION PERIOD: The detailed results of running OpenSTV can be found at https://elections.documentfoundation.org/results.php?election_id=10 and a list of all votes cast is available at https://elections.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=10 You can run the calculation yourself using OpenSTV; the machine-readable votes are at https://elections.documentfoundation.org/blt.php?election_id=10 and the preference ordering is achieved by sorting according to the order of election (from top to bottom, look for 'elected' in the results table). If there is more than one candidate elected in one step, their actual voting count determines their rank order. Any eligible voter may challenge the preliminary results by mailing electi...@documentfoundation.org prior to 2018-09-14, 24:00 CEST/UTC+2: end of the challenging phase with a detailed explanation of their challenge. The board encourages every voter to now validate correct entry of their ballot by comparing the matching row from https://elections.documentfoundation.org/votes.php?election_id=10 with your vote - the anonymous token shown to you at the end of the vote process needs to show up in that list, and the list of names associated with that token has to match your ballot. With best regards, Marina Latini on behalf of The Document Foundation board of directors -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [board-discuss] Announcing Elections for next TDF Membership Committee
Dear Community, you have few hours left for casting your vote, as the voting phase will end today 2018-09-10, 24:00 CEST/UTC+2 (i.e. end of the day 10). You received your Membership Committee Elections Voting Token from the sender "electi...@documentfoundation.org". With the election you have the opportunity to express your preferences and elect your representatives at the Membership Committee. Don't loose this opportunity and take an active part in the daily life of The Document Foundation. Your vote can make the difference! Sincerely yours, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Invitation to in-person board meeting on Monday, September 24, 2018
Dear colleagues, I hereby, in my role as Chairwoman of The Document Foundation, invite the Board of Directors as well as their deputies to an in-person board meeting on Monday, September 24, 2018 at 10:00 local time at Hotel Idea, Bulevard Zogu i Pare 62/3, Tirana, Albania Please plan in enough time for entering the venue. In case you cannot personally attend the meeting, per § 9 II you can nominate another board member or a deputy to represent you. Please do so publicly on this mailing list, in time before the meeting. Be advised that only one representation is possible per representative. The agenda is as follows: 1. Welcome and introduction 2. Invitation, representation and quorum 3. Overview of past activities, finances and budget 3.1 Donations, A/B testing and recurring donations 3.2 State of the budget and financials 3.3 List of priorities 4. Planning and strategy for 2019 4.1 Strategic items 4.2 COSM project and relationships with OASIS and OpenDoc Society 4.2 Financials and budgets 4.3 Projects, activities and priorities 5. MC and BoD meeting 5.1. Introduce new MC to BoD; 5.2. Discussion about the requested tool for easy gathering infos on members, by means of a plugin for TDF's DashBoard or a separate tool; 5.3. Pootle improvement to overtake the 30 days limit overview; 5.4. Collecting statistics on membership; 5.5. State of affairs for transition from Gerrit to CiviCRM or an other tool; 5.6. Adaption and update of processes wrt. membership applications and renewals, and additional statistics; 5.7. Improvements and updates of mcm tool; 6. Community building and focal points 6.1 Hackfests 6.2 LibreOffice Conferences 6.3 NLC meetings 7. Various As per § 9 III of our statutes, at least 1/2 of the board must take part in the meeting or be represented in order to have a quorum. Certain changes to the statutes require the non-represented, personal presence of every board member, as per § 15 III, with the need of the decision to be taken unanimously. While the meeting is a private one, decisions and results will be made public as soon as possible, given our approach of transparency, taking into account § 8 III c 2nd sentence. Looking forward to meet all of you in Tirana. ATB, Marina [1] https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Membership Committee elections voting tokens sent
Dear Community, The mail with the token and invitation to vote for the new Membership Committee has been sent out to all the members. It was sent with subject "Your Document Foundation 2018 Membership Committee Elections Voting Token" and the sender is "electi...@documentfoundation.org" Please, don't forget to check your spam folder too, in case you do not see the mail. If that message with the instructions and the token is missing, please reach us at electi...@documentfoundation.org. We'll take action to solve the issue. The voting phase will be from 2018-09-04, 00:00 CEST/UTC+2 (i.e. beginning of the day 04) until 2018-09-10, 24:00 CEST/UTC+2 (i.e. end of the day 10). Don't panic, make the difference and don't forget to caste your vote! Sincerely yours, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[board-discuss] Nomination for next TDF's Membership Committee: Jona Azizaj
Dear Members of the Foundation, I would like to nominate Jona Azizaj as candidate to the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation. Jona[1] is a very active contributor involved in several open source projects with aims and goals close to ours. We are working together in the diversity & Inclusion group at TDF[0]. Thanks to her involvement in other communities she will bring new ideas and suggestions for improving our community, with a new point of view, not strictly related to what we are now and what we achieved until today. I believe she has the right skills, the talent, the passion and the vision to be a great member of the Membership Committee of The Document Foundation. [0] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Diversity [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jonatoni Name: Jona Azizaj email: jonaazi...@libreoffice.org affiliation: Collabora -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, August 31th, at 1400, Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, August 31th, at 1400, Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. = Public part: 1. LibreOffice in Microsoft App Store = If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [board-discuss] Announcing Elections for next TDF Membership Committee
Dear community, The next step of the Membership Committee election is approaching and the end of the nomination phase is: *** 2018-08-27, 24:00 CEST/UTC+2: end of the nomination phase (one week before the election starts, as per § 12 II) *** At this page[0] you can find an overview of the duties of the MC and some details about the activity done by the group. This election is one of the most important moment of the democratic life of our Foundation. In 2010 we created the new, independent and community driven home for our projects, following the shared values of The Next Decade Manifesto[1]. Now you have the opportunity to stand up and make the difference for continuing the great job already done by the past MC members[2]. Don't be shy, stand up and make the difference! [0] https://elections.documentfoundation.org/overview-mc.html [1] https://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/overview/ [2] https://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/mc/ Sincerely yours, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, August 17th, at 1400, Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, August 17th, at 1400, Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard or at https://meet.jit.si/TDFBoard **ONLY** as fallback. = Public part: 1. Membership committee elections 2. LibreOffice in Microsoft App Store = If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[board-discuss] NO board meeting on Friday, August 3rd
Dear community, The board has no public nor private urgent topics to be discussed during the next meeting and we cancelled it. Feel free to join us during the next public call on August 17th. -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[board-discuss] Announcing Elections for next TDF Membership Committee
Dear Community, we hereby officially announce the upcoming elections for the next Membership Committee of The Document Foundation. As per § 12 II of our statutes, [1] the Membership Committee's term lasts two years. The current Membership Committee started its duty on September 19, 2016. Therefore, the old Membership Committee remains in charge until the end of September 18, 2018, so the new MC will be in charge the day after that, which is September 19, 2018. That upcoming term will then (regularly) end on September 18, 2020, so the next elections of the Membership Committee will take place before. As per § 6 III, only members of the Board of Trustees of The Document Foundation, as well as current members of any of its bodies, are eligible to be elected into the Membership Committee, and the election is overseen by the Board of Directors (§ 12 II). The active electoral right is reserved to those who have been members of the Board of Trustees before this announcement (§ 12 II). § 6 III also states that members of the Board of Directors or their deputies may not be members of the Membership Committee and vice versa. There is one more notable limitation: Per § 8 IV of the statutes, a maximum of 1/3 members of the Membership Committee is allowed to work on an employment basis for the same company, organization, entities, affiliates or subdivisions. Nomination of candidates fulfilling the above requirements, as well as self nomination is welcome. In total, at least five members of the Membership Committee members are required, and given there are enough candidates, up to four deputies can be elected based on the last board decision on this matter. As deputies are on duty quite often, we encourage many candidates to participate. Re-election of current members of the Membership Committee is explicitly permitted (§ 12 II). Please send nominations and self-nominations via e-mail to electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Board of Directors in private) and also (!) to board-discuss@documentfoundation.org (which is a public mailing list). We kindly ask nominees who would like to stand for elections to provide a statement of up to 75 words on their candidacy as continuous text (so no bullet lists or multiple paragraphs). In addition, please also provide your full name, e-mail address and your corporate affiliation, if any, and please announce that you will provide information on all future changes as soon as possible. Specifically, please indicate all information regarding § 8 IV of the statutes. Discussions with the candidates and questions to them as well as questions about the elections should take place on the public board-discuss@documentfoundation.org mailing list. For details on how to use the mailing list, see https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/ Eligible voters will receive further details via e-mail prior to the start of elections, including a summary of the candidates, details on how to access the voting system, and instructions on how to independently verify the vote count. Please ensure we have your recent and correct e-mail address on file. For questions, you can reach the Board of Directors in private at electi...@documentfoundation.org Following the time line set forth in § 12 II, requiring a 45 day advance notice, we hereby announce the following time line for the elections: 1. 2018-07-17: announcement of the elections; and start of the nomination phase 2. 2018-08-27, 24:00 CEST/UTC+2: end of the nomination phase (one week before the election starts, as per § 12 II) 3. 2018-09-04, 00:00 CEST/UTC+2: official start of the elections (at least 45 days after announcement of the elections, as per § 12 II) 4. 2018-09-10, 24:00 CEST/UTC+2: end of the elections 5. 2018-09-11: announcement of the preliminary results and acknowledgement of role 6. 2018-09-12, 00:00 CEST/UTC+2: start of the challenging phase 7. 2018-09-14, 24:00 CEST/UTC+2: end of the challenging phase 8. afterwards: official announcement of the final results 9. 2018-09-19: new Membership Committee officially in charge Be advised that the newly elected Membership Committee will only be in charge beginning from September 19, 2018. Challenges to this election announcement with respect to the deadlines outlined have to happen no later than seven (7) days after this announcement, via e-mail to electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Board of Directors in private). Challenges to the preliminary results of the election have to happen until the deadline set forth above, via e-mail to electi...@documentfoundation.org (which reaches the Board of Directors in private). On behalf of the Board of Directors, Marina Latini [1] https://www.documentfoundation.org/satzung.pdf (binding version) and https://www.documentfoundation.org/statutes.pdf (non-binding translation) -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID&q
[board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board web meeting via Jitsi on Friday, July 20, at 1400 Berlin time
Dear Community, the board will meet again on Friday, July 20th at 1400 Berlin time using our own Jitsi instance at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard = Public part: * Trademark license * Public communication = If you have something to discuss with the board, please, reply to this message and join us during the meeting. ATB, Marina -- Marina Latini, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors Tel: +39 3497482812 | IRC: deneb_alpha on Freenode GPG key "ID" 0xF010C774 - DAEC 51E7 4316 5FAE EAE0 F256 3DB8 2837 F010 C774 Better use 64-bit 0x3DB82837F010C774 here is why: https://evil32.com/ The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
