Re: [board-discuss] additional FOSDEM budget

2013-01-28 Thread Michael Meeks
On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 12:43 +0100, Florian Effenberger wrote: > the board has previously approved [1] 2.000 € for FOSDEM collaterals. > Because we would like to opt for higher quality t-shirts, plus produce > some stickers in addition, I'd like to ask the board to approve an > additional 600 €

Re: [board-discuss] additional FOSDEM budget

2013-01-28 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Florian Effenberger wrote: > the board has previously approved [1] 2.000 € for FOSDEM > collaterals. Because we would like to opt for higher quality > t-shirts, plus produce some stickers in addition, I'd like to ask > the board to approve an additional 600 € for collaterals. > +1 - I expect we ca

Re: [board-discuss] Splashscreen & Startscreen proposals for the 4.0

2013-01-28 Thread Norbert Thiebaud
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Italo Vignoli wrote: > So, votes should happen only on mailing lists. We can decide to get the > random opinion of users on Google+, but it should be clear that this is > not going to have the same value as the same concept expressed on the > mailing lists. If I m

Re: [board-discuss] Splashscreen & Startscreen proposals for the 4.0

2013-01-28 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 1/28/13 3:22 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Rather, for the current discussion, let's talk between the marketing > team and the design team, at eye-level, and not with the board's > authority. Florian, I think I have over-reacted, and I know this should not happen. Being a volunteer, I know

Re: [board-discuss] Splashscreen & Startscreen proposals for the 4.0

2013-01-28 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Florian, Le lundi 28 janvier 2013 à 15:22 +0100, Florian Effenberger a écrit : > Hello, > > after having a call with Thorsten, and thinking a second time about it, > I must confess that I have indeed changed my mind on this. > > The board should only veto for a very limited set of topics,

[board-discuss] Re: Splashscreen & Startscreen proposals for the 4.0

2013-01-28 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Stefan, Le lundi 28 janvier 2013 à 13:34 +0100, Stefan Knorr a écrit : > Hi Charles, > > I am not going to answer to everything here, just on specific point... > > On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 11:43 +0100, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > LibreOffice 4.0 with a slightly modified 3.6.x Splashscreen an

Re: [board-discuss] Splashscreen & Startscreen proposals for the 4.0

2013-01-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, after having a call with Thorsten, and thinking a second time about it, I must confess that I have indeed changed my mind on this. The board should only veto for a very limited set of topics, mostly legal stuff, and normally should not make use of its power as body. I had, like other

[board-discuss] additional FOSDEM budget

2013-01-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, the board has previously approved [1] 2.000 € for FOSDEM collaterals. Because we would like to opt for higher quality t-shirts, plus produce some stickers in addition, I'd like to ask the board to approve an additional 600 € for collaterals. Although the amount sounds rather high, we

[board-discuss] Re: Splashscreen & Startscreen proposals for the 4.0

2013-01-28 Thread Stefan Knorr
Hi Charles, I am not going to answer to everything here, just on specific point... On Mon, 2013-01-28 at 11:43 +0100, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > LibreOffice 4.0 with a slightly modified 3.6.x Splashscreen and > StartCenter (the modifications being the inclusion of the number 4 on > them) and then

[board-discuss] Splashscreen & Startscreen proposals for the 4.0

2013-01-28 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello, As the Design team has selected the startscreen and splashscreen for the upcoming 4.0 release several members of the Board of Directors have felt the choice was not acceptable for a variety of reasons (too white, too simple, non-standard logo, not enough green...). In general it is not up