Re: Please take personal conflict off-list (was: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF)

2022-06-02 Thread Paolo Vecchi
seem to be able to impose their will should not direct TDF's employees in any way at all. I've asked the board to evaluate the situation to see if further actions should be taken. Thanks a lot, -- Thorsten Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Founda

Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-06-01 Thread Paolo Vecchi
companies attend the meetings usually). Regards, Andreas -- ## Free Software Advocate ## Plone add-on developer ## My blog: http://www.amantke.de/blog -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige

Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal concerns

2022-05-31 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Paolo, Paolo Vecchi píše v Po 30. 05. 2022 v 13:44 +0200: While TDF is committed to working with members of the commercial ecosystem in a mutually beneficial relationship it should be made clear that third parties and suppliers (commercial contributors) should not limit what a charitable

[board-discuss] In-house developers proposal v 2.1

2022-05-30 Thread Paolo Vecchi
ence TDF's employees. Meetings with the ESC will provide useful exchange of information which will be evaluated by our mentors and our ED to take decisions as described in the proposal. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 1

Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-28 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi, On 27/05/2022 12:31, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Hi Paolo, all, Paolo Vecchi wrote: That document clearly contains another proposal which should go its own way instead of trying to make it pass as a "merged" proposal. The intention here (and I would very much like to support

Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-27 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Kendy, On 26/05/2022 17:08, Jan Holesovsky wrote: TDF-In-House-Developers-Proposal-v2.1.odt what you wrote in that document has completely changed the logic of the proposal so please do rename that file in something that relates better to its content. That document clearly contains

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
free to fix stuff in case you find anything wrong. All the best, Kendy -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Kendy, On 25/05/2022 14:18, Jan Holesovsky wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi píše v St 25. 05. 2022 v 13:41 +0200: Michael Meeks made a completely different proposal to employ a mentor. That is not my reading of the proposal. You may have missed a few details: The proposal is: "

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi, On 25/05/2022 12:48, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Hi Paolo, all, Paolo Vecchi wrote: On 25/05/2022 10:19, Thorsten Behrens wrote: To reiterate the question, is that something the two of you would be willing to collaborate on? It seems like you missed my previous answer: https

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
explain the rationale? Why are you saying that now we have to create a 3rd proposal? Then as far as I can see there is 1 proposal to employ two developers and suddenly a new proposal appeared to employ 1 mentor, what is the 3rd one for? Cheers, -- Thorsten Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi

Re: [board-discuss] Objective: Postponing Hiring TDF-Developer To 2024 or Later?

2022-05-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
em to be forming a clear opinion about it. Best regards, Michael [1] https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/2022/msg00357.html [2] https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/2022/msg00209.html Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directo

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-23 Thread Paolo Vecchi
HI, On 23/05/2022 14:01, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi wrote on 23/05/2022 13:07: On 23/05/2022 12:57, Cor Nouws wrote: It is not the responsibility of the board to micromanage the team. To evaluate the quality of your proposal. It would have been the responsibility of other

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-23 Thread Paolo Vecchi
iao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-23 Thread Paolo Vecchi
/board-discuss@documentfoundation.org/msg05567.html https://www.mail-archive.com/board-discuss@documentfoundation.org/msg05579.html Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-23 Thread Paolo Vecchi
? Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-23 Thread Paolo Vecchi
out for the board to confirm they listen to our community by approving the the proposal. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-13 Thread Paolo Vecchi
for some issues or old bugs that aren't getting the right amount of attention by others, and I totally agree that languages and accessibility should be given priority over this. Best regards, Tuomas Hietala Thanks again for your contributions. Ciao Paolo Paolo Vecchi kirjoitti 12.5.2022 15

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-13 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Caolan, On 13/05/2022 13:51, Caolán McNamara wrote: On Thu, 2022-05-12 at 14:29 +0200, Paolo Vecchi wrote: Hi all, after receiving quite a few comments and suggestions it seems like is time to publish what, hopefully, is the final version of the proposal to add 2 in-house developers

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-13 Thread Paolo Vecchi
. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-12 Thread Paolo Vecchi
. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital

[board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-12 Thread Paolo Vecchi
shortly after. Thank you all for your contributions! Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

Re: [board-discuss] Agenda for TDF board meeting on Monday, May 2nd at 1800 Berlin time (UTC+2)

2022-04-29 Thread Paolo Vecchi
have to avoid doubts that the interests of their employers influences their choices. True that the ESC ranking gets ranked again in the board but having once again the representatives of the same organisations also in the board may influence the ranking. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member

Re: [board-discuss] Mailing List Moderation

2022-04-12 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Dear Simon, I believe is much better to have open discussions than trying to keep hiding the fact that there are issues that some seem less inclined to see solved. If long-established contributors want to keep doing something that is sub-optimal then I believe that others should speak out

Re: [board-discuss] Dividing & excluding ...

2022-04-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi all, On 10/04/2022 15:01, Cor Nouws wrote: And while not always perfect, I'm convinced that we are doing a great job in working in a fair, compliant, and transparent way. The system is clearly not perfect and it has been said that changes are necessary for a long time so the fact that

Re: end-thread please (was: [board-discuss] [VOTE] approval of preliminary budget for 2022)

2022-04-08 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi all, it would be great if someone would stop to unilaterally declare that a very informative thread should end. Censorship does not help in moving forward and we should show that we respect the freedom that anyone should have to express their opinion (possibly backed by facts and

Re: [board-discuss] Dividing & excluding ...

2022-04-08 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Dear Mr Meeks, thank you for providing your opinion as the general manager of one of our 2 commercial contributors. I really appreciate the technical contributions that your employees/affiliates provide while formulating request for tenders, rank them in the ESC, rank them in the board of

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] approval of preliminary budget for 2022

2022-04-06 Thread Paolo Vecchi
for tenders, which are discussed with only not connected board members (deputies). Thus they could bit for tenders from the budget for 2023 at the earliest. Regards, Andreas -- ## Free Software Advocate ## Plone add-on developer ## My blog: http://www.amantke.de/blog -- Paolo Vecchi - Member

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] approval of preliminary budget for 2022

2022-04-06 Thread Paolo Vecchi
and discussed in the private board meeting on 2022-03-28 The vote runs until Monday, April 11, 0800 Berlin time (0600 UTC). -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal

[board-discuss] Representation statement

2022-04-05 Thread Paolo Vecchi
I, Paolo Vecchi, elected member 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. Ayhan Yalçınsoy 2. Gabriel Masei 3. Gábor Kelemen Ciao

Re: [board-discuss] Preliminary budget for 2022

2022-04-04 Thread Paolo Vecchi
List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- *Simon Phipps* /Office:/+1 (415) 683-7660 /or/ +44 (238) 098 7027 /Signal/Mobile/:  +44 774 776 2816/ / -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Director

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Approve the attic proposal

2022-03-31 Thread Paolo Vecchi
-- ## Free Software Advocate ## Plone add-on developer ## My blog: http://www.amantke.de/blog -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https

Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2022-03-21

2022-03-31 Thread Paolo Vecchi
In the meeting:    Board Members - Cor Nouws, Jan Holešovský, Thorsten Behrens, Caolán McNamara, Emiliano Vavassori, Paolo Vecchi, Laszlo Nemeth    Board Deputy Members - Gabriel Masei, Gabor Kelemen    Membership Committee Members -    Membership Committee Substitute Members -    Team - Sophie

Re: [board-discuss] Re: New draft of the proposal for in-house developers

2022-03-31 Thread Paolo Vecchi
l can help address the possible concerns. Regards, Hossein -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.o

Re: [board-discuss] New draft of the proposal for in-house developers

2022-03-29 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Mark On 27/03/2022 08:34, Mark Hung wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi 於 2022年3月27日 週日 上午12:34寫道:     Hi Mark,     It's a long term employment project, that's why I asked the board     to not consider it as a budget line (like tenders) but as a long     term strategic investment. I

Re: [board-discuss] Translation as part of the attic policy

2022-03-29 Thread Paolo Vecchi
ally, we can't simply atticize a language, which are subdirectories in the helpcontent2 and translation git repositories] Cheers, -- Thorsten -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bür

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Approve the attic proposal

2022-03-28 Thread Paolo Vecchi
procedure is available at [Insert URL to a wiki page with the procedure here]. --- [1] (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-http-backend) [2] 1 for small, 3 for medium, and 6 developers for a large project -%<------ -- Paolo Vecchi -

Re: [board-discuss] New draft of the proposal for in-house developers

2022-03-26 Thread Paolo Vecchi
ons for improvements are very welcome. Please do remind me if I forgot to include your constructive feedback! Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige recht

Re: [board-discuss] New draft of the proposal for in-house developers

2022-03-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
to be 100% perfect;  let's be down to earth and make it better and better. Regards, Franklin Paolo Vecchi 於 2022年3月23日 週三 下午10:08寫道: Hi all, following the initial consultation in regards to the first draft I've included some of the recommendations and comments received. Yo

[board-discuss] New draft of the proposal for in-house developers

2022-03-23 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal - version 2.0

2022-03-15 Thread Paolo Vecchi
that we will re open the repository, with the due warnings, we will see if some people are actually interested in contributing or not. All the best, Kendy Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemei

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal - version 2.0

2022-03-14 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Jan, On 14/03/2022 19:43, Jan Holesovsky wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi píše v Po 14. 03. 2022 v 17:07 +0100: I have to agree with you that the process seems to be too cumbersome and it would very likely lead to the end of the project, so may as well delete it, or to forks that will never

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal - version 2.0

2022-03-14 Thread Paolo Vecchi
es later). Thus in my opinion it is contrary to TDF's mission. Regards, Andreas -- ## Free Software Advocate ## Plone add-on developer ## My blog: http://www.amantke.de/blog -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnüt

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Approve version 1.3.2 of the CoI policy

2022-03-04 Thread Paolo Vecchi
://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_rules Florian -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description

Re: [board-discuss] Advisory Board Membership of Rubitech-Astra

2022-02-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
is used for the Russian government and army. In my view TDF should reconsider the membership of Rubitech-Astra after breach of international law by Russia and the attack against the Ukraine. Regards, Andreas -- ## Free Software Advocate ## Plone add-on developer -- Paolo Vecchi - Member

[board-discuss] Re: Draft document for TDF in-house developers proposal

2022-02-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Michael, thanks for your feedback. On 25/02/2022 10:22, Michael Meeks wrote: On 23/02/2022 16:01, Paolo Vecchi wrote: Thanks to your comments I started writing a more structured proposal Thanks for doing that that - it helps. There are some good things about this proposal

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Draft document for TDF in-house developers proposal

2022-02-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
that need to be improved? I was also looking at https://www.documentliberation.org and wondering if that would/should be part of the interoperability area that needs more attention. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Draft document for TDF in-house developers proposal

2022-02-24 Thread Paolo Vecchi
/buglist.cgi?f1=keywords_id=1423830=substring_format=advanced=---=accessibility [5] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=107585_resolved=1 [6] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/buglist.cgi?f1=keywords=0_id=1423829=substring=changeddate%20DESC%2Cbug_status%2Cpriority%2Cassigned_t

Re: [board-discuss] [DISCUSS] Proposed update for the CoI Policy: version 1.3.2

2022-02-24 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Thorsten, On 24/02/2022 10:18, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi wrote: I believe no one in the current board has any problem with it or wouldn't have ran for a board position. That is in direct contradiction to my statement up-thread. So what follows is not a workable

Re: [board-discuss] [DISCUSS] Proposed update for the CoI Policy: version 1.3.2

2022-02-24 Thread Paolo Vecchi
-- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[board-discuss] Draft document for TDF in-house developers proposal

2022-02-23 Thread Paolo Vecchi
, the availability and selection of the candidates will naturally contribute in determining which areas will be tackled first. Please do let me know what you think of the draft proposal and how it could be improved. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors The Document

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-16 Thread Paolo Vecchi
an. Just give me a bit of time this is an activity I do by donating my time to TDF without expecting an economical return so I have to tend to other things as well. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin,

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-16 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Kendy, On 16/02/2022 09:52, Jan Holesovsky wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi píše v Út 15. 02. 2022 v 17:09 +0100: And to conclude: the easiest way to convince me (and likely others) on the board that a proposal is a good idea - is to make your case properly with a well-researched writeup

Re: [board-discuss] [DISCUSS] Proposed update for the CoI Policy: version 1.3.2

2022-02-15 Thread Paolo Vecchi
hing it. Cheers, -- Thorsten Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Descrip

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-15 Thread Paolo Vecchi
-in money for). Thank you for showing your support for even more internal developers. As the proposal includes investing in developers with funds coming from donors and the app stores the sooner we employ those developers the faster TDF can start satisfying their needs. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-15 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi all, On 15/02/2022 15:50, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Hi *, Cor Nouws wrote: Paolo Vecchi wrote on 15/02/2022 12:47: Now that we know we want in-house developers, the team and the ... It is recognized that in-house developers (...) may be a (partial) solution some of the issues we face

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-15 Thread Paolo Vecchi
if they wish. I'm fully aware that this is not the way established development/consulting companies work but TDF isn't one and it needs to build up its internal skills organically for the reasons explained in this thread. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-14 Thread Paolo Vecchi
with LibreOffice development or support I need a bit more time than others to liaise with the team members and start writing documents. All the best, Kendy Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 1

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-14 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Kendy, On 14/02/2022 14:40, Jan Holesovsky wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi píše v Pá 11. 02. 2022 v 16:11 +0100: As I started the proposal I'm very happy to work with Sophie and Hossein to complement the proposal with the useful feedback we received in this thread. Perfect, I am looking

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-13 Thread Paolo Vecchi
thread, but such a person should definitely get hired for many reasons. It is true that a web dev would also improve the core developer experience by enhancing our tooling. Ilmari -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berl

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-11 Thread Paolo Vecchi
in this thread. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
void cluster risk in the TDF bodies. And one thing which I take with me from this discussion is the evidence that it is (nearly?) impossible to wear two hats at the same time. Regards, Andreas -- ## Free Software Advocate ## Plone add-on developer ## My blog: http://www.amantke.de/blog -- Paolo Ve

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi all, On 10/02/2022 12:59, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Hi *, Paolo Vecchi wrote: On 09/02/2022 15:57, Jan Holesovsky wrote: It is important to understand that "community" means "contributors"; as opposed to "users". "Users" are not part of the "c

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
ing water and getting nowhere. Cheers, Stephan -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Kendy, On 10/02/2022 10:49, Jan Holesovsky wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi píše v St 09. 02. 2022 v 19:56 +0100: He asked himself quite a few interesting questions: "Without sharing too much, there are some moral questions popping up for me. Who owns the community? Who owns ownCloud i

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
n learning more about specific concerns. Best regards, Michael -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.o

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
erything being an important piece in the mosaic for the big picture for a FLOSS office suite, called LibreOffice. Perhaps trivial, but it is just as easy to constructively get behind these TDF objectives instead of getting lost in the details, treading water and getting nowhere. Cheers, S

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Kendy, On 09/02/2022 15:57, Jan Holesovsky wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi píše v St 09. 02. 2022 v 15:09 +0100: The community and our valuable members of the ecosystem have been asking us to invest more in development It is important to understand that "community" means &qu

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-09 Thread Paolo Vecchi
corporate participation, e.g. by sponsoring individuals to work as equals alongside other contributors in the community." https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/announce/msg0.html All the best, Kendy Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The D

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-09 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details:https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-09 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Cor, do you mind explaining to us what you mean with the sentence below? On 08/02/2022 22:32, Cor Nouws wrote: I'm far from convinced that it leads to anything good when a foundation tries to bend the forces that drive a commercial market. Cheers, Cor Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-08 Thread Paolo Vecchi
decision for TDF and our community. Ciao Paolo On 08/02/2022 17:01, sophi wrote: Hi Paolo, Le 07/02/2022 à 19:16, Paolo Vecchi a écrit : Hi all, Thanks for discussing your proposal here. Just wanted to add a few words within your lines, so jumping here: [...]   * Members of the ecosystem

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-08 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Kendy, thanks for participating to the discussion. On 08/02/2022 16:41, Jan Holesovsky wrote: Hi all, Paolo Vecchi píše v Po 07. 02. 2022 v 19:16 +0100: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs My candidacy statement

[board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-07 Thread Paolo Vecchi
iao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details:https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-26 Thread Paolo Vecchi
been left with not many options unless other members of the board and the community come up with some practical options. All the best, -- Thorsten Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnüt

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-26 Thread Paolo Vecchi
s, go back to my first mail here and reply to that. ATB Marco Il 25/01/22 21:34, Thorsten Behrens ha scritto: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi wrote: In regard to your questions: [references to earlier emails] I'll follow up on the board list also with the proposal to look more in detail at wh

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
entally new or different ideas on how to deal with stale projects Everything else is badly off-topic on this thread (and very likely even on this list). For general discussions, please do move that over to our disc...@documentfoundation.org list. Cheers, Thorsten -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Me

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-25 Thread Paolo Vecchi
two hats (on different sides of the table). Regards, Andreas Am 21.01.22 um 19:10 schrieb Paolo Vecchi: And also: https://web.archive.org/web/20160320072620/https://www.collaboraoffice.com/community-news/libreoffice-online-questions-answered-what-who-how-and-when/ Maybe also that gave some

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-21 Thread Paolo Vecchi
o/post/faq/#creators may be interesting too; all of that a year+ old. ATB,     Michael. -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal deta

Re: [board-discuss] Looking forward, not backwards (was: Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online)

2022-01-19 Thread Paolo Vecchi
or a member of staff for further evaluation. Ciao Paolo On 19/01/2022 11:33, Michael Weghorn wrote: Hi, On 14/01/2022 20.24, Paolo Vecchi wrote: Personally, I'm not interested in playing zero-sum games (taking development away from the ecosystem, and re-patriating it into TDF). Instead, we ne

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-18 Thread Paolo Vecchi
stment that they and TDF made on LOOL and at present we are unable to offer answers as we didn't clarify the process and the rules in advance. Is there any other suggestions on how to deliver LOOL to our members of the community? Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Dir

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-18 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Cor, I'm sorry to say it in public but I'm honestly appalled by your comment which shows your insensitivity to the matter that is being discussed and is providing an example of how disinformation works. On 17/01/2022 23:32, Cor Nouws wrote: Paolo Vecchi wrote on 15/01/2022 20:56: Maybe

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-17 Thread Paolo Vecchi
more equal than others) Wouldn't any company find it not just natural but essential to do that to protect their long term investments and show that it can be trusted by the community? Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-17 Thread Paolo Vecchi
the Android Viewer, and some that may require to be under a formal agreement. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-17 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Marco, thanks a lot for your engagement and your contributions to the discussion. On 17/01/2022 11:51, Marco Marinello wrote: Hi Paolo, hi all, Il 16/01/22 11:01, Paolo Vecchi ha scritto: IMHO what is being called "infighting" has been an excellent exercise of transparency an

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-16 Thread Paolo Vecchi
structive conversations. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signatur

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-15 Thread Paolo Vecchi
ble to move better and faster now that the road has been fixed. Best regards Simon -- Ciao Paolo [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy#Etymology -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation,

Re: [board-discuss] Looking forward, not backwards (was: Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online)

2022-01-14 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Thorsten, On 14/01/2022 16:27, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Paolo Vecchi wrote: So, to conclude, this "distraction" has actually helped the board in dealing with a situation which impaired its freedom to act in a well informed and structured way and created a new situation whe

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-14 Thread Paolo Vecchi
a lot of resources, but we have done nothing to share them during the critical period families and students were fronting. Cheers Sophie -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-14 Thread Paolo Vecchi
we stand, we know that we can do a lot more that some thought we could and we can finally move forward and do more good things for the community. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnüt

Re: [board-discuss] Commercial entity vs community development and distribution

2022-01-13 Thread Paolo Vecchi
be able to start publishing them. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint

Re: [board-discuss] Commercial entity vs community development and distribution

2022-01-12 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Alex, well... it's nice to see that you fully understand the dynamics involved so you saved me a lot of typing ;-) Just a few notes inline. On 12/01/2022 16:01, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Hi Paolo, Answers/comments/response inline : Le 12/01/2022 à 14:56, Paolo Vecchi a écrit

Re: [board-discuss] Last call for feedback on the proposal (was: Draft text: an "attic" proposal)

2022-01-12 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Thorsten, On 12/01/2022 15:34, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi wrote: On 12/01/2022 12:44, Thorsten Behrens wrote: That seems unlikely to repeat itself? You think no other commercial organisations are or will be hosting any LibreOffice related projects with TDF or you

Re: [board-discuss] Commercial entity vs community development and distribution

2022-01-12 Thread Paolo Vecchi
ew feathers. Alex Thurgood -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint OpenPGP_signature

Re: [board-discuss] Last call for feedback on the proposal (was: Draft text: an "attic" proposal)

2022-01-12 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi all, On 12/01/2022 12:44, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi wrote: Unfortunately it seems like the board didn't realise that a big issue was brewing for quite a few years as clear rules were not set. That seems unlikely to repeat itself? You think no other commercial

Re: [board-discuss] Last call for feedback on the proposal (was: Draft text: an "attic" proposal)

2022-01-12 Thread Paolo Vecchi
at the proposal shows that there is no intention to burden anyone with anything that doesn't go beyond protecting each parties interests and investments. Let's discuss on Friday, all the best, -- Thorsten Happy to discuss that in the public part of the meeting and to get feedback from both indivi

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-11 Thread Paolo Vecchi
our community have other ideas and comments for these proposals? Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.

[board-discuss] Setting clear rules for TDF hosted projects and setting LibreOffice's community expectations

2022-01-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
ck so that together we can see which rules and clarifications we need to put in place to make sure that the investments we put in (in code, bug submission, translations, promotion, etc.) deliver value to all of us. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Docum

Re: [board-discuss] Last call for feedback on the proposal (was: Draft text: an "attic" proposal)

2022-01-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
on-boarding process for projects we intend to support." That is the same agreement we should prepare, and eventually adapt, for "atticisided", current and new projects hosted by TDF. The rationale should have been extensively explained in the thread. Ciao Paolo -- Paolo

Re: [board-discuss] Last call for feedback on the proposal (was: Draft text: an "attic" proposal)

2022-01-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
Hi Thorsten, see below. On 10/01/2022 12:46, Thorsten Behrens wrote: Hi Paolo, let's stay focused - Paolo Vecchi wrote: Do you have concrete suggestions on changing the actual proposal? Well, yes. That's what the rest of the email you replied to was about. Can I see the adjustments

Re: [board-discuss] Last call for feedback on the proposal (was: Draft text: an "attic" proposal)

2022-01-10 Thread Paolo Vecchi
g/www/board-discuss/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- Paolo Vecchi - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https:

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