words Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
group. Regards from Tom :) From: Jean Hollis Weber To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 27 April, 2011 10:26:00 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader? On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 10:10 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > A leader le

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 09:55 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Many co-operative groups run extremely well without a specific leader, > running > by committee/council or by whoever happens to be most active in a particular > sub-group at that particular time (like a relay race). We seem to be happily

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 10:10 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > A leader leads. That is exactly the definition of leadership. Yet this > email > asks for a leader that wont "control the group". Someone that does not > control > a group is NOT a leader, by definition. I totally disagree. Leaders

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
ed a more robust, community structure but we need to formalise what it is. Regards from Tom :) From: Ron Faile To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 27 April, 2011 4:40:17 Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader? >Hoping to hear f

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-27 Thread Tom Davies
formalise which groups are needed and identify who is in charge of each group. Perhaps we could have elections if it's not obvious who is best at what. Regards from Tom :) From: David Nelson To: documentation@libreoffice.org Sent: Wed, 27 April, 2011 5:39

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-26 Thread David Nelson
Hi Ron, all, :-) On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:40, Ron Faile wrote: > What is needed is someone tactful who will not > try to control the group, but guide and help it along. That's what is needed > most. And that is what I find lacking in David. No offence intended, that's > just > my opinion. No

[libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-26 Thread Ron Faile
>Hoping to hear from you on my question in the second paragraph. > >--Jean I agree with Jeremy that there needs to be more unity in and enjoyment from this project. I haven't had much time to post since starting a new job and admittedly losing interest as some of the past discussions have bec

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-26 Thread Hal Parker
I would like to hear from Barbara and Ron in response to Jean's original note, and anyone else on the English-language team, before I have my say. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@libreoffice.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquett

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-23 Thread elcico2001 एल्चिको
Il 23/04/2011 05:30, Jean Hollis Weber ha scritto: Recently, several people have mentioned the need for a Docs team leader. Some time ago, David Nelson urged me to take on that role. I declined, choosing to stay in my role of Co-Lead at OpenOffice.org. Now, with Oracle's recent announcement about

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-23 Thread Jeremy Cartwright
On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:30:02 +0800 Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > A question to you, the members of the LibreOffice Docs team (and other > interested people): in the hypothetical situation that I stick up my > hand for the Docs team leader role, would you consider me suitable? Indeed. As you are a r

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-23 Thread Ian Leyton
Hi Jean & all Another +1 from me Regards Ian On 23/04/11 5:02 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: Hi Jean, all, On 23/04/2011 08:48, Leo Moons wrote: A big +1 from me, dear Jean. Yes, a big +1 also from my side. Even if we don't get those official roles in the LO project, having you identify as the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-23 Thread Martin Fox
Short response: +1 from me and especially the use of ODT as format of source docs. Longer response: Having lurked around the Authors group for a while, I firmly believe in some form of leadership, else we all tend to leave it to others and concentrate on our day job! ;=) As a well known manageme

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-23 Thread Carlos Martinez
Hi, It'd be great if you could stick up your hand. My best regards .. Carlos Martinez Jean Hollis Weber skrev 2011-04-23 05:30: Recently, several people have mentioned the need for a Docs team leader. Some time ago, David Nelson urged me to take on that role. I declined, choosing to stay in my

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-23 Thread Ian Leyton
Hi Jean & all Another +1 from me Regards Ian On 23/04/11 5:02 PM, Sophie Gautier wrote: Hi Jean, all, On 23/04/2011 08:48, Leo Moons wrote: A big +1 from me, dear Jean. Yes, a big +1 also from my side. Even if we don't get those official roles in the LO project, having you identify as the

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-23 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) I think that I'd prefer just to talk of a role acting as a responsive central contact rather than a team leader as such. People can be highly active and available some of the time, but need to pull back a bit at other times to deal with other things. So I prefer the "leadership" to float a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-23 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi Jean, all, On 23/04/2011 08:48, Leo Moons wrote: A big +1 from me, dear Jean. Yes, a big +1 also from my side. Even if we don't get those official roles in the LO project, having you identify as the one leading the group would be very good. FYI and everybody's info: we are near to compl

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-22 Thread Leo Moons
A big +1 from me, dear Jean. FYI and everybody's info: we are near to complete the translation of first 4 chapters of the GS into Dutch. Best regards Leo Op 23/04/2011 5:30, Jean Hollis Weber schreef: Recently, several people have mentioned the need for a Docs team leader. Some time ago, Dav

[libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Team Leader?

2011-04-22 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Recently, several people have mentioned the need for a Docs team leader. Some time ago, David Nelson urged me to take on that role. I declined, choosing to stay in my role of Co-Lead at OpenOffice.org. Now, with Oracle's recent announcement about turning OOo over to the community, I am reconsiderin