Hi I have during the last days had discussions with multiple PMC members, because I am puzzled or even scared about the level of engagement from the PMC in this nomination.
As I wrote in my introduction, I need the backing of the PMC to carry out changes. my talks have convinced me that the PMC are unlikely to follow the path I believe in. Please remark I am NOT saying the PMC is following a wrong road, only the future can determine that. Due to a likely conflict (remember I resigned due to this) I can only promise to serve for 2 month and a fast new election is not good for the project. Louis on the other hand seems to be accepted by the PMC and are surely also a person that has experience. I hereby recommend Louis be the new chair. I will continue supporting the project as I have the last couple of years. rgds jan i On Sunday, January 11, 2015, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everybody, > I’m a candidate for PMC Chair…. And more below. > > > On 6 Jan 2015, at 13:33, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > Each of the (current and future) nominees should answer this mail in > public and state very briefly: > > The PMC Chair is ostensibly an administrative position. It’s certainly > that, but it also vests its holder with an authority that can be used to > grow the project. > > That, at least, is one way I should like to use it, should I be elected. > If elected, I could serve for at least one year and probably more. > OpenOffice has been my life for a very long time; it—the community and what > it can accomplish with a free tool as powerful as OpenOffice and the ODF—is > something I believe in and love. > > But so do we all. I don’t see myself as working in isolation or as the > “lead.” Hardly; I see the role as enabling others. I have a notion of where > I would like to see OpenOffice—but so do you. And so does Jan. What would > be great is if we could work efficiently and collaboratively to realise our > visions of Apache OpenOffice’s future. > > Growing the community of contributors and uses is something I have some > experience doing. But what worked with OpenOffice.org, like the Native > Language Projects, were created under different circumstances. AOO is not > OOo: it’s more of a community effort. And it operates within the Apache > Software Foundation. > > These are plusses and the opportunities they present to would-be > contributors can be communicated to those companies and government agencies > who are already using OpenOffice and those who are considering using it. We > have not focused on such marketing efforts, and I would like to do so. > > We also need … so many other things. Updated documentation for developers, > for instance; more mentoring and training (at whatever level); and so on: > not news. Engaging the community that we have and that we will have is part > of the fun I’d like to take on, though I’d reframe it by emphasising that > it’s actually our fun. > > I also believe that we need to explore collaboration with The Document > Foundation and LibreOffice. I’ve always argued we should. No one benefits > by maintaining this split. (Oh, arguably, the proprietary products reap in > yet more billions. But they would anyway.) I have no illusions about any > reconciliation or collaboration. But I also believe that the overall > community of users stands to gain hugely. > > More can be said, and I hope it is. But not now. > > Cheers, > Louis > > > > > > --- > > Louis Suárez-Potts > Age of Peers > PMC Apache OpenOffice > Skype: louisiam > Mobile: +1.416.625.3843 > Twitter: @luispo > Company: http://www.ageofpeers.com/ > Personal: http://www.luispo.com/ > Google: https://plus.google.com/+LouisSuárezPotts/ > <https://plus.google.com/+LouisSu%C3%A1rezPotts/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > -- Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings.
