> On 5 Apr 2015, at 8:07 am, Guy Waterval <waterval....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jan, > Hi all, > > > 2015-04-05 8:20 GMT+02:00 jan i <j...@apache.org>: > >> On Sunday, April 5, 2015, jonathon <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 05/04/15 00:37, jan i wrote: >>> >>>> felt that I as new AOO chair, had formulated the report too negative >> and >>> against the wishes of the community >>> >>> I'm going to suggest that said PMC Member was simply shocked at the >>> radical difference in reporting styles. >> > > Is it so important ? What are the possible consequences of a "bad report" ? > I thought it was only a simple information about the activities in a > project.
Ok so I think a negative report can have a negative impact on a community, rather than encouraging more volunteer time it may be seen as all doom and gloom and perhaps push potential volunteers away. Sure, if a project is in trouble, then that needs to be reported, but there are ways of doing so. If someone new pops up on a project and sees doom and gloom, sees the folks that are already there talking down the project, instead of talking it up, I reckon they’ll turn tail and scarper. I suggested (that is the word suggested; and yes it was me!) that some sentences be reworded slightly - to say the same thing, but in a more positive light, in such a way as that it might actually encourage more folks to step forward. That is what is needed here right? I’ll post my reworded version of the original submitted community consensus report on this list for folks to mull over. Again, it was clear that I made suggestions, and I also made it clear that everyone was free to ignore any and all of them and submit the report as is. I felt by making those suggestions, it may help the project. You folks are doing a grand job here, and so you’ll do whats best. Gav… > > Regards > -- > gw > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
