Hi. Today is end of nominations, we have received 1 nomination and Dennis has accepted the nomination.
I do not see a need for a further discussion period, since the last entry on this thread was 13 days ago (not counting the private mails I have received). I will start the VOTE Thread shortly. rgds jan I. On 3 August 2015 at 20:34, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 31 Jul 15, at 17:40, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Rob Weir <r...@robweir.com> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Roberto Galoppini > >> <roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I would like to nominate Dennis Hamilton (orcmid), for a number of > >> reasons > >>> we already discussed here, and more important to say because of his > very > >>> positive attitude towards collaboration within the PMC. > >>> > >>> He proved to be an excellent mediator and advisor to the group, always > >>> respectful of the Apache Way and willing to help. > >>> > >> > >> +1. > >> > >> I think Dennis would be a great choice, if he is willing. I've known > >> him for almost a decade now, from his volunteer work on the ODF > >> standard and with ODF interoperability. He was one of the few true > >> volunteer members of the ODF TC, not working for any of the large > >> commercial vendors, but gained the respect of all with his technical > >> knowledge and experience, but also his willingness to work with all. > >> He's a gentleman, something we don't see much anymore. I met him > >> once in Seattle at an ODF Plugfest and he made me appreciate the > >> importance of thanking public bus drivers. My mentioning all this > >> will surely embarrass Dennis a little, but that's the kind of guy he > >> is, and I want to make sure you know that. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> -Rob > >> > > > > and my +1 for Dennis Hamilton as chair > > > > I think Dennis would be an excellent choice. > > > > For what it's worth, he was also one of the original "endorsers" (well I > > don't know the proper term is here) for bringing OpenOffice into the ASF: > > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal > > > > I think this says a lot about his interest and enthusiasm for OpenOffice > > +1 nomination for DH, too. > > Note, DH also ran for Chair last time we went through this. And given the > abundance of reminders by Rich and others as to what a chair is and is not > and given also that DH has been involved with Apache since …? (ages)… As > well as active with ODF (in numerous loci, despite his claims to be > slightly less engaged), and also Corinthia…. > > Cheers, > louis > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
