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> From: Louis Suarez-Potts <lsuarezpo...@gmail.com> > Date: June 1, 2011 2:58:02 PM EDT > To: Jim Jagielski <j...@apache.org> > Cc: Louis Suarez-Potts <lsuarezpo...@gmail.com>, Italo Vignoli > <italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org>, Sam Ruby <ru...@apache.org> > Subject: Re: OpenOffice and the ASF > message-id: <e0b12107-5bbf-478f-92d9-c4be9a463...@openoffice.org> > > For me, yes, share. And I quite agree that more is better and transparency is > crucial, but also concerned about size/productivity ratio. > > -louis > > > On 2011-06-01, at 14:35 , Jim Jagielski wrote: > >> BTW: would it be OK if I shared this email on the ASF >> general@incubator list...? Again, just to be open and >> public from the start. >> >> On Jun 1, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> You know, I am not sure I've actually met Jim, though I have met Sam and >>> had splendid dinners with Italo. >>> >>> >>> On 2011-06-01, at 14:00 , Jim Jagielski wrote: >>> >>>> Now that the cat is out of the bag, we are welcoming and encouraging >>>> involvement from everyone. The initial draft of the proposal >>>> is located: >>>> >>>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal >>>> >>>> and we want to really increase the list of initial committers. As >>>> the main contacts for the OOo and LOo communities, you both are >>>> ideally suited to share the link with your communities, and I ask >>>> that you do so, so that we can have a podling that well represents >>>> the community and ecosystem as a whole. >>>> >>>> Cheers! >>> >>> >>> Thanks, Jim. As I mentioned in my post to OOo's marketing project (I lead >>> it), and also in my blog, ooo-speak on Blogger, I'm really interested in >>> establishing groundwork for the reconciliation of the divided communities >>> and for real, true open-source community focused on OOo technology, >>> including the ODF. >>> >>> I will surely rally the OOo community around this flag. But I also suggest >>> a conference call as soon as can be arranged between the interested >>> parties. I'm not sure who all those be. But I'd hope it includes ODF >>> stalwarts such as Rob Weir and Don Harbison, Apache folk, LibreOffice, and >>> OOo .... >>> >>> I don't have (yet) an agenda; that's something to think more about, at >>> least if we want a productive and not just venting meeting, though there is >>> something to be said about venting. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Louis >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> >>> Louis Suarez-Potts, PhD >>> Community Manager >>> Chair, Community Council >>> OpenOffice.org >>> >>> Time Zone, −0400 UTC >>> +1.416.531.9513 (landline) >>> +1.416.625.3843 (mobile) >>> >>> AIM: lui...@mac.com >>> GTalk: lui...@gmail.com >>> Skype: louisiam >>> Blog: http://ooo-speak.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
