On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:57 AM, Martin Hollmichel < martin.hollmic...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > time to introduce myself, I'm Martin Hollmichel, contributor to > StarOffice/OpenOffice.org since 1994, member of the OpenOffice.org > Community Council (CC) until 2010 and also Chair of Team OpenOffice.org > e.V. > > We founded Team OpenOffice.org e.V. in 2003 to serve for the items > described for the items below. All the funds coming in was agreed to > spend under the guidelines of the CC (see > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Funding_And_Budgets > ). > Until September 2010 the CC represents the OpenOffce.org community until > the TDF initiative started. Since the remaining CC was preparing the > "restart" of the Community the surprising move of Oracle happened and > Team OpenOffice.org in behalf of the CC also applied for driving > OpenOffice.org. Some of you might also remember the Team OOo was also > the initial holder of the OpenOffice.org trademark in the US. > Please understand that we are also got surprised by the announcement > last Wednesday and we are currently preparing our point of view in this > matter. Generally speaking we are still committed to work with all > related parties to initiate and continue the collaborative work on > offering our users a stable and useful product. I think the decision to > move the project from a "one main sponsor thing" to a "non-profit > entity" is a good one. Now we are all called to make the best of it, > Hope not to initiate another round of intense emails. But my burning question is: why the silence period? There were a lot of things to move forward in but Team OOo never really got a recognition on the lists or any stance on many of the discussions on the Marketing lists, and other direction list. I remember raising some concerns about that back in November but got attacked for even daring to ask, so I didn't insist on questioning Team OOo position in the matter. Also fellow contributors have been asking for Team OOo about cerrtain donation schees that didn't reach their initial goals. > > Martin > > On 06/08/2011 11:31 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > I started looking around at the OOo website. > > > > I'm not sure if now is the time to bring this up, but at > http://contributing.openoffice.org/donate.html there is a solicitation for > funds via three processes. > > > > Here's what the page says: > > > >> Your donation will go directly towards helping this project. Some of the > ways in which your funds might be used include: > >> • Hiring independent developers to work with OpenOffice.org. > >> • Paying for participation at trade shows and conferences. > >> • Paying for organization and staff at annual OpenOffice.org > Conference, OOoCon. > >> • Marketing banners, collateral, CDs and brochures. > >> Please discuss the tax benefits of donating with your accountant. > >> You can make a donation to our primary treasury, Team OpenOffice.org, > e.V. via PayPal or credit card or use bank transfer. > >> Or, if you prefer to donate US dolars (USD) via credit card, cheque or > money order, you can use use Software In the Public Interest, Inc. (SPI), > and simply identify the recipient project, OpenOffice.org, where indicataed > in the instructions SPI provides: SPI Donations for OpenOffice.org . (SPI > does not accept PayPal or wire transfers.) > >> > > Clearly there ought to be changes to the page and process when/if the > podling happens. This is probably at the ASF Board level... certainly the > "hiring developers" part doesn't fit... > > > > Regards, > > Dave > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- *Alexandro Colorado* *OpenOffice.org* Español http://es.openoffice.org
