Rob Weir <apa...@robweir.com> wrote on 07/21/2011 02:02:55 PM: > From: Rob Weir <apa...@robweir.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org, > Date: 07/22/2011 04:20 AM > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] ODF Toolkit for Incubation > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On Jul 21, 2011, at 7:10 AM, Andy Brown wrote: > > > >> Rob Weir wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Andy Brown <andy@the-martin- > byrd.net> wrote: > >>>> Rob Weir wrote: > >>>>> And I've added it to the wiki: > >>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ODFToolkitProposal > >>>>> > >>>>> -Rob > >>>> > >>>> What can I do to help? > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Good question. Once the project is set up, there will be many areas > >>> where we would benefit from contributions. Naturally, this includes > >>> Java programmers, but also QA, documentation, and of course, users. > >> > >> I was referring to get it approved as an incubator project. I see no > >> where to sign up as a committer as we had with OOo. > > > > I would like to help as well. Are people allowed to add their > names to the proposal? > > > > I've been told that the way we opened things up for initial committers > on the OpenOffice proposal was not the norm. I was pointed to this > post that explained the danger of extreme approaches in either > direction, "piling on" versus not letting anyone new in: > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/ > 200607.mbox/%3c5353a3c4-4ccc-4673-a00f-b9ce3193c...@gbiv.com%3E > > So it appears that the decision on initial committers rests with the > proposers, which I count as myself and the other names listed > initially. Personally, I would welcome anyone who is committed to the > success of the project and is able to contribute in one way or > another. But I'd like to see what my co-proposers think on this as > well.
As a co-proposer, I also welcome anyone who is committed to the success of this project. There are many exciting areas to improve. We will need to develop a good community to support this project beyond the core developers. So if you have a keen interest in the 'document-space', please do not hesitate to join. > > Can we do this for now? If anyone is committed to the project and > able to contribute, please respond to this note with some indication > of your interest. The proposers can then review this information and > add names to the wiki accordingly. There is a "checks and balances" > aspect to this as well. If the proposers are seen as rejecting > earnest offers of help from the community, then that could clearly be > a factor in how the proposal is voted on. > > -Rob > > > > 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 >
