2011/7/22 Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@googlemail.com>: > Hi Rob, > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Rob Weir <apa...@robweir.com> wrote: > >> 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 <a...@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. >> >> 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. >> > > i would be interested in this project in the same way as i was as a project > member of the existing project. Well i was not really active in the past as > a developer because of some other internal to-dos but this can be changed. >
Hello Jürgen , I'd like to invite you to sign up as an initial committer on the wiki here: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ODFToolkitProposal Regards, -Rob > Juergen > >> >> -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 >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
