Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2023-03-20

2023-03-31 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Andreas, all, Andreas Mantke wrote on 30/03/2023 14:28: Am 29.03.23 um 15:58 schrieb Cor Nouws: A personal interest is not a conflict of interest which in general is not a reason to abstain from discussing topics. sorry to be very clear here: I've never read or heard such non

Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2023-03-20

2023-03-29 Thread Cor Nouws
three topics? Sorry if it is not there. IIRC I said the same applied for me - as is usually the case - so my name should be there in the minutes too. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftun

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Budget request for marketing, community and events

2023-03-16 Thread Cor Nouws
bills from TDF money. You may have noticed in the years 2012-2018, when you were deputy, that it is rather common that the decision for the budget for a certain year is made in that same year. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Budget request for marketing, community and events

2023-03-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Andreas, Andreas Mantke wrote on 15/03/2023 15:01: would be interesting to know for which FOSDEM the budget item is decided on, for the one: - in 2023? or - in 2024? This is for the 2023 budget, Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Start audio-recording TDF board calls again, for better minuting

2023-03-02 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi all, Thorsten Behrens wrote on 02/03/2023 21:08: Motion: ask Infra to setup a Jitsi recording facility for the TDF board room as soon as possible. Recordings should be made available only to the board, in particular when private or sensitive topics are discussed. +1 Cor -- Cor Nouws

Re: [board-discuss] Propose And Not Deliver (was: Re: Some Questions On Decision Making)

2023-02-08 Thread Cor Nouws
FOSDEM, that was not completed I think. Will check this and expect the answer will follow this week on tdf-internal. I'll let you know if somehow that turn out to be not possible. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin G

Re: Some Questions On Decision Making (was: Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Re: [Vote] hiring external communication expert)

2023-01-21 Thread Cor Nouws
led criteria to choose only those firms? Regards, Andreas Am 20.01.23 um 21:47 schrieb Cor Nouws: Hi Andreas, Good questions. Yes, we had a clear description of the ask. We had contacted 4 consultancy firms with a summary, of which two seemed best matching. We got offerings from them based

Re: Some Questions On Decision Making (was: Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Re: [Vote] hiring external communication expert)

2023-01-20 Thread Cor Nouws
ision, which was taken in private on 2022-12-22, is now made public in accordance with our statutes. Cor Nouws wrote on 17/12/2022 11:59: Hello all, Another topic on which we need to make progress urgently IMO. Not only to check the handling, impartiality and objectivity of the CoC case against Pao

[board-discuss] [DECISION] [VOTE] New proposal for hiring in-house developers.

2022-12-05 Thread Cor Nouws
quorate. A quorum could be reached with a simple majority of 4 votes. Result of vote: 5 approvals, 2 abstains, 0 disapprovals. Decision: The proposal has been accepted. One deputy supports the motion. [NB: Rest assured, I would say, that we took notice of the discussion.] Cor Nouws wrote on 02/12

[board-discuss] Fwd: [VOTE] New proposal for hiring in-house developers.

2022-12-05 Thread Cor Nouws
2022. 12. 02. 9:24 keltezéssel, Cor Nouws írta: Dear people, Thanks for the constructive feedback on the proposal. Various changes applied, I now call a vote for the resolution below. Your response within 72 hours from now is much appreciated. Cheers, Cor

Re: [board-discuss] Re: [VOTE] New proposal for hiring in-house developers.

2022-12-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi, I've brought this to the list tdf-internal for further discussion. Cheers, Cor Paolo Vecchi wrote on 03/12/2022 01:32: Hi all, On 02/12/2022 23:42, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi, Until someone can explain me that it is beneficial to TDF to compete with contributing members of the ecosyst

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] New proposal for hiring in-house developers.

2022-12-03 Thread Cor Nouws
against some companies in the ecosystem. Maybe you can fix that? I'm being put in a condition of not being able to perform my role of director in these matters so I have little hope that those issues will be solved. This is factual not true. Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board o

Re: [board-discuss] Re: [VOTE] New proposal for hiring in-house developers.

2022-12-02 Thread Cor Nouws
://www.amantke.de/blog -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPD key ID: 0xB13480A6 - 591A 30A7 36A0 CE3C 3D28 A038 E49D 7365

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] New proposal for hiring in-house developers.

2022-12-02 Thread Cor Nouws
+ 1 :) Cor Nouws wrote on 02/12/2022 09:24: -%<-- ## TDF Developer Hiring Resolution 2022 "Whereas, - with TDF stewarding, among other things, a well-working symbiosis of   various companies and volunteer de

[board-discuss] [VOTE] New proposal for hiring in-house developers.

2022-12-02 Thread Cor Nouws
8 of the abandoned dev proposal: https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/qofn646Jg6bmPYB " -%<------ Cor Nouws wrote on 28/11/2022 10:58: Hi all, As promised. After the previous draft text ended up in a dead-end, wit

Re: [board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-12-01 Thread Cor Nouws
f... By taking part of the work in a separate environment, it is just more inclusive. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfou

Re: [board-discuss] the importance of shepherding this list & TDF

2022-12-01 Thread Cor Nouws
ere, On 29/11/2022 23:38, Franklin Weng wrote: > Believe me or not. Let me try to provide a quick counter-balance in this thread. -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerliche

Re: [board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-12-01 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Andreas, Andreas Mantke wrote on 30/11/2022 19:56: Am 30.11.22 um 14:20 schrieb Cor Nouws: is that she read things at another location. Thus I've mentioned the minutes where I do not point at people, but reflect on the content. (Note the difference with what she describes). I quote

Re: [board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-11-30 Thread Cor Nouws
ve with you thinking that I'm stupid enough, no problem, but please, don't try to turn what I said. I'm not aware that I tried to turn what you said. Sorry if I gave that impression. And happy to look into this, other details, more closely. Either here, in private mail (with oth

Re: [board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-11-30 Thread Cor Nouws
f the communication with the members you needn't think about the strategy for the future of TDF, but about an advanced training to improve your skills. So I think with my explanation those words are not in place, Andreas? Thanks, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation,

Re: [board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-11-30 Thread Cor Nouws
trying to stay balanced and try hard to fulfill my role as vice-chairman by giving voice to everyone. Really, if you feel treated badly in board discussions etc., do speak up, or in private, or try to have a call.. it should not be that way :( Best, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Dir

Re: [board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-11-28 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Emiliano, Emiliano Vavassori wrote on 28/11/2022 22:55: Il 27/11/22 17:41, Cor Nouws ha scritto: Let me clarify that I did NOT take any part on the drafting of such proposal, nor I do approve or support it or even part of it. I clearly wrote to the other directors involved to

Re: [board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-11-28 Thread Cor Nouws
Dear people, Cor Nouws wrote on 27/11/2022 17:41: I promise that will be posted soon - ultimately tomorrow - allowing us to start the process of hiring by the end of the week, I hope. In the mean time, there is a mail 'New proposal for hiring in-house developers' on the list td

Re: [board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-11-27 Thread Cor Nouws
s not to deny the work of you and other team members and so on. Maybe we only make sure that it actually comes to work? Cheers, Cor sophi wrote on 27/11/2022 21:50: Hi Cor, all, Le 27/11/2022 à 17:41, Cor Nouws a écrit : Hi all, I could not join this vote. As all that read my mails and he

[board-discuss] fast ahead soon... Re: [VOTE] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-11-27 Thread Cor Nouws
The vote runs 72h from now. If all full board members voted before, the vote can be concluded earlier. Ciao Paolo -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bür

Re: [board-discuss] [DISCUSS] Approve in-house developers proposal v.3.1

2022-11-26 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi, Paolo Vecchi wrote on 25/11/2022 14:57: All directors also expressed their support for the proposal which, as I'm sure I did not. I mentioned items that make it questionable and definitely not fit to help our community with developers. Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Director

Re: [board-discuss] Agenda for TDF board meeting on Monday, October 31st at 1800 Berlin time (UTC+1)

2022-10-30 Thread Cor Nouws
urage people: "put your energy where the mouth is". Then, some details really deserve attention on tdf-internal@, that is open to all members. I'll continue there. Cheers, Cor *) https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Policies/Attic -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The

Re: [board-discuss] Nuisance With Private Emails

2022-10-23 Thread Cor Nouws
ke that. I assume it is something that could be written to the mailing list as well? I find this form of cautionary private emails pestering and not appropriate for an open Free Software project. I think it is inappropriate to post this sort of vague accusations on the list. Cheers, Cor

Re: [board-discuss] Agenda for TDF board meeting on Monday, October 17th at 1800 Berlin time (UTC+2)

2022-10-17 Thread Cor Nouws
yourself at the previous meeting. IMO not at all as quick and clear as you promised, but.. You wrote your explanation on the investigation. There will be a reply and then it's good to talk again. Greetings, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstenda

Re: [board-discuss] Updated Code of Conduct - blind-sided

2022-10-07 Thread Cor Nouws
r here. Thanks, Cor *) https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct/ -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.o

Re: [board-discuss] Agenda for TDF board meeting on Monday, September 19th at 1800 Berlin time (UTC+2)

2022-09-17 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Sophie, sophi wrote on 17/09/2022 20:12: 5. Discuss: Updating CoC policy (Cor Nouws, 5 mins)     Apparently we have a proposal for a new CoC policy So I'm a bit surprised to see this item here, I've added it to a private meeting agenda between the Board, the Membership Committ

Re: [board-discuss] [NO DECISION] TDF to change composition of legal oversight group

2022-09-13 Thread Cor Nouws
relevant. Very relevant. We'll working on having a board meeting asap to discuss the topic. HTH, cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details:

Re: [board-discuss] Lets sort out the patch review before continuing here (was: Merging Of Contributions)

2022-09-06 Thread Cor Nouws
s only my opinion and everyone else is fine with the current process. Regards, Andreas -- ## Free Software Advocate ## Plone add-on developer ## My blog: http://www.amantke.de/blog -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige

Re: [board-discuss] Moderation And Elections

2022-08-19 Thread Cor Nouws
lections starting a week after end nomination, I really fail to see how a possible delay in moderation can break the process. .. If you fail, you have to take the full responsibility and draw the obvious conclusion. Thanks :) Cor Am 19.08.22 um 17:10 schrieb Cor Nouws: Hi Andreas, Andreas

Re: [board-discuss] Moderation And Elections

2022-08-19 Thread Cor Nouws
tion phase (one week before the election starts, as per § 12 II) 3. Thursday, 2022-09-01, 00:00: official start of the elections (at least 45 days after announcement of the election, as per § 12 II) " -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 18

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] TDF to change composition of legal oversight group

2022-07-21 Thread Cor Nouws
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_rules -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPD key ID: 0xB13480A6 - 591A 30A7

Re: [board-discuss] no obvious double-standards (was: List Moderation - Apply Double Standards?)

2022-07-19 Thread Cor Nouws
l way, not with all rest, that really is not needed to express a fair opinion. HTH, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.or

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Offer AppStore LibreOffice for a fee

2022-07-13 Thread Cor Nouws
ndly, winsome ways, about your dominant style of communication? So again, I regret that it has been moderated through in this form. I will further discuss this in the board internally. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 B

[board-discuss] Re: [tdf-internal] Open letter for revive LOOL, add your +1 if you agree

2022-07-11 Thread Cor Nouws
atticization, as the clock is already ticking, and, at the same time, emphasize the global nature of the foundation we urge full consideration of the two proposals that have been made so far. ... And finally wrt these proposals: no one is blocking anyone to work on these. Greetings, Cor

Re: [board-discuss] Open letter for revive LOOL, add your +1 if you agree

2022-07-11 Thread Cor Nouws
interested can find lots of discussion in the archives as well as information on what they and others can do to create the software they like, also under TDF. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige

Re: [board-discuss] Whether technical moderation of this list is needed

2022-07-08 Thread Cor Nouws
Paolo Vecchi wrote on 08/07/2022 16:29: my short answer is: no. I consider it a wise decision. Let's discuss it (first) in the board. Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerl

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Delayed atticization for LibreOffice Online

2022-07-07 Thread Cor Nouws
decisions are not met in three months, the project will be atticizised. If conditions for de-atticizations (and those are similar) are met in four months, the repository will be de-atticizised. How beautiful and simple it that. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Documen

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Delayed atticization for LibreOffice Online

2022-07-07 Thread Cor Nouws
oks so. Why are you doing this? Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPD key ID: 0xB13480A6 - 591A 30A7

Re: [board-discuss] re-discovering the Foundation roots?

2022-07-05 Thread Cor Nouws
ly no objections. It's just not as practical, and asks for other preparations and handling. Maybe, at least, a pad with questions could be enabled. Yep, sure. Greetings, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige re

Re: [board-discuss] re-discovering the Foundation roots?

2022-07-05 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Marina, Marina Latini wrote on 05/07/2022 18:03: On 05.07.2022 14:45, Cor Nouws wrote: I see three :) It would definitely be worth I think to have a meeting where not only the Board of Directors but also the Board of Trustees (TDF members) _participates_. And that would need preparations

Re: [board-discuss] re-discovering the Foundation roots?

2022-07-05 Thread Cor Nouws
ively involved, could be considered too. Let's look what interest evolves and then decide. Makes sense. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal det

Re: [board-discuss] re-discovering the Foundation roots?

2022-07-05 Thread Cor Nouws
ould all try to be the living example of conscientious behavior, understanding, with self-reflection, direct and respectful communication, avoiding accusations and more good habits, that inspires the whole board :) Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürst

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Delayed atticization for LibreOffice Online

2022-07-04 Thread Cor Nouws
ving said the above I ask to reconsider the decision and add it to the public part of the agenda for the next board meeting. . Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerliche

Re: [board-discuss] Work On Update LOOL (was Re: LOOL is about to be archived)

2022-07-01 Thread Cor Nouws
Did you ever realize that your proposals are mostly very interesting for hosting companies and negative for ecosystem companies doing development, in this case Collabora? Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnü

Re: [board-discuss] TDF, the online version, and its missions

2022-06-28 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Daniel, *, Daniel A. Rodriguez wrote on 28/06/2022 01:08: El 27/6/22 a las 19:28, Cor Nouws escribió: Win-win is a situation to which we all aspire. However, one of the key pieces in this mutant puzzle is to broaden the ecosystem rather than narrow it. And, in this sense, clear rules

Re: [board-discuss] TDF, the online version, and its missions

2022-06-27 Thread Cor Nouws
, with all history, discussions and careful working on proposals, I think it is not unfair if I notify that it is somehow late. Then of course: better late then not at all ;) Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Geme

Re: [board-discuss] Re: In-house developers proposal v 2.1

2022-06-07 Thread Cor Nouws
ble support respecting as much ideas as possible. greetings, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPD key ID: 0xB

Re: [board-discuss] Drafting job posting for "part-time web technology expert"

2022-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
e is "Suggest, discuss and follow..." - I think that is easier to read thatn "with suggesting, discussing and implementation". We could make it even easier and say "Evaluate web technologies and bring them...". That's indeed clearer. I propose that Ilmari and

Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-06-03 Thread Cor Nouws
be able to participate. You may have missed something, but that is standing policy. Cheers, -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http

Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-06-02 Thread Cor Nouws
w commercial contributors, volunteers and in-house developers will start working together to fix those areas. IMO there is clearly room for that. See my mail from 23:17 CET I'm sure there will be a lot of fun to be had for everyone ;-) Could well be - let's hope it works out fine.

Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-06-02 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Andreas, Thanks for your answer, Andreas Mantke wrote on 01/06/2022 20:13: Am 01.06.22 um 11:48 schrieb Cor Nouws: Andreas Mantke wrote on 31/05/2022 19:49: I only could see the difference that in one case TDF has full control I do not understand what you mean. What is full

Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-06-01 Thread Cor Nouws
sensible way to effectively manage in house developers/mentors. And, brushing in my opinion here: the combined knowledge of code, development, and existing needs, is best found in our ESC, with its broad composition, open meetings etc. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Docu

Re: [board-discuss] Merged proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-06-01 Thread Cor Nouws
s there were no sides. The community contributed to the project and once it was ready the representative of a commercial contributor decided to propose a new document. Similar as above: an insinuation, negative framing and not true. Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Fou

[board-discuss] Re: Drafting Tender "Improve the accessibility checker for PDF/UA"

2022-05-23 Thread Cor Nouws
many nuances in a11y. So "improve to a state where it is useful for preferably all of the situations/documents to check' or something in that direction, would be my suggestion. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berli

Re: [board-discuss] Drafting job posting for "QA analyst"

2022-05-23 Thread Cor Nouws
. I've added some remarks, suggestions and applied few changes. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GP

Re: [board-discuss] Drafting job posting for "part-time web technology expert"

2022-05-23 Thread Cor Nouws
t; No idea if that is far reaching, in the sense that it can be very complicated? So maybe add 'as far as reasonable achievable' Changed: * Follow web technologies and trends and bring them to TDF web services with suggesting, discussing and implementation. Cheers, Cor -- Cor No

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-23 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Paolo, Paolo Vecchi wrote on 23/05/2022 13:07: On 23/05/2022 12:57, Cor Nouws wrote: It is not the responsibility of the board to micromanage the team. To evaluate the quality of your proposal. It would have been the responsibility of other fellow members of the board to contribute

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-23 Thread Cor Nouws
Paolo Vecchi wrote on 23/05/2022 12:49: Hi Cor, On 23/05/2022 12:37, Cor Nouws wrote: It is the boards responsibility to evaluate that. It is not the responsibility of the board to micromanage the team. To evaluate the quality of your proposal. The board has an employees oversight

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-23 Thread Cor Nouws
posal for another approach, that can well result in a similar situation, but that you sadly didn't respond to for the third or fourth time. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bü

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-22 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Paolo, Cor Nouws wrote on 14/05/2022 00:11: Hi, Paolo Vecchi wrote on 13/05/2022 11:15: ... I haven't received any constructive feedback for a while so I presumed This puzzles me, Paolo. What do you consider as "constructive feedback"? I think clarifying this is usef

Re: [board-discuss] Proposal for in-house developers at TDF

2022-05-13 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi, Paolo Vecchi wrote on 13/05/2022 11:15: ... I haven't received any constructive feedback for a while so I presumed This puzzles me, Paolo. What do you consider as "constructive feedback"? Cheers Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kur

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] ratify board communication best practices document

2022-04-14 Thread Cor Nouws
how we handle communication about private board meetings in public. For later.. Vote runs the usual 72 hours, please answer with +1/-1/abstain to this email. For now: really glad with this guide line. Thanks, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm

Re: [board-discuss] Dividing & excluding ...

2022-04-11 Thread Cor Nouws
heers, Cor Paolo Vecchi wrote on 10/04/2022 23:39: Hi all, On 10/04/2022 15:01, Cor Nouws wrote: And while not always perfect, I'm convinced that we are doing a great job in working in a fair, compliant, and transparent way. The system is clearly not perfect and it has been said that c

Re: [board-discuss] Dividing & excluding ...

2022-04-10 Thread Cor Nouws
ahead on this topic could it be to contract full-time developer (by TDF). Indeed, I really look forward to spent my time for TDF/the BoD on the real needs of our community: how do we get more people in, more developers, more companies that put trust in us. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Boa

Re: [board-discuss] Dividing & excluding ...

2022-04-07 Thread Cor Nouws
Daniel A. Rodriguez wrote on 07/04/2022 13:17: Are you, the same one who said 'non coders can't talk', .. I think I explained before, but happy to repeat, that the idea that Michael said that, is at least a huge misinterpretation. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Boa

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Approve the attic proposal

2022-03-24 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi, Thorsten Behrens wrote on 24/03/2022 00:20: calling for an email VOTE on the below final version of the Attic Proposal. The vote runs for 72 hours, starting now. Thanks to all involved in the discussion .. and +1 from me, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal - version 2.0

2022-03-14 Thread Cor Nouws
ired to de-attic if there is genuine concern about the proposed bar being too high vs a new from scratch project. I like this idea. It nicely addresses the problem. Ah you already made an nice proposal on this matter, Caolán. Sorry I missed that early in the evening :) Cor -- Cor Nouws, membe

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal - version 2.0

2022-03-14 Thread Cor Nouws
. projects as for de-attic a project, this projects wouldn't have been supported / used by TDF. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal - version 2.0

2022-03-14 Thread Cor Nouws
Cor Nouws wrote on 14/03/2022 17:34: Hi Andras, Andreas Mantke wrote on 13/03/2022 16:12: the quintessence of he proposal would be that a project will at 99,9% or more wouldn't get out of the attic state inside the TDF resources. The barriers to de-attic a project and make it an a

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal - version 2.0

2022-03-14 Thread Cor Nouws
ituation where projects restart without a good change on success, which is IMO quite relevant for TDF's good name. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] award text layout tender to Collabora

2022-03-09 Thread Cor Nouws
administration etc. of which I'm not a great fan. I hope you can understand this, Greetings, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundatio

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Approve version 1.3.2 of the CoI policy

2022-03-05 Thread Cor Nouws
] - such that we reference version 1.3.2 of the CoI policy: +1 Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPD key ID

[board-discuss] Representation statement

2022-02-28 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi *, I, Cor Nouws elected member of the Board of Directors of The Document Foundation, hereby and until further notice, nominate the following deputies to represent me during board calls and meetings, in the order set forth below: 1.1. Ayhan Yalçınsoy 1.2. Gabriel Masei 1.3. Gábor Kelemen

[board-discuss] Re: Draft document for TDF in-house developers proposal

2022-02-26 Thread Cor Nouws
. As expressed before, I’m willing to support a clearly defined trial since I consider that a good way to learn what is realistic and what is just wishful thinking. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige

Re: [board-discuss] Advisory Board Membership of Rubitech-Astra

2022-02-26 Thread Cor Nouws
arn peace. Thanks for all input - much appreciated! & greetings, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPD k

Re: [board-discuss] Advisory Board Membership of Rubitech-Astra

2022-02-26 Thread Cor Nouws
steps (early) next week. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPD key ID: 0xB13480A6 - 591A 30A7 36A0 CE3C

Re: [board-discuss] [DISCUSS] Proposed update for the CoI Policy: version 1.3.2

2022-02-24 Thread Cor Nouws
being a member of the Board of Directors. I believe no one in the current board has any problem with it or wouldn't have ran for a board position. Life can be so complicated at times ;) I do not see a reason not to support the small improvements that are in. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, m

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-15 Thread Cor Nouws
Ah - my mail crossed Simons one. Killing this part of the thread now ;) Cor Nouws wrote on 15/02/2022 17:05: Hi Mike, *, Mike Saunders wrote on 15/02/2022 16:01: ... So some kind of bounty system may help to create a more direct link between users (especially donors) and developers. But

Re: [board-discuss] Bounty Programme/Fund

2022-02-15 Thread Cor Nouws
somewhere in a haunted folder if the new Board is interested. Yes that what I just wrote in the old thread :) : a channel to bring users, bounties, BugZilla issues and freelance developers together, also with the idea to grow the pool of LibreOffice developers. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws,

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-15 Thread Cor Nouws
quests too, of course. While working on the TDC plan, one of the elements was a channel to bring users, bounties, BugZilla issues and freelance developers together, also with the idea to grow the pool of LibreOffice developers. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-15 Thread Cor Nouws
n it could be a way to allow donations to steer (a tiny bit of) development. Lacking that, it is the competence of the board to take care for good spending of the donations. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemein

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-15 Thread Cor Nouws
all the ideas and questions we saw in the discussion so far. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPD key

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-09 Thread Cor Nouws
their issues. Wasn't that meant to be tendered? Yep. -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint GPD key ID: 0xB1348

Re: [board-discuss] Enable TDF to contribute more code to LibreOffice with in-house developers to address our donors specific needs

2022-02-08 Thread Cor Nouws
the best in the shared projects. Then with my experience in a broad variety of commercial, volunteer and public entities, I'm far from convinced that it leads to anything good when a foundation tries to bend the forces that drive a commercial market. Cheers, Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Di

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-17 Thread Cor Nouws
a priority. Another perspective on that: "You rushed into the board with proposals that would allow non-contributors to start competing with one of the major contributors, by making use of the LibreOffice brand." And .. then you were surprised that it wasn't welcomed with appla

Re: [board-discuss] Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online

2022-01-17 Thread Cor Nouws
a priority. Another perspective on that: "You rushed into the board with proposals that would allow non-contributors to start competing with one of the major contributors, by making use of the LibreOffice brand." And .. then you were surprised that it wasn't welcomed with applause :)

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal

2022-01-07 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Andreas, Andreas Mantke wrote on 07/01/2022 20:28: > Am 07.01.22 um 18:11 schrieb Cor Nouws: >> (...) >> I'd like to mention that one of TDF's main goal is to foster a >> sustainable developers community. (...) > > I'd recommend to read through parag

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal

2022-01-07 Thread Cor Nouws
Paolo Vecchi wrote on 07/01/2022 19:47: > Thank you for your valuable contribution Cor. > > On 07/01/2022 18:11, Cor Nouws wrote: >> To add to that: in the meeting where you proposed to change the >> situation, you expressed a clear conviction that other open source >&g

Re: [board-discuss] Draft text: an "attic" proposal

2022-01-07 Thread Cor Nouws
ing, can of course only be considered if it comes with solid report on that subject. Still waiting... Cor (Possibly others may have time or interest to rebut other 'single side framed' details of your mail) -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm

[board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of role in the Board of Directors

2022-01-07 Thread Cor Nouws
I, Cor Nouws, elected director of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts. My term will start February 18, 2022. Signed: Cor Nouws Ich, Cor Nouws, gewähltes Mitglied des Vorstands der The Document Foundation, nehme mein Amt

Re: [board-discuss] Candidacy to the BoD elections: Cor Nouws

2021-11-25 Thread Cor Nouws
Ah well, there should of course be only one Cor standing for the Board ;) Cor Nouws wrote on 25/11/2021 22:45: > Dear people, dear members, -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how

[board-discuss] Candidacy to the BoD elections: Cor Nouws

2021-11-25 Thread Cor Nouws
Collabora Productivity. All good things come in threes: TDF Lives, that we are Free People, and together we Pursuit Improving! Full name: Cor Nouws Email: c...@nouenoff.nl Corporate affiliation: Nou&Off, Collabora Productivity <75 words statement: It would love to continue continuing c

[board-discuss] Candidacy to the BoD elections: Cor Nouws

2021-11-25 Thread Cor Nouws
Collabora Productivity. All good things come in threes: TDF Lives, that we are Free People, and together we Pursuit Improving! Full name: Cor Nouws Email: c...@nouenoff.nl Corporate affiliation: Nou&Off, Collabora Productivity <75 words statement: It would love to continue continuing c

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Approve version 1.3.1 of the CoI policy

2021-11-23 Thread Cor Nouws
nter into immediate effect. > > [1] > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/2/21/Mike_BoD_Conflict_of_Interest_Policy_ver1_3_1.pdf > [2] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_rules +1 Cor -- Cor Nouws, member Board of Directors The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 1

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-11 Thread Cor Nouws
at with the proposed version, members of the BoD with interest in how the policy reads, may be excluded from voting about future versions, simply, if the majority of the board decides they are in a CoI situation. > For myself, I am eager to start discussing it right after the vote. The world up

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