Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Changes in the Membership Committee

2011-07-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, 1. approve all current deputies of the MC as full MC members. (so the MC will have 5 members in total - Sophie Gautier, Fridrich Strba, André Schnabel, Thorsten Behrens, Cor Nouws ) 2. approve that the MC should decide on applications in consensus with a needed quorum of 2/3rd (means c

[steering-discuss] SC call on 27th

2011-07-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, I will not be available for the SC call on the 27th (Wednesday, 1600 UTC), and would like to ask my deputy Christoph Noack to step in. FYI: The next call is this Saturday, 1400 UTC, and I will join it. The call on the 27th is the one after that. Florian -- Florian Effenberger Steer

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, David Nelson wrote on 2011-07-18 20.04: May I put it to the SC that it would be better in the motion was "Screenshots for documentation, web graphics and marketing materials for LibreOffice and TDF may be taken on any computing platform, notably Linux, but also Windows, Macintosh and othe

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-19 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
[SNIP] I am just thinking out loud here, if the UI is majorly the same across all platforms why not just use linux for the screen shots, that way the TDF wont have to worrie about copyright infringment etc from windows and mac? At least the TDF can rest assured no legal action will be taken if

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-19 Thread Olivier Hallot
HI Florian And my vote is +1 Regards Em 19-07-2011 05:57, Florian Effenberger escreveu: Hello, David Nelson wrote on 2011-07-18 20.04: May I put it to the SC that it would be better in the motion was "Screenshots for documentation, web graphics and marketing materials for LibreOffice and TDF

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-19 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, -1 as this was not what we discussed in the call. This is missing the recommendation to use Linux screenshots (as we acknoledged, that there might be a very low risk otherwise). André > - Ursprüngliche Nachricht - > Von: Olivier Hallot > Gesendet: 19.07.11 11:55 Uhr > An: steering-

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Andre Schnabel wrote on 2011-07-19 11.56: -1 as this was not what we discussed in the call. This is missing the recommendation to use Linux screenshots (as we acknoledged, that there might be a very low risk otherwise). yes, indeed, that's what we discussed during the call. Maybe Olivier

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Changes in the Membership Committee

2011-07-19 Thread Michael Meeks
+1 to both - assuming Thorsten or Caolan don't vote (T. is on vacation) :-) -- michael.me...@novell.com <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Net

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) +1 to all this. The agreed wording, that keeps getting repeated, allows screen-shots to be taken in MS Windows. The wording also cleverly allows screen-shots on other platforms. The perceived issue with MS is that MS Office is possibly their main income stream. People might buy 2

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-19 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) I think it's best to stick with the original wording. "It is noted that several members of the SC acknowledge the existence of a legal risk to display screenshots of LibreOffice on Windows, but the risk is deemed low, therefore, while screenshots on GNU/Linux should be the default ones,

[steering-discuss] Please approve Simon Phipps as election secretary

2011-07-19 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, this was briefly discussed in our last SC-Call and in the following MC-meeting. To ease the work of the current MC and help with the BoD elections (help with communication, organization and overseeing the election process), we would like to name Simon Phipps as election secretary for our ne

Re: [steering-discuss] Please approve Simon Phipps as election secretary

2011-07-19 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:39:17 +0200, "Andre Schnabel" a écrit : > Hi, > > this was briefly discussed in our last SC-Call and in the following > MC-meeting. > > To ease the work of the current MC and help with the BoD elections > (help with communication, organization and overseeing the election

Re: [steering-discuss] Please approve Simon Phipps as election secretary

2011-07-19 Thread Olivier Hallot
+1 2011/7/19 Andre Schnabel > Hi, > > this was briefly discussed in our last SC-Call and in the following > MC-meeting. > > To ease the work of the current MC and help with the BoD elections (help > with communication, organization and overseeing the election process), we > would like to name Si

Re: [steering-discuss] Please approve Simon Phipps as election secretary

2011-07-19 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 7/19/11 4:39 PM, Andre Schnabel wrote: > To ease the work of the current MC and help with the BoD elections (help with > communication, organization and overseeing the election process), we would > like to name Simon Phipps as election secretary for our next BoD elections. > MC will still be

Re: [steering-discuss] Please approve Simon Phipps as election secretary

2011-07-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Andre Schnabel wrote on 2011-07-19 16.39: To ease the work of the current MC and help with the BoD elections (help with communication, organization and overseeing the election process), we would like to name Simon Phipps as election secretary for our next BoD elections. MC will still be r

Re: [steering-discuss] Please approve Simon Phipps as election secretary

2011-07-19 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi all, On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Andre Schnabel wrote: [...] > To ease the work of the current MC and help with the BoD elections (help with > communication, organization and overseeing the election process), we would > like to name Simon Phipps as election secretary for our next BoD e

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Changes in the Membership Committee

2011-07-19 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi all, 2011/7/18 André Schnabel : > Hi, [...] > > 1. approve all current deputies of the MC as full MC members. (so the MC > will have 5 members in total - Sophie Gautier, Fridrich Strba, André > Schnabel, Thorsten Behrens, Cor Nouws  ) +1 > > 2. approve that the MC should decide on application

Re: [steering-discuss] Please approve Simon Phipps as election secretary

2011-07-19 Thread Michael Meeks
On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 16:39 +0200, Andre Schnabel wrote: > So I'd ask each SC member / deputy to approve this proposal. > My vote is +1 Sounds fine to me too. Thanks, Michael. -- michael.me...@novell.com <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot -- Unsubscrib

Re: [steering-discuss] Call for SC-vote: Using (Windows) Screnshots in TDF materials

2011-07-19 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi all, On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Andre Schnabel wrote on 2011-07-19 11.56: >> >> -1 as this was not what we discussed in the call. This is missing the >> recommendation to use Linux screenshots (as we acknoledged, that there might >> be a very low risk

Re: [steering-discuss] Please approve Simon Phipps as election secretary

2011-07-19 Thread Christoph Noack
Am Dienstag, den 19.07.2011, 16:39 +0200 schrieb Andre Schnabel: > Hi, > > this was briefly discussed in our last SC-Call and in the following > MC-meeting. > > To ease the work of the current MC and help with the BoD elections (help with > communication, organization and overseeing the electio

[steering-discuss] Re: SC call on 27th

2011-07-19 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Florian, all! Am Dienstag, den 19.07.2011, 10:35 +0200 schrieb Florian Effenberger: > Hello, > > I will not be available for the SC call on the 27th (Wednesday, 1600 > UTC), and would like to ask my deputy Christoph Noack to step in. Oh, I have to check that - I'll have some vacation and wil