Re: [board-discuss] Resignation

2013-10-22 Thread Simon Phipps
of the Membership Committee. Based on the last elections, [2] this is Simon Phipps. I therefore ask you, Simon Phipps, if you accept your new role and want to serve in The Document Foundation's Membership Committee as full member. Florian [1] http://www.documentfoundation.

Re: [board-discuss] Candidate nomination

2015-11-25 Thread Simon Phipps
Thanks for your proposal Charles. I've been considering it today and would like to accept your nomination. My full name is Simon Phipps and I'm in my 50s, live in Southampton in the UK with my wife, have a grown family and work as an open source consultant. My current employer (Wipro

Re: [board-discuss] Questions for the candidates to the board of directors of the Document Foundation

2015-11-25 Thread Simon Phipps
ommunication and collaboration, and this is sorely needed because of the dominance of proprietary solutions in the lives and minds of the world's computer users. -- *Simon Phipps* http://webmink.com *Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027 *Mobile*: +44 774 776 2816 *or Telegram <https://telegram.me/webmink>*

Re: [board-discuss] Candidate nomination

2015-11-25 Thread Simon Phipps
v 25, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > Thanks for your proposal Charles. I've been considering it today and would > like to accept your nomination. > > > My full name is Simon Phipps and I'm in my 50s, live in Southampton in the > UK with my wife, have a grown f

[board-discuss] Re: Accepting my position in the Board

2016-01-01 Thread Simon Phipps
I, Simon Phipps, elected Director of the Board of The Document > Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen > Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2016. > Signed: Simon Phipps > Ich, Simon Phipps, gewähltes Vor

Re: [board-discuss] Representation in the board in my absence

2016-02-26 Thread Simon Phipps
In order to comply with the bylaws of TDF: I, Simon Phipps, elected member of the board of The Document Foundation, hereby and until further notice nominate the following elected deputies to represent me during board meetings of all kinds, in the order set forth below: 1. Deputy Norbert

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] change of travel policy wrt. kilometers driven

2016-04-05 Thread Simon Phipps
e.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: > http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted

Re: [board-discuss] Harassment and lack of code of conduct

2017-02-01 Thread Simon Phipps
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 2:32 PM, K-J LibreOffice wrote: > Am 12.01.2017 um 12:24 schrieb Katarina Behrens: > >> Hello world & BoD, >> >> it has been brought to my attention that one of our (female) >> contributors, who >> is also a TDF member (this is why membership committee is in Cc:) has been >

Re: [board-discuss] Harassment and lack of code of conduct

2017-02-01 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Michael, On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Michael Meeks wrote: > > > On 01/02/17 14:38, Simon Phipps wrote: > > The Code should indicate that a Trustee can forfeit membership > > for a serious breach. > > Interestingly, he was not a member anymore, and

Re: [board-discuss] Procedure Of TDF Board Elections

2017-10-31 Thread Simon Phipps
On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Andreas Mantke wrote: > Hi Cor, all, > > Am 31.10.2017 um 17:12 schrieb Cor Nouws: > > Hi Andreas, > > > > Andreas Mantke wrote on 31-10-17 13:44: > > > >> that's not the topic, I wrote about. I wrote about very close personal > >> or economic connections, not the

Re: [board-discuss] Procedure Of TDF Board Elections

2017-10-31 Thread Simon Phipps
On 31 Oct 2017 18:54, "Andreas Mantke" wrote: Hi Simon, Cor, all, Am 31.10.2017 um 19:19 schrieb Simon Phipps: > > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Andreas Mantke <mailto:ma...@gmx.de>> wrote: > > Hi Cor, all, > > Am 31.10.2017 um 17:

[board-discuss] Board candidate: Simon Phipps

2017-11-24 Thread Simon Phipps
rector and have extensive business experience which I have used to TDF's advantage. Now independent, I'd be honoured to serve again; my priority will be the new challenges of the cloud era." Personal information: My full name is Simon Phipps I am nominated in a personal capacity and have no c

[board-discuss] Re: Acceptance of BoD role

2017-12-21 Thread Simon Phipps
> > > I, Simon Phipps, elected Deputy Director of the Board of The Document > Foundation, hereby accept this position within the Stiftung bürgerlichen > Rechts "The Document Foundation". My term will start February 18, 2018. > > Signed: Simon Phipps > >

Re: [board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, November 23rd, at 1400, Berlin time

2018-11-19 Thread Simon Phipps
Since this primarily affects the software would it not be a topic for the ESC? {Terse? Mobile!} On Mon, 19 Nov 2018, 11:32 Heiko Tietze I'd like to ask again for a decision regarding the MIME icon. Question was > if we can find a more appearing icon for LibreOffice or create something > more spe

Re: [board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, November 23rd, at 1400, Berlin time

2018-11-19 Thread Simon Phipps
I agree but I was considering just the decision-making aspect rather than the implementation. {Terse? Mobile!} On Mon, 19 Nov 2018, 12:04 Franklin Weng Besides ESC I would suggest to get some more professional visual designers > into this topic. > > Simon Phipps 於 2018年11月19日 週一

Re: [board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board web meeting on Friday, November 23rd, at 1400, Berlin time

2018-11-19 Thread Simon Phipps
The BOD would likely need to approve whatever the ESC proposes, sure. On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 11:46 AM K-J LibreOffice wrote: > Am 19.11.2018 um 11:35 schrieb Simon Phipps: > > Since this primarily affects the software would it not be a topic for > > the ESC? > > As the

Re: [board-discuss] Apache ODF Toolkit migration

2018-11-28 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi! On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 11:12 AM Thorsten Behrens < t...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Michael Meeks wrote: > > On 28/11/2018 09:40, Michael Stahl wrote: > > > so i'll propose to migrate the ODF Toolkit to The Document Foundation. > > > > Seems like something the BoD should vote on,

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Host the ODF Toolkit project at TDF

2018-11-30 Thread Simon Phipps
As they say at Apache, +1 S. On Fri, 30 Nov 2018, 17:05 Thorsten Behrens Dear board, > > as the discussion seems to have calmed down, and also folks over at > Apache seem to be supportive - let me call a vote: > > * TDF to formally offer the ASF to take over the ODF Toolkit project > * by copyin

Re: [board-discuss] creation of The Document Collective (TDC)

2019-09-15 Thread Simon Phipps
oftware does not have any offices so this arrangement is ideal. Happy to answer further questions on this, Simon -- *Simon Phipps*, * Deputy Board Director, *The Document Foundation *Desk:* +44 238 098 7027 *Mobile/Signal:* +44 774 776 2816 *Official address*: Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 B

Re: Re: [board-discuss] creation of The Document Collective (TDC)

2019-09-18 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi! On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 5:33 PM Thomas Meyer wrote: > subsumtion: > * it's really the situation of self dealing (you are sitting on both sides > of the same table). > No, as I am only a Board deputy rather than a full director, have not voted on this proposal and will not do so at the Board

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] public vote resolution on TDC (The Document Collective)

2019-09-30 Thread Simon Phipps
fähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guideli

Re: [board-discuss] Diversity Is Key?

2019-12-02 Thread Simon Phipps
I favour having one or two seats reserved for appointment by the board rather than by election, so that missing skills or representations can be temporarily addressed. OSI just did this, for example. S On Mon, 2 Dec 2019, 23:22 Sam Tuke, wrote: > Thanks Thorsten; that's very helpful context. Th

Re: [board-discuss] The Document Collective ownership

2020-02-28 Thread Simon Phipps
> Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.document

[board-discuss] Re: Trademark policy

2020-02-28 Thread Simon Phipps
Is the trade mark policy basically the one published in the wiki? [0] Or > is it another one (and is this the published somewhere else)? > > > > Best regards, > > Dennis > > > [0] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Policies/Trademark_Policy > > -- *Simon Phip

Re: [board-discuss] How is TDC compelled to keep the user first?

2020-02-28 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Brett! On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 2:05 PM Brett Cornwall wrote: > > Other Free Software projects have had for-profit entities created > underneath the stewardship of a non-profit; Mozilla Corporation and > Canonical are two living examples. Sacrifices to user empowerment are often > made at Mozi

Re: [board-discuss] How is TDC compelled to keep the user first?

2020-03-02 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 4:32 AM Brett Cornwall wrote: > I believe that Canonical is related here because, like TDC, the proposal > appears to be that a for-profit entity be given exclusive rights to a > trademark to a supposed community-owned product. Like TDC, Canonical's > founding idealized Shu

Re: [board-discuss] How is TDC compelled to keep the user first?

2020-03-02 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 10:57 AM Dennis Roczek wrote: > Hi Simon, > Am 02.03.2020 um 11:02 schrieb Simon Phipps: > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 4:32 AM Brett Cornwall wrote: > >> I believe that Canonical is related here because, like TDC, the proposal >> appears to be

Re: [board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board meeting on Friday, May 22nd at 1300 Berlin time (UTC+2)

2020-05-20 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Florian, Item 4 on the agenda is a significant change to past decisions on the subject by the Board. Is there any background information such as a paper describing the rationale and impact of the change please? Thanks! Simon On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 8:31 AM Florian Effenberger < flo...@docume

Re: [board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board meeting on Friday, May 22nd at 1300 Berlin time (UTC+2)

2020-05-20 Thread Simon Phipps
lic discussion so you are very > welcome to participate. > > Ciao > > Paolo > > On 20/05/2020 16:17, Simon Phipps wrote: > > Hi Florian, > > Item 4 on the agenda is a significant change to past decisions on the > subject by the Board. Is there any background informa

Re: [board-discuss] Public agenda for TDF board meeting on Friday, May 22nd at 1300 Berlin time (UTC+2)

2020-05-20 Thread Simon Phipps
wrote: > Sorry Simon but I've re-read the email I sent out and I don't where it > says what you imply, quite the opposite. > > "See" you on Friday. > > Paolo > > > On 20/05/2020 17:25, Simon Phipps wrote: > > So you're saying there i

Re: [board-discuss] Update to today's call agenda

2020-05-22 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 9:40 AM Florian Effenberger < flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > > * Wrt. item #4 (vote proposal), this item will be turned into a > discussion item. The rationale for this is that more input from the > community is sought, before the item can be turned into a vote.

Re: [board-discuss] LOOL user experience

2020-05-22 Thread Simon Phipps
A survey form would be the best way to go about it. Also note that - regardless of package availability - as conceived Libreoffice Online is beyond the scope of most individuals as it requires access to cloud infrastructure, familiarity with certificates and a willingness to manage web security. T

Re: [board-discuss] LOOL user experience

2020-05-22 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 4:37 PM Daniel Armando Rodriguez < drodrig...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > El 2020-05-22 10:33, Heiko Tietze escribió: > > On 22.05.20 16:09, Simon Phipps wrote: > >> A survey form would be the best way to go a about it > > > > Happ

Re: [board-discuss] LOOL user experience

2020-05-22 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi! On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 9:06 PM Andras Timar wrote: > I disagree. It's a myth. Yes, it can be hard, when firewalls, load > balancers, 5 users etc. are involved. It's the case when one needs > professional support. But for the hobbyist, how hard is it to install CODE > with a few clicks i

Re: [board-discuss] LOOL user experience

2020-05-22 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 9:56 PM Andras Timar wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 10:29 PM Simon Phipps wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 9:06 PM Andras Timar wrote: >> >>> I disagree. It's a myth. Yes, it can be hard, when f

Re: [board-discuss] Discussion about options available with marketing plan draft and timetable

2020-07-09 Thread Simon Phipps
On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 5:47 PM Andreas Mantke wrote: > > please read through the whole discussion and you may get an impression > that there are some intent to use TDF for such a promotion. > However, those with that impression are entirely mistaken and it is wrong to imply anyone is attempting

Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Personal & TDF's statutes & purpose

2020-07-09 Thread Simon Phipps
On Thu, 9 Jul 2020, 18:47 Kev M, wrote: > > To point to links and mailing lists that anyone under the age of 40 > probably does not use regularly > This kind of discriminatory language is not called for, does not help and I am asking for it not to be repeated please. Thanks, Simon >

Re: [board-discuss] Re: [tdf-members] Discussion about options available with marketing plan draft and timetable

2020-07-13 Thread Simon Phipps
ffice even if they heavily > > use it. For me, it made most sense to "pay" for our open-source use as > > a volunteer LibreOffice developer. > > This is an important aspect. Shaming people for not paying for > LibreOffice without knowing the background is not the ri

Re: [board-discuss] Initiative to improve communication channels

2020-07-17 Thread Simon Phipps
moderate their exercise of rights. It will just become factional and partisan based on external agendas. S. -- *Simon Phipps* *Meshed Insights Ltd*

Re: [board-discuss] Initiative to improve communication channels

2020-07-17 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 6:19 PM Daniel Armando Rodriguez < drodrig...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > El 2020-07-17 13:20, Simon Phipps escribió: > > There is also CONSUL, which was developed as open source by Madrid City > > Council, transferred to an independent Found

Re: [board-discuss] ODF 1.3 ideas

2020-07-18 Thread Simon Phipps
58cd-2125-4d29-86b1-0097c7dc47d7 >- > > https://medium.com/@chrisconnick/how-to-make-a-prezi-in-powerpoint-as-told-by-a-prezi-expert-bdc3c91a3f09 > > - > Thank you! > Edmund Laugasson > > -- *Simon Phipps* *Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027 *Signal/Mobile*: +44 774 776 2816

Re: [board-discuss] MCC questions ..

2020-09-04 Thread Simon Phipps
I was not aware you were a candidate, Daniel. Did I miss your nomination? S. On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 2:29 PM Daniel Armando Rodriguez < drodrig...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > El 2020-09-04 08:17, Michael Meeks escribió: > > Hi Andreas, > > > > On 03/09/2020 19:59, Andreas Mantke wrote: > >>

Re: [board-discuss] MCC questions ..

2020-09-04 Thread Simon Phipps
ep 4, 2020 at 3:09 PM Franklin Weng wrote: > Did you mean that Daniel has no rights to speak out his question? If so, > In what rules say only candidates can reply questions to MC candidates? > > If no, then why did you ask such a question? > > F > Simon Phipps 於 2020/9/4 下午9

Re: [board-discuss] Re: TDF-Business-Entity

2020-10-02 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Michael, On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:11 AM Michael Meeks wrote: > > Personally I think there may be merit in a UK option still - if Simon is > interested in engaging. > I'd be happy to be involved in such an entity, sure. The problem last time was that, having taken all the steps necessary to g

Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2020-10-23

2020-10-28 Thread Simon Phipps
7;t discuss it in detail. >> >> Florian >> > > > -- > Quentin Christensen > Training and Support Manager > > Web: www.nvaccess.org > Training: https://www.nvaccess.org/shop/ > Certification: https://certification.nvaccess.org/ > User group: https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NVAccess > Twitter: @NVAccess <https://twitter.com/NVAccess> > -- *Simon Phipps* *Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] LibreOffice Online - repository and translations

2020-11-29 Thread Simon Phipps
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Re: [board-discuss] [DISCUSS] LibreOffice Online freeze-related topics

2021-01-13 Thread Simon Phipps
cations don't generally resolve disputes. While it makes sense to "freeze" (interpreting that sensibly for each part of the matter) it does not make sense to behave as if we are removing every trace and building a competing project (yet). Cheers, Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *Office:

Re: [board-discuss] [DISCUSS] LibreOffice Online freeze-related topics

2021-01-13 Thread Simon Phipps
Daniel, the issue is much more complex than that. Happy to explain on a call if you are interested in what honestly happened before you were elected. S. On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:59 PM Daniel A. Rodriguez < drodrig...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Don't think the kindness being an issue here

Re: [board-discuss] TDF Advisory Board Members

2021-03-23 Thread Simon Phipps
-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/ww

Re: [board-discuss] TDF Advisory Board Members

2021-03-23 Thread Simon Phipps
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 11:16 PM Michael Meeks wrote: > > On 23/03/2021 18:56, Andreas Mantke wrote: > > Am 23.03.21 um 19:11 schrieb Italo Vignoli: > >> OSI statement: https://opensource.org/OSI_Response > > > > great and consequent statement. > > Perhaps more measured than: > >

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-05 Thread Simon Phipps
chen Rechts > Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https:/

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-05 Thread Simon Phipps
f Directors >> The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE >> Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts >> Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: >> board-discus

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-05 Thread Simon Phipps
edure which has my full support as well as the > support of other Directors. > > The official Board vote will start next week. > > Ciao > > Paolo > > On 05/10/2021 13:11, Simon Phipps wrote: > > Just to be clear, Emiliano, is this an official Board communication or a

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-06 Thread Simon Phipps
y approved will arise so that there is no taint of partisanship. Do you or your fellow directors have insight when that is planned? I don't recall seeing it mentioned in previous minutes but I may have overlooked it. > I hope this clarifies your doubts. Very useful - thanks again for yo

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-08 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Emiliano, and thanks for your reply! I'm grateful for the effort you are putting in to this activity. On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 10:37 AM Emiliano Vavassori < emiliano.vavass...@documentfoundation.org> wrote:. > > Someone, inside the Board, asked to extend the proposed policy by > default to any m

Re: [board-discuss] Conflict of Interest Policy

2021-10-10 Thread Simon Phipps
e things that gets things done in a timely manner rather than consigning them forever to discussion. HTH, Simon On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 10:17 AM Uwe Altmann wrote: > Hi Simom > > Am 06.10.21 um 14:46 schrieb Simon Phipps: > > I will note none of the text has been supplied to o

Re: [board-discuss] Agenda for TDF board meeting on Friday, October 22nd at 1300 Berlin time (UTC+2)

2021-10-20 Thread Simon Phipps
office.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- *Simon Phipps* *Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027 *Signal/Mobile*: +44 774 776 2816

Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2021-10-22

2021-10-27 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi! Please can you clarify who was present in the secret part of the meeting? Thanks Simon On Wed, 27 Oct 2021, 12:21 Stephan Ficht, < stephan.fi...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > The Document Foundation > Board of Directors Meeting 2021-10-22 > Meeting Minutes > > Date: 2021-10-22 > Location

Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2021-10-22

2021-10-28 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Stephen On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 9:36 AM Stephan Ficht < stephan.fi...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > Am 27.10.21 um 14:17 schrieb Simon Phipps: > > who was present in the secret part of the meeting? > > The general public has to leave after the public part has

Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2021-10-22

2021-10-28 Thread Simon Phipps
Many thanks Paolo. On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 1:32 PM Paolo Vecchi < paolo.vec...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > there were no external participants at the meeting. > I appreciate the confirmation. My request to see the attendees of this part of the meeting explicitly listed in the minutes stands

Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2021-10-22

2021-10-28 Thread Simon Phipps
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 2:24 PM Paolo Vecchi < paolo.vec...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > > On 28/10/2021 15:11, Simon Phipps wrote: > > While we're talking terminology, I have to point out that the word > "external" is not appropriate here. > > >

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] Approval of amended Rules of Procedure which include CoI Policy

2021-11-23 Thread Simon Phipps
Who participated in the vote please? Detached from the minutes its not obvious. Thanks Simon On Tue, 23 Nov 2021, 06:50 Emiliano Vavassori, < emiliano.vavass...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hi, > > the following decision, which was taken in private on 2021-10-15, is now > made public in a

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

2022-01-14 Thread Simon Phipps
inside its "umbrella" rather than treating some as clean and some as unclean. I very much hope the new Board will engage positively and unanimously on these things. I'm not finding the current conversation encouraging but I have hopes the new team will take a firm hold and change th

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

2022-01-15 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Andreas! Hi Sophie! On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 8:55 AM Andreas Mantke wrote: > Hi, > > Am 14.01.22 um 19:14 schrieb Simon Phipps: > > > If TDF is to satisfy its mission this has to stop. The new Board has a > > huge opportunity and responsibility to put all this

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

2022-01-17 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Marco! Thanks for contributing. On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 10:52 AM Marco Marinello wrote: > > regarding, as per subject of the thread, counterproposal(s) to the > "actization" of LibreOffice Online, were barely discussed. > My apologies for the delay Marco, I had meant to comment on your prop

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

2022-01-18 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Marco! On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 9:06 AM Marco Marinello wrote: > Hi Simon, > Il 17/01/22 18:15, Simon Phipps ha scritto: > > I especially liked something in your first idea: > > TDF should publicly endorse >> this choice, stating that the project is now hosted on Githu

Re: [board-discuss] Looking forward, not backwards (was: Counterproposal to the "actization" of LibreOffice Online)

2022-01-20 Thread Simon Phipps
her perform them, lead a team performing them or select a contractor to perform them. Cheers, Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

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 Simon Phipps
Hi Andreas! On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 5:59 PM Andreas Mantke wrote: > > but it wouldn't improve the situation, if - like today - the experienced > fisherman / fishermen take every new talented fisher immediately from > the free software developer (volunteer) market. > > Thus there is now chance for

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 Simon Phipps
Hi Sophi! On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 3:32 PM sophi wrote: > Hi Kendy, > Le 09/02/2022 à 15:57, Jan Holesovsky a écrit : > > Hi Paolo, > > > > Paolo Vecchi píše v St 09. 02. 2022 v 15:09 +0100: > > > >> The community and our valuable members of the ecosystem have been > >> asking us to invest more in

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

2022-02-10 Thread Simon Phipps
a role has long-term implications then on which kind of tasks, > features or bugfixes can be done in-house. > > Cheers, > > -- Thorsten > -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

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

2022-02-10 Thread Simon Phipps
g it. It has led to an essential discussion becoming yet another divisive fight and that's got to stop. Cheers! Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

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

2022-02-10 Thread Simon Phipps
from the vested interests of almost all the directors, so addressing it is going to be tough. I certainly don't want to "just hire a few people and see what happens" on this one! Cheers! Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

[board-discuss] Bounty Programme/Fund

2022-02-15 Thread Simon Phipps
equire sufficient "karma", e.g. from answering on user forums or by virtue of being a Trustee, or possibly by donating to the fund. We had hoped to prefer "new" contributors in the tendering process, and also make it agile enough to not require a specialist sales-person to par

Re: [board-discuss] Decidim startup proposal

2022-02-17 Thread Simon Phipps
to clarify any doubts the provided proposal > will raise. > > Cheers, > -- > Emiliano Vavassori > syntaxerror...@libreoffice.org > > -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

Re: [board-discuss] Decidim startup proposal

2022-02-17 Thread Simon Phipps
oup is in control of TDF is to be overcome. Again, thanks for your work here and I remain happy to help. Cheers! Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

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

2022-02-25 Thread Simon Phipps
I support the request Andreas had make and ask the Board to act as soon as possible. S. On Fri, 25 Feb 2022, 13:30 Andreas Mantke, wrote: > Hi, > > according to the TDF website > (https://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/advisory-board/) LLC > Rubitech-Astra is currently member of the TDF

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

2022-02-26 Thread Simon Phipps
t decided to suspend the AB membership. > Thanks to the Board for this prompt action. Lothar's proposal for further steps was a good one. Will TDF be following his proposal? Cheers Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

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

2022-03-09 Thread Simon Phipps
ese details, even if the full rationale is not made public (which would also be preferable). If it remains sensitive, advise the Trustees on the mailing list created for that purpose. Continuing to withhold them will make people think there's something to hide, and I am sure that's not the case. Cheers Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

Re: [board-discuss] Preliminary budget for 2022

2022-03-31 Thread Simon Phipps
Can you tell is the voting details please? Thanks Simon On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 18:36 Florian Effenberger, < flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Hello, > > find below a summary of the preliminary budget that the Board of > Directors agreed on 2022-03-28. It is now made public in accordance wit

Re: [board-discuss] Preliminary budget for 2022

2022-04-01 Thread Simon Phipps
tails: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.o

[board-discuss] Mailing List Moderation

2022-04-11 Thread Simon Phipps
ons. Many thanks! Simon -- *Simon Phipps*, * Trustee, *The Document Foundation

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

2022-05-11 Thread Simon Phipps
t. > > Looking forward to your feedback, > > Ilmari > > [1] > > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/2022/msg00400.html > > -- *Simon Phipps*, * Trustee, *The Document Foundation

Re: [board-discuss] Objective: Postponing Hiring TDF-Developer To 2024 or Later?

2022-05-28 Thread Simon Phipps
her > > >> constructively, but > > >> rather "fight against each other". But I think that's a problem on a > > >> completely > > >> different level, and I don't see how TDF can properly serve it's > > >> purpose then > > >> anyway, regardless of the specific question around TDF-internal > > >> developers > > >> being discussed here... > > > > > > > On some topics we work constructively together while in others it looks > > like some changes are being violently pushed back by some. > > > > The rationale for opposing some changes is generally not expressed in > > full but, reading a recent comment, some community members seem to be > > forming a clear opinion about it. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Michael > > > > > > [1] > > > > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/2022/msg00357.html > > > [2] > > > > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/2022/msg00209.html > > > > > Ciao > > > > Paolo > > > > -- > > Paolo Vecchi - Member of the Board of Directors > > The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE > > Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > > Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- *Simon Phipps* *Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027 *Signal/Mobile*: +44 774 776 2816

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] additional budget of 30.000 € for legal consultations

2022-05-31 Thread Simon Phipps
Would you be able to give us some more background to this please? While it's good to have the decision public, without the context of the request it is hard to understand the merits of this large unbudgeted expenditure. If that remains sensitive, perhaps post to the list only Trustees can read. As

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

2022-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
It was an excellent idea to make the document editable, thanks Kendy, so I have added some words to this effect. Feel free to improve them! Cheers Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

Re: [board-discuss] [DECISION] TDF to publish LibreOffice in app stores

2022-06-04 Thread Simon Phipps
print > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: > https://li

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

2022-06-07 Thread Simon Phipps
y document instead of the one multiple people have been working on. Cheers Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

Re: [board-discuss] A thank-you to our app-store publishers.

2022-06-11 Thread Simon Phipps
ain about the removal of a source of > income for companies. > > But the whole process with the app-store management was based on trust > between TDF and the companies. And since the process about LOOL and the > fork this trust was broken. > > It should be obvious now that such decisions could lead to 'unexpected' > (for the doer) consequences in other areas. > > Regards, > Andreas > > -- > ## Free Software Advocate > ## Plone add-on developer > ## My blog: http://www.amantke.de/blog > -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

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

2022-06-11 Thread Simon Phipps
the Board and the Foundation, you have continued to snipe from the sidelines at every opportunity, always critical and never building on the contributions of others. Again, I recommend you withdraw. Sincerely, Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

Re: [board-discuss] A thank-you to our app-store publishers.

2022-06-11 Thread Simon Phipps
tting a high quality LibreOffice into > the Windows app-store to make it more accessible to people too. I'm > not sure that I have the exact list right here but I'd like to call > out Marina Latini, Vasily Melenchuk, Samuel Mehrbrodt and Thorsten > Behrens for making the go

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

2022-06-12 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Emilliano, On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 9:31 AM Emiliano Vavassori < syntaxerror...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > Hi Simon, > > Il 11/06/22 20:02, Simon Phipps ha scritto: > > I will remind you > > that you started this negative approach about how TDF is acting > > ill

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

2022-06-12 Thread Simon Phipps
Hi Emiliano, On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 11:03 AM Emiliano Vavassori < syntaxerror...@libreoffice.org> wrote: > Hi Simon, > > Il 12/06/22 11:17, Simon Phipps ha scritto: > > I am sorry you do not find this helpful, but being > > aware of the true history of the project

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

2022-06-23 Thread Simon Phipps
e: > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- *Simon Phipps* *Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027 *Signal/Mobile*: +44 774 776 2816

Re: [board-discuss] Re: LOOL is about to be archived

2022-06-24 Thread Simon Phipps
ry to be back ported) and > bugfixes will be back ported to LOOL (and OxOOL community version too). > > Of course, after reliving LOOL all developers are welcomed to contribute > to LOOL. > > Details can be discussed with OSSII. > > Regards, > Franklin > -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

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

2022-07-22 Thread Simon Phipps
Given the discussion of the matter is being held in secret, perhaps the directors could arrange for a summary of the rationale for this out-of-cycle change please? Thanks, Simon On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 10:19 PM Cor Nouws wrote: > Hi, > > This vote was brought in discussion on the directors@ f

Re: [board-discuss] Merging Of Contributions

2022-09-01 Thread Simon Phipps
be/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: > https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > -- *Simon Phipps* *Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027 *Signal/Telegram/Mobile*: +44 774 776 2816

Re: [board-discuss] Merging Of Contributions

2022-09-01 Thread Simon Phipps
t here is out-of-order. While delays are frustrating - my own bug reports remain unfixed after a decade - it is also very frustrating to see a contributor circumvent TDF's well-tested processes, especially for political ends. Cheers Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

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

2022-10-17 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 4:09 AM Thorsten Behrens wrote: > > There are good reasons to have a quick private discussion on the matter. > Not least the appaling, performative, chaotic behaviour and disrespect for the chair and order of the meeting that we saw at the last meeting. It is right for th

Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2022-10-17

2022-10-21 Thread Simon Phipps
tion and it appears to have almost all been based on misunderstandings of the terms used. Cheers Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

Re: [board-discuss] Board of Directors Meeting 2022-10-17

2022-10-22 Thread Simon Phipps
while ago on the subject that may help; see https://minkiver.se/~/WebminkInDraft/Trusting-Charity-Directors Cheers Simon -- *Simon Phipps* *TDF Trustee*

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