[marketing-dev] Re: Why TDF should be the place for one united Community

Hi Louis,

Louis Suarez-Potts wrote on 2011-05-25 14.33:
> Thanks, Florian for the long message :-)
> But, can I request that we have such advocations (not sure that's a word) presented in a more neutral space? My reasoning, besides the obvious, that this is OOo-land, has to do with simply having a suitable forum for what is likely to be a protracted and contentious discussion, and that sort of thing calls out for neutrality.
>
> I also tend to think that having focused and if possible in-person meetings is immensely helpful.

as the topic was raised on this public mailing list, and as it concerns 
the OpenOffice.org Community, I thought it is indeed the right approach 
to reply publically to the discussion.

The question I raised was not rhetorical. I don't want to say "take TDF 
as is", but I am open to feedback and criticism. If there is anything 
that needs to be changed or improved, any criticism that is justified, I 
definitely will not ignore it, but rather try to work on it and improve 
things. However, I will also take position to criticism that from my 
point of view is simply not justified, and I think, that combination is 
a good basis for a discussion.

So, again, my question to all of the OpenOffice.org community: Is there 
any particular reason on why working together, jointly, united, is not 
possible? Is there any justified reason on why working under the 
umbrella of a different foundation, or even setting up another 
foundation in parallel, makes sense?

I am open to discussion on any channel -- and although I think that the 
OpenOffice.org mailing lists are indeed the right channel to discuss the 
future of the OpenOffice.org community, I am happy to discuss on any 
other channel. Needless to say, I prefer openness and transparency, 
whereever possible.

Face to face meetings are of course an option, but it will exclude those 
who cannot participate, so why not initiate the discussion on the list 
here as I did?

Florian

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