An interview with me

Members of the Docs team might enjoy reading this interview with me. --Jean

http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Features/Documenting-the-OpenDocument-Format

Hi :slight_smile:
I liked it a lot.  I hope people jump in, add comments and maybe stir up some debate.  It's difficult to do when you just agree with everything though and then it looks like the article wasn't successful because of the lack of comments!  So, i hope people make some good comments. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hi :slight_smile:
The only comment i could think of was a bit rubbish and more appropriate for the mailing list and NOT really good as a comment under an article.  The only good thing about it is that it might stir up a bit of debate but i don't think it's even going to do that :(  Can someone else please try to write a brief comment?  Preferably just 1 or 2 words rather than toooo verbose (like mine is).  Also preferably not so off-topic!

Here's what i wrote ...
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Hi :slight_smile:
There has been some discussion on mailing lists about "Community Development" people but there seems to be some confusion about what it means.

It's sort of a cross between "marketing person" and "receptionist" with a bit of "liaison" thrown in because of the marketing angle.  A team leader would hopefully be "in charge of" such a person just as they are "in charge of" people doing other work for the team.  It's a bit like you wouldn't expect the team's book-keeper or web-designer to be Team Leader as those are roles can be delegated without the Team Leader "losing control".

In the early stages of trying to develop a team, where there are few people or even no-one in the team at all, then a "Community Development" person might end-up being leader but that is ust adding to their work-load and needs to be taken up by; the team as a whole (if it's to be a committee-led team or other non-hierarchical), or by an individual (preferably one that gets voted in with re-elections often enough but not too often).

Of course a LOT of the language normally used to explain these things is a very wrong when applied to voluntary workers.  Instead of "being in charge of" it's more normal to guide people or even, as in Jean's case, to inspire people.

Regards from
Tom :) 
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See what i mean about it being exactly wrong?
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: