Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Improving the 'Who are we?' webpage

Hello Robinson,

Le Sat, 5 Apr 2014 11:52:30 -0400,
Robinson Tryon <bishop.robinson@gmail.com> a écrit :

> > > Robinson Tryon <bishop.robinson@gmail.com> a écrit :
> > > > things we might want to update on this page:
> > > > https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/who-are-we/
>
> Page is now updated -- thanks, Charles, for pinging me about that :-)
>
> Falling squarely in the category "our-work-is-never-done", when I was
> checking hyperlinks to ensure that they were still valid, I noticed
> that our Community Bylaws page on the wiki is headed by an infobox
> informing me that "This page was marked as inactive and is retained
> for historical reference." Hmm.
>
> The infobox goes on: "This page has been used for the refinement of
> our statutes for our foundation. The final statutes can be found at
> http://www.documentfoundation.org/foundation/statutes/";. I looked at
> both pages, and they seem to cover roughly the same content (although
> admittedly, the Statues page is much more dense and lawyerly in its
> composition... :-)
>
> Question: is a simple text replacement from "The Community Bylaws" ->
> "The Statues of The Document Foundation" (and a URL update)
> appropriate here?

Excellent question. The Statutes of the Foundation are legally binding
and the rules to amend them are precise -and contained within the
statutes. 

The bylaws were drafted first, served as a blueprint for the Statutes
but were for a long time some sort of "internal community rules" for
the LibreOffice project. They are still a very clear document
describing the "initial view of the Founding Fathers", if you'll excuse
the US History - related  pun.

We are now left with a rather grey area. The Statutes are binding and
take precedence everywhere. But, and at the risk of opening a can of
worms it is fair to assume that the bylaws cover specific areas that
may not be in the Statutes. Where it's grey, however, is that the
bylaws have not been refreshed since about 3 years, and indeed this
makes them kind of obsolete as a document, although not necessarily as
a content. I believe we should point directly to the Statutes then, and
perhaps, when we have the time (there's no urgency in that matter), see
what can be rewritten or drop the topic entirely.

Best,

-- 
Charles-H. Schulz 
Co-founder, The Document Foundation,
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