[libreoffice-website] Re: Regroup and further development of the website(s)

Le 2011-01-07 05:17, Christoph Noack a écrit :

Hi Christoph:

> Nevertheless, what I don't understand is, that many of the other
> comments within mails - also by Sophie, or Bernhard, or other long-time
> contributors - are missed or treated differently. And although we do
> need "a breath of fresh air" (a.k.a. community), this support may be as
> valuable as "wiki content". We are happy to share our experience.

I certainly agree with this. On the contrary, people with obvious 
experience and talents are respected. This is what brings immense value 
to the group. I am happy to see people with experience showing 
initiative and giving us a sense of direction (the list of tasks in 
preparation for the release of the distros is, again, the perfect 
example). If newcomers present ideas that have been tried and failed, 
then they should be commended for offering. Participation and exchange 
of ideas is a healthy thing and should be encouraged.

> [...]
> > > We don't need formal leads, we need people able to act and be
> > > responsible in front of the whole community or the whole project if you
> > > prefer. If somebody claims to be member of the website team, whatever he
> > > prefers to do, he should work on what *has to be done*. It's just a
> > > matter of commitment to the group. You can lead a task one day and not
> > > the other, and it reflects more how an open source project is working.
>
> [...]
>
> > Personally, I would see leads more as in a mentorship role to the teams.
> > If the teams get too way off track, the lead would step in and add words
> > of wisdom as well as play an active role in role modelling. There is no
> > need to vote on any lead, leaders just shine by themselves and promote
> > community growth.
>
> Absolutely! I also prefer the terms "guidance", "support" or
> "mentoring". Although the current situation makes it a bit hard to
> "shine by themselves" - you already stated that many of you are new to
> LibreOffice, and you don't know the experience of other people. It gets
> an "chicken and egg" problem as we can see on some mailing lists :-)
>
> In our LibO/TDF situation, I am fine to (temporarily) highlight a few
> people who are known specialists for certain topics (within our
> community), and are also known to be heavily involved since quite some
> time. Would that be helpful? What do you think?
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph

I don't really think this would be a good idea as this would then become 
subjective and contentious. People are probably already shuddering at 
the thought of not being mentioned on  such list. Maybe provide the 
means for people to check to see how some have contributed: how we go 
about seeing how people have contributed; what areas have been 
contributed; what areas are in need of contribution. Rather than relying 
on one person's assessment of contribution, people could then see by 
themselves, in our meritocracy, how people have contributed to the 
project. When people have the tool set to work with, they are more 
satisfied.

Cheers

Marc


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