Re: [libreoffice-website] [Drupal] The road ahead and missed opportunities

On 1/18/11 5:20 PM, Charles Marcus wrote:

> And no, they - meaning the SC - absolutely cannot claim ignorance,
> Michael was discussing their progress on the lists for a long time.
> Someone from the SC should have taken him aside as soon as they saw what
> was happening.

I am a SC member, and I have not seen any mention of the progress of the 
web site on a mailing list pertaining to the SC. I have subscribed to 
the website mailing list when I have realized that the website group was 
totally disconnected from the SC. Sorry, but you cannot assume that 
everyone is reading every mailing list message, as we are volunteers and 
we have a professional and a personal life.

Communities do not behave like companies. They are moving slowly because 
it is mandatory to reach consensus before making a step further and the 
old rule "no answer = yes" does not work. So, I have recognized SC 
mistakes, but in this specific domain everyone has made mistakes and 
accepting this is a sign of maturity.

In another message, I have asked five questions. They might look silly, 
but as I have explained it is necessary that they get an answer. Please 
assume that SC members are totally ignorant of the "23 roles", and that 
this is not their fault but a fault of the people that have decided 
about the "23 roles" without being sure that the concept was shared and 
agreed by everyone.

I am deeply sorry for the time spent by volunteers on a project which is 
not reaching his objectives, but it is overly simplistic to put the 
blame only on the SC. We are humans, and because of this simple fact it 
is a mistake to assume that we can be informed of everything inside a 
project. Someone has made this mistake.

I look forward to the answers to my questions.

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