Re: [libreoffice-website] LibreOffice website team inaugural conference call

Hi David, all,

even if this mail contains many very good thoughts and descriptions of 
the way to go on, I'd like to shorten it. If someone has not read this 
mail en detail, I'd ask you to have a look at the archives:

David Nelson schrieb:
> Hi, :-)
>
> [...]
>
> We are going to have to establish exactly where the role of
> the website team really starts and ends.
>
> It's going to be important to remember that the website team is there
> to service the LibreOffice project's website needs, and that it is not
> there to become a separate community by itself, nor to take on the
> roles of other areas of the project such as marketing and SC/BoD
> policy-making.

+1
> People who want to influence those areas of the project are going to
> have to actively involve themselves in those particular teams.

As the website is one of the most important marketing areas for 
LibreOffice, you mentioned in one of your very first mails to this list, 
that interaction with marketing experts is crucial.

Same for UX and other central areas of the entire LibreOffice community:

Involvement of the expertise from the different teams is important for 
the quality of our website and for the goals the entire community wants 
to reach by this "window to the outer world".

Exactly as you wrote here:
> [...]
>
> Meritocracy and overall consensus will have to be respected. Patience
> and a degree of far-sightedness will be necessary, as will the ability
> to accept compromise.
>
> Adhesion to the LibreOffice project's overall goals is needed from
> every member if we are to be part of a peaceful, successful community.

I think the entire community can follow these phrases.

If we manage to take this point as start for the "new" website team and 
leave the negative experiences behind, I'm sure that the result will 
lead to a community driven website with the highest possible quality and 
the most impact inside the community and outside in public perception.

> But I do believe that we can arrive at solutions that take account of
> reasonable wishes and ambitions.

+1
> All the above is my personal 2 cents.

I don't count in money - but it's very valuable!

Thank you, David!

Best regards

Bernhard

PS: Even if I'll be short in time next week, so I probably can't follow 
the confcall - in my eyes it would be a good idea to find a time where 
all the four people dedicated by the SC could join. This would allow the 
different aspects of the website to be discussed directly without the 
problem of misunderstandings on a mailing list.

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