[libreoffice-website] Re: Forums Proposal

Hi everyone,

Le 2012-10-07 10:58, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit :
> Hello Christian,
>
> I don't want to shoot the messenger but the BoD's mandate is very clear on
> the purpose of the forums: users support. I'm referring to that, regardless
> of any potential future extension.
>
> Best,
>
> Charles.

It seems like the communication has to be far clearer than what we are 
doing. If there are clear lines of mandate then they need to be made 
more evident. There is no point in setting up projects and then berating 
the teams for doing their best at what they signed up to do.

The co-coordinators signed up in good faith and with a mandate to create 
a forums for the community and for the last 10 days the proposal has 
been up and we are sticking to our plan of implementation. If you are 
now saying that things have changed, then no problem. I will post a 
retraction on the lists and explain in your words which you should send 
me -- we obviously would have then misinterpreted the mandate.

If on the other hand, you let the process complete itself to see if 
there is a desire for a mailing list to try a forums option, then it 
would have served a good purpose and created good discussion. Quite 
frankly, it doesn't look like any mailing list is interested as there 
has only been QA and Doc responses only with only 1 individual for each. 
If this is all the commotion it creates on the mailing lists, then it is 
very little to worry about. At this point, there will be no contributor 
forums at all on the forums site, no one is interested in making the move.

As far as resources etc., if the 5 co-coordinators think it possible, 
then you should have faith in the process. I am not one to sign up on 
anything to waste my time, I can spend it elsewhere if it becomes a 
game. We are all committed to making it work.

As for some members voicing their opinions, let us keep in mind that 
these are opinions up for discussion. I was not aware that one 
particular person's suggestions were a defacto decision -- such would be 
an autocracy and does not lend itself well to a cooperative movement. 
Let me know if I am wrong.

If you are looking for experience, well, I have been part of the tech 
revival since Arpanet, Archie and Veronica etc, and have run boards on 
1200 baud systems. I am more interested in the user experience, which 
IMO is in need of TLC on the project. The rest of the coordinators bring 
their own valuable experience to table. Opinions vary and are up for 
discussion as usual.

So, if you want me to post a retraction, send me the text and I will 
post in on the mailing lists.

BTW ... these are my opinions and not of the other co-coordinators.

Cheers,

Marc


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