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Subject: Re: [office] ODF TC chair, and a few other roles
Hi Florian, Florian Reuter wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I'm not sure what do. Am I supposed to vote here? No. All ballots will take place in the next TC call or by an electronic ballot among the voting members of the TC. I hope that helps. Best regards Michael > > ~Florian > > >>>> Michael Brauer <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM> 10/24/07 11:40 AM >>> > Dear TC members, > > The OpenDocument TC was founded about five years ago. A lot of things > happened in the TC since then. Those things we remember are the > approvals of ODF versions as standards, the formations of sub > committees, or the approvals of major proposals. > > But there are things that happened that most of us probably do not > remember, or may even not have noticed. One of these things are the > revisions of the OASIS Technical Committee process, that have been > approved by the OASIS board of directors, and that aim to improve the > environment in which technical committees operate, and in which > specifications are developed and advanced to OASIS standards. > > One of the improvements that has been introduced this way after the > OpenDocument TC was founded is the possibility for a TC to have two > co-chairs rather than having a singe chair. We are successfully using > this option for the Accessibility Subcommittee, and the ODF Adoption TC > is using this option as well. When thinking about the last five years a > couple of weeks ago, I wondered myself whether this would be an option > for our TC, too. And to make it short: I would like to propose to the TC > that we use the option of having two co-chairs, and I would like to > propose to elect Robert Weir as the 2nd co-chair of the TC next to me. > Robert is a valuable and very active TC member for a long time, and he > participates in all SCs. He further is an active member of the ODF > Adoption TC (where he for instance organized the ODF Camp), and he is > very actively representing and promoting the work of our TC at > conferences and other opportunities. So, in short, I think our TC would > benefit a lot from having him in the position of a co-chair, and I would > be very glad if he gets your support for this position. I've talked to > him beforehand, and he did let me know that he would accept the co-chair > role if he gets elected. > > In addition to this, I would like to propose to the TC that we appoint > Patrick Durusau as our "official" TC editor. We all know about the > immense review and excellent editing work that Patrick did for the TC, > and about the benefit of it for the ODF specification. So, to appoint > him officially as TC editor only reflects the role he has for the TC > unofficially already for a long time now. > > While an election of Robert Weir as TC co-chair and of Patrick as TC > editor for sure would be very good news for our TC, there is > unfortunately also a bad news for the TC: Lars Oppermann has indicated > to me that he will not be able to continue his role as TC secretary due > a change of his affiliation, and furthermore will leave our TC. I'm very > sad about this, but would like to take this opportunity to thank him for > the work he did for our TC in the past. I wish him all the best for the > future. > > While my wish to appoint Rob Weir as co-chair of this TC and Lars' > affiliation change are in no way related to each other and only by > coincidence happen at the same time, the need for a TC secretary seems > to be less urgent than for a TC that only has a single chair. I > therefore suggest that the TC secretary duties are taken over by the > co-chairs of the TC, at least for moment. > > Provided that you agree to what I have proposed, how would we proceed? > First of all, we would conduct a vote to decide whether to elect a > co-chair in the next TC coordination call. This vote requires a simple > majority. If it is successful, I would nominate Robert Weir officially > for the position of a co-chair, and would set up an electronic ballot to > elect him as co-chair (Alternatively, we may have the ballot in the TC > call itself.) This ballot requires a full majority of the TC. > > As for the TC editor role for Patrick: It is the right of the TC chairs > to just delegate that role, but I would like to ask for your support for > this by having a ballot in the next coordination call. > > BTW: The scope of the metadata SC is currently only ODF 1.2, but I would > like to suggest that we continue this sub committee beyond ODF 1.2, and > ask Patrick to continue to chair it. > > Best regards > > Michael -- Michael Brauer, Technical Architect Software Engineering StarOffice/OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems GmbH Nagelsweg 55 D-20097 Hamburg, Germany michael.brauer@sun.com http://sun.com/staroffice +49 40 23646 500 http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering
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