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IRC Log of Community Council Meeting 2009-12-17

Attendees

  • Christoph Noack (christoph_n)
  • Martin Hollmichel (_Nesshof_)
  • Matthias Huetsch (mhu)
  • Cor Nouws (CorNouws)
  • Louis Suarez-Potts (louis_to)
  • Charles-H. Schulz (southerncross)
  • John McCreesh (jpmcc)
  • Stefan Taxhet (stx12) (present for latter half)


Absent

  • Juergen Schmidt (jsc)
  • Pavel Janik (paveljanik)


  • Time recorded is Eastern Standard Time, -05:00 UTC
[14:43:58] louis_to Let's start
[14:44:01] southerncross thanks
[14:44:05] louis_to The agenda is at:
[14:44:14] louis_to http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/The_OpenOffice.org_Community_Council_Agenda
[14:44:31] louis_to Please look it over now and read your AIs, etc., if you have not done so already
[14:44:39] louis_to meanwhile, I'll cringe in guilt for all those I have not done
[14:45:24] louis_to  if we are all familiar with the agenda, then let's get going
[14:45:44] louis_to terminus time is set for 1.5 hours from 16:30 uTC
[14:45:56] *** CorNouws has left the channel ()
[14:46:11] louis_to I assume we approve the AIs from last meeting as shown?
[14:46:17] * southerncross nods
[14:46:18] * stx12 thinks uTC is 3 hours before UTC ;-)
[14:46:35] louis_to then .. 2: AI is Louis: prepare a wiki page with events for budget planning.
[14:46:46] louis_to ah, right :-)
[14:46:54] louis_to 18:30, I meant
[14:47:08] jpmcc or even 19:30 UTC
[14:47:17] *** CorNouws (n=cono@a80-101-151-17.adsl.xs4all.nl) has joined the channel
[14:47:23] louis_to whoops :-/
[14:47:38] * louis_to notes he's been up a long, long time today
[14:47:43] southerncross that's what stuck me in this strange time conundrum
[14:47:48] louis_to so, I have not done my AI
[14:48:10] louis_to however, I should be able to do it this weekend, as I finally have some free time and a stomach for it
[14:48:22] jpmcc despite the octopus
[14:48:32] stx12 i'm going to restart the introduction of the TM policy tomorrow - literally.
[14:48:36] louis_to so, in process (btw, are we keen on using a wiki for AIs?)
[14:48:42] christoph_n (John, at least he is back in the ocean.)
[14:48:51] jpmcc :-)
[14:49:03] louis_to stx12: :-) (my tomorrow's are mexican?: Mañana)
[14:49:11] southerncross yes it's very practical
[14:49:40] louis_to 3.0 ST indicates he'll start Friday discussions again 
[14:49:47] louis_to 4.0
[14:49:49] stx12 no, it means this friday; the picture becomes more concrete with all the necessary parts.
[14:50:16] louis_to 4.1: done
[14:50:22] louis_to 4.2: Done
[14:50:42] louis_to 4.3: that was put on hold until after holidays, viz., post 6 jan
[14:50:42] _Nesshof_ 5.1 open
[14:51:10] louis_to 4.4: not doine. I suggest we do it for next meeting, when there should be more people around, too
[14:51:41] louis_to 5.1, as _Nesshof_said, open
[14:52:02] louis_to 5.2; Winter of code: Cor, who is workign with you on this?
[14:52:13] CorNouws alas did not find time for that. But it is holiday soon..
[14:52:27] louis_to that's okay but I'd like to know who all is committed to this
[14:52:33] CorNouws And if I have questions, Juergen for sure will help, and Stefan, and ..
[14:52:35] louis_to eg, Juergen? Stefan? Martin
[14:52:48] CorNouws ;-)
[14:52:51] louis_to okay, thanks. I'd like to be inclued, too
[14:53:01] CorNouws thanks, will do so
[14:53:03] louis_to included, I mean, as my update with Seneca might include
[14:53:06] louis_to this element
[14:53:08] louis_to thanks
[14:53:19] louis_to so, 5.2 Open
[14:53:33] louis_to 6.0: Distribution infrastructure (Bouncer); Wait for results of testing (prepared by Florian) - MirrorBrain looks like a good replacement for Bouncer but MI needs sorting. AI: John to talk to Florian to see if we should hire someone to develop the MI
[14:53:34] jpmcc 6. We are on target to use MB for 3.2
[14:53:46] louis_to great!
[14:53:52] * mhu does not understand "MI"
[14:53:57] louis_to that will allow us to track with more granularity
[14:53:58] louis_to ?
[14:54:06] jpmcc Management Information
[14:54:20] mhu jpmcc: ah okay thanks
[14:54:20] stx12 mirrorbrain = mb ; mi = stats
[14:54:25] christoph_n (Thanks!)
[14:54:40] jpmcc MI = http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer.html
[14:54:49] louis_to thanks indeed!
[14:55:22] louis_to btw, I'd like to propose that the CC publicly thank the volunteer mirrors on the release of 3.2 for  9 plus years of heroic work 
[14:55:47] christoph_n Good idea!
[14:56:07] stx12 including and esp. osuosl
[14:56:11] louis_to yes
[14:56:22] mhu +1
[14:56:40] louis_to most people just don't realize that OOo is brought to them by volunteer mirror services.... not by Sun mirrors
[14:56:43] mhu ...i.e. good idea, indeed
[14:56:48] jpmcc Remind me to put something in the announce@ posting for 3.2
[14:56:52] louis_to thanks
[14:56:53] christoph_n (A question for later: Is this something for the "improved communication effort"? E.g. blog?)
[14:57:02] * southerncross nods in agreement
[14:58:00] louis_to AiI: jpmcc: To place a loud thanks to the volunteer mirrors, esp. OSUOSL, for their long and heroic work over the last 9 plus years making OOo in all its many languages and versions available to the world's billions
[14:58:27] louis_to this thanks to be in the announce@ for 3.2
[14:58:45] louis_to christoph_n: it could be, as there are no specific bounaries here
[14:58:53] louis_to boundaries, that is
[14:59:14] louis_to and the rule is: if it is of interest to you, with your OOO hat on, then it is likely to be of interest to  others in OOo, too
[14:59:38] louis_to so, moving on to 7.0
[14:59:41] CorNouws Pootle infra: I promised to hold contact with André Schnabel on that. So will contact him soon.
[14:59:46] stx12 7. there is a new pootle version available; update is planned for beginning 2010 ; i have no concrete date
[14:59:59] louis_to thanks
[15:00:06] louis_to 8.0....
[15:00:11] louis_to not done
[15:00:12] stx12 for the second part (tools evaluation) we found no owner in orvieto
[15:00:13] louis_to open
[15:00:22] louis_to I was going to wonder about that
[15:00:32] louis_to cna I suggest someone then like sankarshan?
[15:00:45] CorNouws Yes, André for the software wishes in area of l10n
[15:00:47] louis_to has anyone asked? he used to be in charge of the indic localizations for Red hat
[15:00:54] louis_to in India
[15:01:18] louis_to or, possibly Dwayne Bailey?
[15:01:28] stx12 it should be an active member of the localization teams using pootle today...
[15:01:42] CorNouws Shall I ask André first, as agreed (afair)
[15:01:44] louis_to I think both do but were not at Orvieto, though in times past they have been
[15:01:51] stx12 CorNouws: yes
[15:02:12] louis_to AI: CorNouws: to ask André about owning the pootle AI
[15:02:44] louis_to Anyway, to return to historical failure: 8.0: not done, open
[15:03:05] louis_to same with 9.0: open
[15:03:18] louis_to that takes us to 10.0:
[15:03:30] louis_to 	1.	Budget 2010: AI: all budget holders to submit their requests for a share of this 100k. See proposal from Matthias [1]
[15:03:53] jpmcc Maybe we should agree that if an AI is not done within a certain time another CC member picks it up?
[15:04:10] louis_to jpmcc: that sounds reasonable
[15:04:17] louis_to but let's finish this agenda first, no?
[15:04:26] jpmcc louis_to: of course
[15:04:26] louis_to so, the message that 10 points to is:
[15:04:27] louis_to http://council.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=discuss&msgNo=2324
[15:04:31] stx12 that's not really a motiviation to get my items done ;-)
[15:04:45] louis_to scots love shame? :-)
[15:04:47] mhu has anyone recognized that I could only think of 95K, not the full 100K ? So, we should probably go over my proposal, and see if all fits
[15:04:55] * stx12 sits back and waits...
[15:04:59] christoph_n Still, there is point 11 :-)
[15:04:59] christoph_n (To bother the AI owners)
[15:05:31] louis_to please, let's go over the post by mhu and critique it, if need be
[15:05:33] stx12 christoph_n qualified in this moment....
[15:05:51] * christoph_n shudders :-)
[15:06:11] louis_to where are we with 10?
[15:06:31] jpmcc I have not done anything for the MP Budget yet
[15:06:44] louis_to nor I with my bucket
[15:06:48] * mhu has not yet heard any complaints
[15:06:53] CorNouws jpmcc: Should we ask reservattion of the 5k extra for marketing? We talk about some 2010 plans atm ...
[15:07:11] southerncross I might have a question about the category "other marketing"
[15:07:24] mhu yes ?
[15:07:28] stx12 the first step is to agree on mhu's grouping.,,
[15:07:36] southerncross I am not discussing the sum proposed, but I'm merely asking the question of control and oversight.
[15:08:03] mhu go ahead charles
[15:08:21] southerncross by this I mean, who makes the decisions and do we have guidelines for this. Specifically, I understand this "other marketing" concerns for a great part the NLC
[15:08:36] southerncross we have seen a growth recently of budget requests
[15:08:53] southerncross which is good on the one hand because it shows people are moving and doing things locally
[15:08:56] mhu jpmcc ? do you want to answer ?
[15:09:03] southerncross but controls might be necessary
[15:09:12] southerncross without blocking every initiative of course
[15:09:51] jpmcc All the MP funding has to be discussed on dev@marketing or marcon@ and then approved by me plus one of Cor, Italo, and Florian. It seems to work ok so far
[15:10:14] mhu indeed, I also think it worked quite good
[15:10:35] stx12 southerncross: the general workflow is descibed here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Community_Council/Funding_And_Budgets
[15:10:48] * southerncross nods
[15:11:00] jpmcc We seem to be the only budget holders who are actively spending their funding ;-)
[15:11:08] mhu yes :-)
[15:11:10] southerncross I would like to be included in the group, as an advisor
[15:11:21] * southerncross smiles
[15:11:31] CorNouws southerncross: but since we are still learning to spend wisely, pls let'sll keep eyes and ears open
[15:11:59] southerncross CorNouws: yes my point was that we should not fall into traps
[15:12:02] jpmcc southerncross: are you a MarCon?
[15:12:05] southerncross yes
[15:12:11] southerncross a MarCon of France
[15:12:15] southerncross :-)
[15:12:18] jpmcc OK, then you qualify ;-)
[15:12:31] southerncross oh, low barriers of entry I see :-)
[15:13:20] jpmcc southerncross: you also have to respond to emails and turn up to meetings on the right day ;-)
[15:13:33] southerncross okay I can try to do that
[15:13:51] southerncross once I'll figure out why marcon emails never reach me these days :(
[15:14:33] * stx12 thinks the first step is to decide for 1 address ;-)
[15:14:49] southerncross oh but it is decided
[15:14:59] southerncross the good old one at laposte
[15:15:07] stx12 don't worry - just kidding...
[15:15:12] louis_to jpmcc: regarding spending: I have simply forgotten to send t mhu the bill for all the costs incurred and approved
[15:15:12] jpmcc louis_to: please call us to order...
[15:15:16] louis_to order!
[15:15:23] louis_to 11.0
[15:15:25] stx12 last order already?
[15:15:28] louis_to yes
[15:15:55] louis_to but then there is the new business we should discuss relating to education project and also a quick, if posisble, roundtable for next year agenda items
[15:15:56] stx12 let's talk about 12. first? what are your plans for deb 4/4 2010?
[15:16:05] * mhu still has louis expenses of 1800 euros on the radar, and hopes louis has so too
[15:16:08] stx12 let's talk about 12. first? what are your plans for feb 4/5 2010?
[15:16:18] louis_to mhu: I do
[15:16:25] louis_to so does, more importantly, my wife
[15:16:48] louis_to stx12: my plans are zero unless I get funded to go to wherever
[15:16:53] mhu :-)
[15:16:59] southerncross I still have to see what's going on with our budget
[15:17:13] southerncross but if I can I will come
[15:17:20] southerncross and perhaps bring Melissa with me
[15:17:21] stx12 i don't have problems to spend your gengeral admin money for that. please ask your advisors.
[15:17:27] louis_to proposal: that the CC fund a trip for members to go to morocco for f2f
[15:17:27] * mhu has introduced a new budget to be used for f2f meetings ...
[15:17:32] louis_to :-0
[15:17:56] southerncross oh...
[15:18:01] christoph_n If we talk about 12 (f2f), then Hamburg is fine for me. More fish to come... :-)
[15:18:29] mhu ...yes, I meant the Common/Admin budget
[15:18:34] louis_to I note that the proposed date is just before fosdem 
[15:18:39] stx12 seriously; it would be great to see you all in hamburg and i think support for travelling would b ewell sepnt...
[15:18:56] stx12 louis_to: yes, intentionally
[15:18:59] * southerncross nods
[15:19:15] louis_to in that case, it becomes more legitimate, I think
[15:19:43] CorNouws stx12: prevented we have a well prepared agenda ...
[15:19:57] jpmcc CorNouws: +1
[15:19:57] louis_to so, proposal: that funds be made available for a f2f in Hamburg prior to fosdem
[15:20:03] * christoph_n thinks Cor is right
[15:20:18] louis_to yes, that is required, else it's a waste of tiem
[15:20:20] louis_to and money
[15:20:30] louis_to so, let's work on that..... 
[15:20:36] stx12 CorNouws: do i hear a volunteer for the preparation of the agnda? 
[15:20:56] louis_to but are all agreed for a f2f, subsidized as needed by the CC, in Hamburg prior to fosdem?
[15:21:14] mhu yes
[15:21:15] CorNouws stx12: I thought abpout that, but would feel embarassed if I walk in front of our junior concil coordinator ;-)
[15:21:32] * louis_to is rollilng on the ground laughing
[15:21:40] stx12 CorNouws: no problem, it will encuorage my sucessor
[15:22:02] louis_to please, are we agreed for the f2f?
[15:22:05] southerncross yes
[15:22:06] louis_to +1
[15:22:10] christoph_n louis_to: Is there any dependence wrt to fosdem?
[15:22:12] stx12 louis_to: yes
[15:22:15] mhu yes (again)
[15:22:15] christoph_n yep
[15:22:18] CorNouws hmm, maybe we can do a good job otgether ;-)
[15:22:25] louis_to yes: if possible we can do fosdem
[15:22:33] CorNouws of course
[15:22:35] louis_to but fosdem big expense is the hotel
[15:22:35] stx12 CorNouws: fine with me
[15:22:47] jpmcc My wife will not allow me to accept any meetings in February unless we have successfully moved house in January :-(
[15:23:00] christoph_n John: Go go go! :-)
[15:23:04] CorNouws jpmcc: also looking for volunteers?
[15:23:13] southerncross it seems spouses are now influencing this project more and more...
[15:23:15] louis_to burn the house down?
[15:23:16] stx12 jpmcc: what cna we do to move you abd your wife ;-)
[15:23:26] louis_to southerncross: let this be a warning!
[15:23:28] jpmcc CorNouws: No, just a house.
[15:23:42] southerncross lol
[15:24:10] louis_to so, we are agreed.
[15:24:18] louis_to that means that we really must look to cheap flights as soon as possible
[15:24:25] stx12 ok, at least we agree that we will start the planning and travel arrangements...
[15:24:26] louis_to ST: will you arrange lodging?
[15:24:53] louis_to or shall we act on our own? there are some rather good deals right now, in Hamburg--winter, you know---
[15:24:55] stx12 louis_to: hotel recommendations? yes
[15:25:12] louis_to I'll send some recommendations courtesy of my spouse :-)
[15:25:17] mhu junges hotel, as usual ?
[15:25:26] stx12 louis_to: hm, you are better informed that me; i guess sabine will support us...
[15:25:28] southerncross junges hotel?
[15:25:31] louis_to No: I can do better than that
[15:25:48] louis_to I'd like to propose a new item:
[15:25:49] _Nesshof_ btw, at the same time we want to do ESC meeting as well
[15:25:51] louis_to we discussed this last time
[15:26:02] louis_to #13: Education Project
[15:26:25] louis_to Juergen is not here, but I'd like for us to discuss, possible offlist, for privacy reasons and so we do not offend, the Education project's direction and leadership
[15:26:29] mhu southerncross: "Junges Hotel" is nearby and not so expensive, Louis was there in the past iirc
[15:26:31] louis_to and see what we can do
[15:26:38] louis_to folks, this is serious
[15:26:41] southerncross ok
[15:26:41] stx12 louis_to: if you have something you prefer over junges hotel, then let us know (by email) 
[15:26:47] louis_to please, let's focus on agenda
[15:26:53] louis_to and outside of agenda items
[15:27:04] louis_to in this case, I propose the Education Project issue
[15:27:22] louis_to we have discussed previously it has problems: OOo4kids linkage, for instance
[15:27:41] louis_to and the fact that the lead seems to alienate a lot of develoopers, arccording to reports
[15:28:12] louis_to for this reason, we chose mentoring @ooo not mentoring at education
[15:28:34] louis_to I am to talk to Alexandro tomrrow and will also see about communicating with Eric
[15:28:37] mhu shall we leave this topic for the f2f meeting ? we could talk more clear then
[15:28:41] louis_to but I would like for us to evaluate the issue
[15:28:51] CorNouws we'll simpley have to talk and ask and investigate to see what is goning on
[15:28:58] CorNouws and talk about it later
[15:29:02] louis_to mhu: We can discuss it then, too, but there are some things that need to discuss sooner
[15:29:06] louis_to adn Cor is correct
[15:29:16] southerncross there might be another problem related to this
[15:29:17] mhu fine with me, go ahead
[15:29:25] louis_to so, I'd like tp propose we dsicuss this seriously adn evaluate options and so do some necessary research
[15:29:41] southerncross which, is, in a word, code.
[15:29:42] louis_to now is not the time, but it is the time to raise it as an issue that is of real importance
[15:29:50] southerncross yes
[15:30:44] louis_to So, I'd like to ask that we investigate the state of that project, and determine a course of action; not an indictiment, not an accusation but an evaluation
[15:31:49] southerncross okay
[15:31:59] southerncross and we do that.. at the f2f meeting?
[15:32:35] louis_to yes,. I'll update the members, too
[15:32:40] jpmcc southerncross: we need a volunteer to do some research before then
[15:32:40] louis_to so, if nothing else....
[15:32:59] stx12 a quick heads up: infrastructure
[15:33:02] louis_to I'll engage in it, but my issue is that I do not want to come across the only one
[15:33:02] southerncross I can do that, provided no one raises an objection of partiality
[15:33:16] southerncross I can help you with that louis
[15:33:20] * stx12 oops, too early
[15:33:20] CorNouws Yes, we mentioned energy supply in Orvieto. Anyone able to find some info on that?
[15:33:21] louis_to southerncross: I would suggest someone else, too; you have some history here, as well
[15:33:36] louis_to and I would suggest then that we ask CorNouws to referree any issues
[15:33:50] CorNouws Not too urgent, yet important, cuase we use a lott, I suppose ..
[15:33:54] * christoph_n thinks that does not know anything. Might that help?
[15:34:11] louis_to yes; let's discuss then offlist for final points.
[15:34:17] christoph_n okay...
[15:34:35] stx12 christoph_n: at least you are not biased - i guess
[15:34:39] louis_to CorNouws: I think that an announcemnt about our stance on energy policy to coincide with the end of Copenhagen might be just
[15:35:01] jpmcc louis_to: Have we got one?
[15:35:20] southerncross "more servers"
[15:35:31] southerncross but we promess we won't overclock them
[15:35:39] louis_to *That whenever possible to use green energy and to encourage the sustainable use of energy as with all things affecting the social and natural world.*
[15:35:51] * stx12 was going to say something serious if we are done with edu...
[15:35:57] louis_to instead of sustainable use of energy...
[15:36:04] louis_to resources
[15:36:23] louis_to stx12: we are done with edu; this is a delicate point and needs to be treated as such
[15:36:40] stx12 louis_to: agreed...
[15:36:42] louis_to I have nothing to add for the moment: up to you., stx
[15:37:06] CorNouws louis_to: thanks for the suggestions. We can work on this further on the mail list, I think.
[15:37:32] louis_to CorNouws: yes, you mean energy? But we ought to coincide it with Copenhagen, no?
[15:37:33] jpmcc Another Dr.Louis pronouncement allegedly in the English language which I find difficult to comprehend...
[15:37:38] louis_to :-)
[15:37:52] * louis_to notes that working in law wrecked his syntax, too
[15:38:06] CorNouws louis_to: no, not so ent IMO
[15:38:23] jpmcc (fyi, there has been a discussion on dev@marketing about holding Virtual OOoCons)
[15:38:23] louis_to ent?
[15:38:31] CorNouws louis_to:  not so urgent, IMO
[15:38:45] louis_to jpmcc: the brazilians did a rather good one last year
[15:39:02] louis_to CorNouws: okay, but a statement can gain more weight if linked, I think
[15:39:30] * christoph_n thinks that some more life coverage would already help during the OOoCons
[15:39:48] christoph_n life --> live
[15:39:59] christoph_n :-)
[15:40:02] louis_to :-0
[15:40:25] louis_to okay, lacking a firm proposal on this, I ask then that CorNouws come up with one? using the list
[15:40:37] louis_to and that we conclude this meeting
[15:40:46] stx12 we are starting the evaluation of an alternative infrastructure for the main site. i will notify the website project and invite interested people. you may want to look at kenai.com to become familiar with it. 
[15:40:46] * southerncross nods
[15:40:52] christoph_n 11?
[15:40:55] stx12 http://kenai.com/projects/ooo-migration/pages/Home
[15:41:03] louis_to ah
[15:41:05] CorNouws louis_to: yes, OK.  I'm not  looking for a statement, rather for action
[15:41:37] stx12 just fyi
[15:41:55] louis_to thanks; is the wiki membership open to all?
[15:42:36] stx12 ? you may want to start with subscribing to the list... the wiki is public
[15:42:42] stx12 you may want to start with subscribing to the list... the wiki is public
[15:43:11] jpmcc stx12: thanks for the heads-up on kenai. Can we put it on the agenda for the next meeting?
[15:44:06] stx12 sure, we could. but the work is going to happen in the website project...
[15:44:40] christoph_n Basically, everone is "affected". So some basic information would be great, if there is enough time...
[15:45:00] CorNouws off topic: Guys, I have to make a phonecall with someone else and cannot hanlde phone and IRC .. so have to leave. Sorry, but anythin important left for now?
[15:45:01] * stx12 feels some pressure to blog...
[15:45:27] christoph_n I think point 11, or did I miss that?
[15:45:33] stx12 read the planet and stay tuned...
[15:45:56] louis_to are all agreed to call this meeting closed?
[15:45:59] * christoph_n thinks he will provide some comments from the UX point-of-view
[15:46:16] stx12 christoph_n: good!
[15:46:24] stx12 louis_to: yes
[15:46:33] southerncross yes
[15:46:38] mhu louis_to: I guess we're done
[15:46:41] southerncross and ... I have to think about dinner
[15:46:42] stx12 have a nice evening; and a nice call, CorNouws
[15:46:43] christoph_n yep
[15:46:49] southerncross have a nice evening everyone
[15:46:50] louis_to thanks, all
[15:46:56] CorNouws bye then all. See you later
[15:46:57] louis_to meeting is adjourned
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