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On 14/08/2011 eric b wrote:
> Le 13 ao=C3=BBt 11 =C3=A0 17:44, Andrea Pescetti a =C3=A9crit :
>> PLIO, the association corresponding to the Italian Native-Lang
>> Project, has been a registered charity in Italy since 2005 and
>> receives contributions from Italian taxpayers, that we invest back in
>> OpenOffice.org-related activities.
> Is it still the case ? Was an action for OpenOffice.org made since last
> year (e.g.) ?

We localized and released OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 in Italian, we kept the=20
Italian Dictionary extension up-to-date with regular releases, we made=20
some QA on OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta, we held our regular annual assembly=20
at the end of April 2011 and we approved projects that are still=20
inherently fuzzy due the obviously unstable situation that has persisted=20
from April until now.

(But, especially as we are on this mailing list, I have to state that,=20
while I am a Board Member of PLIO, I cannot speak on behalf of PLIO;=20
head to http://www.plio.it/ if you want to officially contact PLIO).

>> However, on our OpenOffice.org pages http://it.openoffice.org/ we
>> don't mention this: we only use http://www.plio.it/ for advertising
>> and fundraising. So we are not affected by the OpenOffice.org
>> fundraising policy.
> I read the content of the site you mentionned aboce, and it looks
> abandoned : the last articles are not recent IMHO.

Both sites have been in minimal maintenance for years, but not abandoned=20
at all.

On http://it.openoffice.org/ we had to wait years for the infrastructure=20
migration to Kenai, that came in February 2011 when the future of=20
OpenOffice.org and of that infrastructure became less and less certain=20
(and I'm now glad that we didn't waste time on updating a web=20
infrastructure that is not going to last).

On http://www.plio.it/ we publish 4-5 articles per year, mostly=20
coincident with OpenOffice.org releases and conference. So I'd say it's=20
normal that the latest article is about OOo 3.3.0: we would have more=20
recent articles, had there been new releases or a conference.

> More recently, PLIO members posted that :
> http://punto-informatico.it/3018399/PI/Lettere/lettere-openoffice-libre=
office-plio.aspx
> (I found other PR about PLIO)

I don't understand this. Anyway, the facts stated there are correct=20
(basically, PLIO goes on in spite of whatever arguments corporations or=20
groups have, and we give community support to everyone). If you find=20
this relevant, Italo Vignoli is no longer President of PLIO.

> Can you please explain us more what is the current PLIO goal ?

Our statute is online at http://www.plio.it/ and it dates back to 2005;=20
especially on this mailing list, it suffices to say that PLIO is a=20
charity that, through (unpaid) volunteer activity by its members, aims=20
at improving and promoting OpenOffice.org, related software, auxiliary=20
tools, open formats and free software in general.

(Again, if someone missed it: I'm not entitled to speak officially on=20
behalf of PLIO, but as long as it may be relevant to this mailing list=20
I'll provide information about how it works).

Regards,
   Andrea.