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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:49:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joe Schaefer <joe_schaefer@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: On parks, commons, and websites... and fun (or lack of)
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----- Original Message -----=0A=0A> From: Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@apache.=
org>=0A> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org=0A> Cc: hagar.delest@laposte.net=
=0A> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:26 AM=0A> Subject: Re: On parks, comm=
ons, and websites... and fun (or lack of)=0A> =0A> Hagar Delest wrote:=0A>>=
  You've taken the fun out of it. ...=0A>>  As a consequence, I resign from=
 my PPMC role and will unsubscribe the=0A>>  dev & private mailing lists ri=
ght now.=0A> =0A> It's a very sad (hopefully temporary) consequence.=0A> =
=0A> It proves that the OpenOffice project is not mature yet: it can still =
happen =0A> that one person's (well-meant) behavior can force a valuable co=
ntributor out =0A> of this project without this contributor having done any=
thing against the =0A> project.=0A> =0A> This community must become stronge=
r and more welcoming: we've improved a lot =0A> in handling localization vo=
lunteers recently, and further improvements will come =0A> naturally. But w=
e can't afford to lose community volunteers this way.=0A=0AWell yes the los=
s is disappointing, let's hope he reconsiders.=A0 But as I have=0Asaid befo=
re, this project has a rather serious "human resource shortfall" when=0Ait =
comes to the www.openoffice.org website.=A0 There are literally thousands u=
pon=0Athousands of pages there, some of it in languages foreign to the exis=
ting set=0Aof committers, and of Dave's 20 or so volunteers who have contri=
buted so far,=0Asignificantly less than 100 pages have been touched by huma=
n hands over=0Athe past year- other than through Dave's sledgehammers to si=
tewide header and=0Afooter templates.=A0 As a mentor that remains an ongoin=
g unsolved problem for this=0Agroup to pay some attention to.=A0 Let's not =
lose sight of the big picture here.=0A=0ASo instead of entirely focusing on=
 the potential loss of a key individual, I will=0Acontinue to advocate the =
position that we encourage people to get actively involved=0Ain the care an=
d upkeep of the site, starting with fellow committers on the project=0Aand =
expanding to potential interested parties on this list.