Hello,
I'd like to inform that the voting booth is open, and will run for 24 hours starting from now.
Please keep in mind that this is not a popularity vote, and should be taken seriously.
The voting booth can be found on http://amigadev.amigaworld.net in the "OpenOffice Internal" forum, if you can not enter the forum, contact me through this list or private mail ASAP.
Well, I cannot access this page or I simply don't find it.
About the vote: I am not pretty happy with the things going on here. There is simply not enough information available to make a vote yet, the notification time is/was way to short. Did the IRC conference take place today ? If so, I missed it, and I guess to announce something like this has to reserve at least some time to plan the meeting (at least 1-2 days ahead).
Now, anyway, what I would like to suggest - but might not have any effect, because you might have done it already is this:
Before we talk about a vote etc. we need a discussion. I'd recommend an
Invitation to an "EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING"
Agenda:
- Defining an executive board of key positions in the project This includes - Head of Ops (operations, organisation) - Assistant(s) of Ops/Board of Ops (Communication, Planing, etc). - Head of Programming, Lead Programmer - Senior Programmer(s) - Head of Tools - Senior Tools Developer(s) - Head of Documentation - etc.
All head positions are automatically part of the "Executive Board". Head of the Executive Board is the "Head of Ops". A Senior job is automatically a substitude for a Head job. For the Ops Team a substitude for the Head of Ops has to be elected.
Invitees: Everybody interessted in one or the other open positions All others can join but must remain silent.
Objective:
An open discussion of the open positions and their responsibilities. The result should be a list of potential candidates which will take part in a final selection process (the vote). The whole selection process should not take longer than 1 hour or/and a as a result a followup meeting (which sets the decision) should be taking place within 24 hours after the first meeting.
Timeframe:
The conference should be held thru IRC on a give date yet to be announced. Preferable on a weekend, because the most people here might be at work. Because today is (was) Sunday, the next possible timeslot is (early) next weekend.
Anyway, I think I am way to late with my proposal.
To be honest, I wish you all the luck, but if you go on like you do ATM, I fear this might really go nowhere (sorry, I might be a bit harsh here).
There is one very important factor for project at that size: patience!
cheers Jürgen