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LibreOffice project monthly recap: June 2021

Check out our summary of what happened in the LibreOffice community last month…

Online meeting of the Spanish-speaking LibreOffice community

Daniel A. Rodriguez from the Hispanic LibreOffice community (and TDF’s Board of Directors) writes:


On Saturday June 26, we held the first virtual meeting of the Hispanic community this year. The activity was attended by several members, who are recognized for their participation and collaboration in the project.

We have

Community Member Monday: Tim Brennan Jr.

Tell us a bit about yourself!

I am a son and grandson of American missionaries who moved to Brazil in 1952. Since my mother was born here (my father was a seven month old baby), I was born automatically a Brazilian citizen – even though I was born in the USA. Being

The Document Foundation welcomes allotropia to its Advisory Board

Berlin, July 1, 2021 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announced today that allotropia – a German company that provides services, consulting and products around LibreOffice and related open source projects – has joined TDF’s Advisory Board.

Founded in late 2020 with five long-time LibreOffice developers, allotropia’s stated mission is to

LibreOffice Kaigi 2021 – Online event in Japan

Shinji Enoki reports from an event in Japan (original text here)…


LibreOffice Kaigi 2021 Online was held on Saturday, June 12, 2021. This is normally an annual gathering in Japan, originally scheduled for March 2020 in Osaka – but due to COVID-19 we were unable to hold it. This year,

Annual Report 2020: Attracting new contributors to LibreOffice

Bringing new community members on board and helping them get started is an essential part of our work. Here’s what we did in 2020

(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2020 – the full version is here.)


Onboarding tools and sites

Joining a large and established project