I am happy to announce, that the TDF BoD calls will take place every 2nd Wednesday at 1600 UTC, starting on November 16th, 2011, and are scheduled to run for one hour. Most calls will be public, but according to our Bylaws, there might be private calls as well. Their contents will be, in accordance with our Bylaws, be made public as soon as and when possible.…
10 Nov 2011
LibreOffice mail accounts
Back in the days of OpenOffice.org, contributors to the project were entitled to get an @openoffice.org e-mail address they could use for their project-related work. With LibreOffice, at the moment only official spokespersons and members of the BoD and MC have a @documentfoundation.org e-mail address.
We at TDF strongly believe in contributors identifying themselves with the work they do, with the community they’re engaged in, and with the software they develop, translate, document, market, provide infrastructure for and give users support for.…
09 Nov 2011
TDF announces its new Membership Committee
The Document Foundation is proud to announce its new Membership Committee today. The following individuals are its members:
- André Schnabel
- Fridrich Strba
- Norbert Thiebaud
- Simon Phipps
- Sophie Gautier
The following individuals are its deputies:
- Cor Nouws
- Drew Jensen
The process of their nomination has been discussed publically. The role of the Membership Committee is defined in the Community Bylaws.…
09 Nov 2011
The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.4.4
LibreOffice on stage at the Libre Software World Conference in Zaragoza
The Internet, November 9, 2011 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 3.4.4, an improved version of the award-winning free office suite for Windows, Mac and Linux. LibreOffice has recently won InfoWorld’s BOSSIE Award 2011 as Best of Open Source Software, and the Open World Forum Experiment Award of Most-Popular Software.…
08 Nov 2011
We’re at Google+
If you are using Google+, Google’s social network, from today on, you can show your support and appreciation to LibreOffice and TDF. We have created our own sites there, and invite you to join us!
- The Document Foundation: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103358339079760815709
- LibreOffice: https://plus.google.com/u/0/117919358326414513526
30 Oct 2011
Status quo on the Foundation, October 2011
It has been a while since I have blogged about the Foundation status, but the Steering Committee have been very active on this topic in the meantime. Now that we are handing over to the new Board of Directors, it is good to document where we have reached.
First, we are delighted that the elections of the first BoD are now official.…