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.…

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.…

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.…

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!

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.…

Document Foundation Board 2011: Final Results

Simon Phipps posted this today to the announcement mailing list:

“Having received no objections to the preliminary election results I posted on October 20th within the period described in the election rules, it is now my pleasure to declare the results of the 2011 Board elections for The Document Foundation.

I declare the following Members of The Document Foundation duly elected as Board Members:

  • Thorsten Behrens
  • Florian Effenberger
  • Olivier Hallot
  • Michael Meeks
  • Caolán McNamara
  • Charles-H Schulz
  • Italo Vignoli

I declare the following Members of The Document Foundation duly elected as Deputies:

  • Jesús Corrius
  • Andreas Mantke
  • Bjoern Michaelsen

Full election materials can be found at https://elections.documentfoundation.org/2011/