[odf-discuss] ODF Implementation, Interoperability and Conformance TC

[Daniel Carrera]

robert_weir at us.ibm.com wrote:
> I'm glad you brought this topic, and my post up, because I was supposed 
> to check with the ODF Fellowship to see if anyone wanted to get 
> involved.  Honestly, I've been tardy in that task, mainly because I 
> can't figure out who the hell is in charge of the Fellowship.  Maybe 
> that is a dumb question to ask.

Well, we are not a company and don't have a rigid hierarchical 
structure. We can have people in charge of specific things (website 
admins, deciding what projects to fund with our money, etc). When we 
need an official decision and there isn't someone in charge of that, we 
hold a vote. I'll admit that when I first came up with this structure it 
was a bit of an experiment on how decentralized I could make the group. 
Decentralization does have drawbacks. Maybe we should add a president so 
that next time someone says "take me to your leader" I can give an answer.


Anyways... back to the test suite: my first reaction is "I'm interested" 
  and I'm technical, but I really don't know what I'd be getting myself 
into if I join.

I wonder: Is it possible to use the existing test suite as a starting 
point? Waldo Bastian and Thomas Zander have already put a lot of time 
into it and it'd be a shame to duplicate all of that effort. Speaking of 
which, Waldo and Thomas are both good candidates to join the effort. 
They would be bringing both experience and a lot of ready-made work with 
them.

Cheers,
Daniel.