The OpenOffice team (Re: Need help, I can't open a presentation on my computer ....)

[Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>]

On 01/10/2012 Stan Helton wrote:
> I am not a member of the AOO team, but I have applied and am awaiting
> approval.

I'm not sure I understand this. What "application" did you send? We 
still have many outdated pages on our website, so you might have 
followed old or unclear instructions.

There is no subdivision into an "OpenOffice team" and "others": in 
discussions on this mailing list all volunteers are on the same level, 
so you become part of the team by simply answering user requests, like 
this one.

It might be that you don't have the necessary privileges to commit code 
directly to the OpenOffice repository, but this doesn't exclude you from 
the team: most of the volunteers who contribute to this mailing list and 
to the official support forums are in the same situation. So, welcome to 
the team!

Regards,
   Andrea.

Re: The OpenOffice team (Re: Need help, I can't open a presentation on my computer ....)

[Stan Helton <st...@gmail.com>]

This originated from a college student requesting help with some PPT 
files she could not open. I offered to help her. The problem turned out 
to be that her data files were heavily corrupted, AOO was/is working 
properly insofar as her particular problem is concerned.

Stan Helton

On 10/1/2012 5:07 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> On 01/10/2012 Stan Helton wrote:
>> I am not a member of the AOO team, but I have applied and am awaiting
>> approval.
>
> I'm not sure I understand this. What "application" did you send? We 
> still have many outdated pages on our website, so you might have 
> followed old or unclear instructions.
>
> There is no subdivision into an "OpenOffice team" and "others": in 
> discussions on this mailing list all volunteers are on the same level, 
> so you become part of the team by simply answering user requests, like 
> this one.
>
> It might be that you don't have the necessary privileges to commit 
> code directly to the OpenOffice repository, but this doesn't exclude 
> you from the team: most of the volunteers who contribute to this 
> mailing list and to the official support forums are in the same 
> situation. So, welcome to the team!
>
> Regards,
>   Andrea.
>

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