This talk will show you why at TDF we created a certification program for growing an ecosystem of experts able to provide professional support. The talk will also provide information about the Advisory Board, the group the includes companies involved in daily life and improvement of the project.

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THE DOCUMENT FOUNDATION
FROM THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM TO THE
ADVISORY BOARD ECOSYSTEM
CIB LABS GMBH
BOZEN, FRIDAY 16. NOVEMBER 2018
MARINA LATINI

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ABOUT ME
> Marina Latini
> Senior migrations & deployments engineer at CIB
> The Document Foundation chairperson
> LibreItalia founder
> openSUSE advocate
> Fedora enthusiast and previously Ambassador
@deneb_alpha

3. TOPICS
1. THE FOUNDATION AND THE ADVISORY BOARD
2. THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

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THE DOCUMENT FOUNDATION

5. TERMINOLOGY

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DOUBLE MEANING
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LibreOffice is
1. the leading free office productivity suite
installed by millions of users worldwide
2. a wonderful worldwide community
with hundreds of friends, contributors and companies around
the globe
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The Document Foundation (TDF) as legal entity is
– a nonprofit ”Stiftung” (foundation) based in Berlin
”The objective of the foundation is the promotion and
development of office software available for use by anyone
free of charge”
– does not contain a product name on purpose

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”BY THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY“
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supporting the development of both product and community
events, knowledge sharing, mentoring
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built on the community’s values and ideals
through statutes that enforce openness and transparency
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independent from one single sponsor
70.000+ individual donations per year
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ecosystem for contributors and commercial stakeholders
certification, joint development efforts
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lower entry barriers
Easy Hacks, Hackfests, GSoC mentoring, workshops
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cooperations with other entities
e.g. OASIS, OSI, KDE, GNOME, FSFE, FSF

8. THE FOUNDATION

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WHY ALL THIS?
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enduring and stable
(“foundations are for eternity“)
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foundation’s objective can not be changed
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safety for the ecosystem, end-users and community
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acts as ”trustee” for trademarks and domains
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handles donations and manages budgets
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is not part of the commercial ecosystem itself
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guarantees rights for all participants

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HOW IT WORKS
Board of Trustees (“Members”)
currently 193 individuals working on foundation’s goals
active in community for 3 months, 6 more planned, donations do not qualify
approved for one year, once per quarter
Board of Directors
foundation’s legal representative
7 members and 3 deputies, term of 2 years
from around the globe, currently: Italy, UK,
Germany, Netherlands, Taiwan, Czech Republic
Membership Commitee
5+4 members
term of 2 years
max. 10% of members
Advisory Board
companies,
not foundation’s body
Organizes
elections
Gives advices
Election of board
Election of
committee
Approval /
revocation

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ADVISORY BOARD
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GNOME
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Google
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KDE e.V.
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Kopano b.v.
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Red Hat
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RPA RusBITech
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Software in the Public Interest (SPI)
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Studio Storti
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BPM-Conseil
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Canonical
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CIB Software
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City of Munich (Landeshauptstadt München)
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Collabora
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Free Software Foundation (FSF)
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Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)
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provide advices, support and proposals
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meets quarterly the Board of Directors
Current members:

12. A LARGE NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS AND USERS...

13. ...THAT ASK ALSO FOR PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT

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THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

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Source: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2014/12/23/behind-the-scenes-at-tdf-certification/
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Active from November 2014
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Not a „common“ certification but the
guarantee that the experts are part of
the project, involved and able to
provide support
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No certification fee required
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Renewal every 2 years
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Certification granted only after proving
expertise on real projects
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Provides certified experts in trainings,
migrations and development
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Based on the migration and training
protocols.

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CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE
Peer-to-Peer Review Committee:
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Italo Vignoli (co-chairman)
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Lothar Becker (co-chairman)
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Eliane Domingos de Sousa
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Sophie Gautier
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Olivier Hallot
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Thomas Krumbein
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Marina Latini
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Gustavo Pacheco
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Franklin Weng.
Certification Committee:
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Italo Vignoli (co-chairman) Migr. & Trainings
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Lothar Becker (co-chairman) - Migr. & Trainings
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Stephan Bergmann - Development
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Sophie Gautier - Migr. & Trainings
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Olivier Hallot - Migr. & Trainings
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Jan Holesovsky - Development
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Thomas Krumbein - Migr. & Trainings
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Marina Latini - Migr. & Trainings
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Björn Michaelsen - Development
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Thorsten Behrens - Development
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Franklin Weng - Migr. & Trainings
oversees the certification process, approves individual certifications
https://www.documentfoundation.org/certification/program/
https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/

17. OUR PRODUCTS:
HTTP://LIBREOFFICE.CIB.DE/
WE CAN HELP:
HTTP://LIBREOFFICE.CIB.DE/SUPPORT
THANK YOU!
Credits: some slides by Florian Effenberger @floeff