Re: [eGroupWare-developers] New project member Hans-Jürgen Tappe

[Christian B. <chr...@ja...>]

Hi Hans-Jürgen,

I'm very happy about people that help getting EGroupware better. So I'll 
  just say: "welcome to the project" :-)

We haven't met so far, did we?

Greetings
christian


Hans-Juergen Tappe schrieb:
> Hi developers! Hi Ralf!
> 
> Ralf Becker schrieb:
>> Hans-Jürgen already supplied patches and bug-fixes in many areas of the
>> project - eg. the calendar module for sitemgr, just to name one.
>>
>> Most of his patches still sit in our tracker, which is NOT his fault but
>> a lack of resources from the people they are assigned to - mainly me ;-)
>>
>> Klaus and I had a chat with him beginning of December in the Stylite
>> offices in Kirchheimbolanden, as he lives relatively close by. I think
>> he would be a valuable addition to the project and therefore I'd like to
>> add him to the project, if there are no objections.
>>
>> @Hans-Jürgen: please reply with a short introduction of yourself, so
>> everyone gets a chance to know you a little better.
> 
> I have started using eGroupware when it was still named after the
> language behind it. That time, I had been looking for a groupware
> solution to keep addresses and events available in the internet with the
> possibility to synchronize and to interface with other open source tools
> (e.g. Lightning) as well as standard PDAs. The synchronization solution
> in my opinion is a core feature of eGroupware and needs careful
> maintenance. Thanks to all involved in that.
> 
> Nowadays, I am working in a company which is providing operating systems
> and services around embedded devices with two main focuses, from wich one
> is embedded Linux and another is specialized on a security and safety
> certifiable virtualization embedded operating system (OK, a long worm of
> words, but that summarizes it). :-)
> 
> With regard to eGroupware, I see a great chance to establish more
> instances of eGroupware in a club community or church environment. Many
> club web pages suffer a lack of fresh information, regarding schedules
> and news. This can well be achieved with the existing news module and the
> calendar integration into sitemgr. Other core features of eGroupware
> match very well with the needs in clubs, like the addressbook with
> group-wise ACL, the file manager with group folders and the resource
> planning.
> 
> With a focus on these features, I want to help making eGroupware an even
> better software. Still, I want to honor the use of eGroupware in the
> commercial environment because this is granting that eGroupware will keep
> the professional touch, required for long-term project success.
> 
> I currently do not foresee a special field of involvement in eGroupware,
> but would like to improve this and that. This involves that I plan to get
> in contact with the module's maintainers before modifying eGroupware
> source code in the different modules.
> 
> I will certainly need your advise regarding special PHP approaches and
> keeping it all together. I am looking forward to join the team of
> developers and supporters - if you allow. ;-)
> 
> Have a nice Christmas time and a good start into the next year!
> Hans-Jürgen
> 
> 
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