Re: WebObjects Foundation
Re: WebObjects Foundation
- Subject: Re: WebObjects Foundation
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:41:17 -0700
On Aug 15, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
What we don't need is for most people to sit on the sidelines and
wait around for the few to conjure up the future of WebObjects. To
get the most people involved, we need to have the lowest barriers
to participation possible.
I have been following the discussion today via my Treo, and also
thinking about the situation we are in. I have a couple of
suggestions to toss out for discussion:
Despite my assertion from yesterday that we can't form a Foundation
out of thin air, I do think we need some leadership soon. We are
already seeing people posting to the list asking what would be useful
to do and where they should put it, and someone really should be
designated to answer those questions with some consistency. I think
we need a very informal Core Team, one that doesn't make any major
decisions but just helps keep people moving in productive
directions. Perhaps Project Managers would be a better name for it.
We will eventually need a real Core Team with elections and
everything if this gets off the ground, but IMHO that's unnecessary
overhead at this point.
If people generally think this is a good idea, then maybe we should
ask for volunteers? We only need 3 or 4 people, I think, since the
task will be mostly answering procedural questions and giving people
the confidence that they can move forward on something that will
benefit the project. I am willing to be one of the members, though
it seems a bit improper to volunteer when it was my idea. :)
My second suggestion is that I think we should have an area of the
wiki where people can post a description of what community
contribution they are working on. It doesn't obligate them to
produce or else, nor do they have to give a timeframe; it's just so
we can avoid duplication of effort and people can offer their
assistance if their task is already being worked on by someone else.
For example, I would post that I am going to write an Eclipse/WOLips
tutorial, with a short description of what it will cover, so people
will know it's being taken care of. If I get busy and can't get to
it, it's my responsibility to update the Wiki and either say it's
being delayed, or remove it altogether.
Thoughts? I don't want to over-burden us with process, but I also
know that if people are just milling around with no direction, in the
end very little actually gets done.
janine
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