On 2004.05.20, Tomasz Kosiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to see clear message from new leader about what has happend > and what is current status of the project.
I really don't want to dwell on the past and everyone who has been following AOLserver knows where things have been over the past couple of months. The current status of the project is that Nate Folkman has officially moved on and I am now taking his place as project leader. > Some time ago there were AOLserver chat - there where reminders sent > to the list and it was archived at > http://empoweringminds.mle.ie/openacs/chatlog/ and partly sourceforge. > What has happend to it? They just stopped happening, probably due to lack of attendance. I certainly plan to get some regular chats going again. I'll be sending out messages trying to organize them once I clearly define what chats I think are necessary and what I hope they will help us accomplish. > What has happend to ACT (AOLserver Core Team)? Who is a member of ACT? > What rules drive ACT work? Since I was never a member of the ACT, I honestly don't know. Since there was the one and only election, presumably all the current members of the ACT are still members. I don't believe there were ever rules published as to how the ACT was to operate or influence AOLserver development -- at least, none that I can recall. I'm also evaluating the need for an ACT at this point and whether having a structure like the ACT is really what this project needs right now, or if it'd only impede any progress that we need to make at this moment. Please, feel free to start a separate thread to discuss this if you have comments about this subject. > I've heared about aolserver.com redesign and using AOLserver to power > that site? Yes, the current aolserver.com site needs a design refresh as well as its content brought up to date. I'm not aware of any plans of actually hosting it on AOLserver, but with regard to eating our own dogfood, I suppose it would be a good idea. I will certainly explore the possibility, but frankly, it's not on the roadmap and it's not high on my priority list at the moment: what matters is the content on the site, and that is independent of what platform it's hosted on. Once we get the site back in order with regard to relevant and fresh content, we can explore hosting alternatives. > What has changed at AOL that they give project leadership to the > community representative (Dossy)? On 2004.05.20, Nathan Folkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hopefully I can clear up a few things here... :-) > > First off, Dossy actually now works for AOL in Jim Davidson's > group. I was chatting with some other folks in the AOLserver > Community recently, and there seemed to be a little confusion > about how and why he was chosen to lead the project. Dossy is > picking up where I had previously left off. Thanks, Nate -- you beat me to it. Project leadership of AOLserver is still held within AOL, since I now work for AOL. I don't believe I made this fact widely known (personal preference: I tend not to make a big deal out of where I work at any given moment) but yes, I am now officially representing AOL. > How AOL will continue to participate in the AOLserver development? As long as AOL continues to use AOLserver as a platform for delivering content, I would assume that AOL will still continue to contribute towards its development where appropriate. > What resources at AOL are devoted to AOLserver development? Currently, the resources I'm aware of are: Elizabeth Thomas (Java-related work), Rob Crittenden (server development) and myself (project leadership). There may be others, some may come and go as need dictates. Obviously, Jim Davidson will likely still work on the code when time permits, and Nate Folkman has clearly stated that he has much interest in staying involved and participating. > I liked what was done by Nathan Folkman when ACT was formed. There was > clear message about what is going behing the scene. > > I belive that rules governing AOLserver project and it current status > should be published on aolserver.com so anyone interested in it could > easily find it to make "the entire organization and planning process > surrounding AOLserver as transparent as possible" Yes, I definitely plan to communicate with the AOLserver Community as to what is going on, what plans are being made, what our progress is towards the goals set forth in the roadmap, upcoming releases, and so on. I welcome anyone to call me on this if they feel that there are necessary and relevant details not being made clear at any time. I will do my best to clarify things given whatever information I have. -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
