Another point is that Nicolas Barcet <http://nicolas.barcet.com/drupal/> had previously offered to join the board and serve as a representative in France and reaffirmed his commitment recently. Assuming the majority of the board agrees, I'd like to have him appointed in time for Open World Forum<http://www.openworldforum.org/>in Paris, where I plan to speak about OCI.
Scott Sanchez <http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottcsanchez> also expressed an interest in helping with business involvement, and while I initially thought it best to steer clear of the commercial side of things (ala the OSI), I don't think we're going to get far without vendor & buyer support. We want vendors advertising Open Cloud certification and we want buyers asking for it in RFIs etc. That would take us to 12 (of a maximum 21) — I'd envisaged having 13 or 15 directors so as to have a stable base and avoid deadlocks so is there anyone I've missed? Someone from government (e.g. Deb Bryant) and/or education (e.g. ?) would make a lot of sense I think. Sam +41 78 871 6868 On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Sam Johnston < [email protected]> wrote: > You know I've been thinking about exactly the same issue myself and while > I'd love to use Atlassian Jira <http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/>to > track all these issues (and respond to them in a timely fashion) ala the > Apache > Foundation <https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa>, I > wonder if it's "open cloud"... especially having migrated from Google Apps > (Sites) to Drupal — which, while not necessarily "open cloud", is at least > "open source". > > On the specific roles, I see us all as evangelists. Certain roles are > required by california law but I see us all as peers and representatives of > the community. As the OCI shouldn't take a position that's not been ratified > by the community (e.g. the OCP) I don't see a problem with us all expressing > our personal opinions on the subject, which are, for the most part at least, > well aligned. > > I have to duck off for dinner but let's definitely get the discussion going > — thanks for taking the initiative Sam. > > Sam > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Evan Prodromou > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sam, >> >> I totally agree. There's an old saw that the function of a committee is to >> make subcommittees, but it might actually be useful for us to start dividing >> up roles for one or more people to attack. >> >> Some roles I think that matter: >> >> - *Press relations* -- deal with reporters, get the story out >> - *Certification* -- develop a timeline for certifying compliance with >> principles (for badge use) >> - *Website* -- Continue to develop and improve the OCI web site (and >> blog!) >> - *Community* -- Set up and manage community resources (mailing lists, >> bug tracker, others?) >> >> Just some off the top of my head. >> >> -Evan >> > >
