Thank you for following up. How would I signal my interest in or join a working group? Maybe I missed that part.
Gary On Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 10:06 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > A month or so ago I started pitching workgroups as a way to organize and > make progress on the many pain points around the Foundation. > > We’ve made a little progress since then, but not a lot of follow-up. > > The only way that we’re going to have success here is if we build this > thing together, and focus on progress, rather than perfection. So I want to > encourage each of you to think about what single task you can accomplish in > one of these working groups (or, even better, what’s your idea for another > group?) in the coming months. > > So far, here’s what we have: > > A top-level web page talking about the WGs: > https://community.apache.org/workinggroups/ > 7 proposed WGs: > > wg-wg - Defining how working groups work, in general. > wg-advisors - Advising PMCs on best practice > wg-badging - Creation and maintenance of an accomplishment badging system > wg-social - Orchestrating local gathering of Apache enthusiasts > wg-social-media - Social media > wg-website - Maintenance and improvement of the website > wg-welcome - Helping projects, and the ASF in general, be more welcoming > > There was a great deal of discussion on the Advisors WG, but the majority > of that was around naming, rather than actually advising projects. I think > that this is the WG where we can have the highest impact on the Foundation > as a whole, and I’d really like to see some folks stepping up to do this > work, in whatever small ways you can. > > I also want to encourage each of you to take ownership of this. This isn’t > *my* effort. It’s ours, collectively, and we must share the ownership of it > if we’re going to make any progress. If any of you wants to take a more > proactive position in any of these WGs, please step forward and do it. You > don’t need anyone’s permission. > > As for myself, I am kind of in stealth mode as an Advisor on a couple of > projects, and am working on the website as I have time. But this is going > to take all of us. > > — > Rich Bowen > rbo...@rcbowen.com > > > > >
