> On Mar 29, 2024, at 10:21 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you for following up. > > How would I signal my interest in or join a working group? Maybe I missed > that part.
I have several answers to this, but the main one is that we’re not sure yet, and would love your help in defining that. The “workgroup workgroup” was, conceptually, a place where we’d discuss how to manage/govern the workgroups, but that hasn’t gotten any love yet. I think other answers would be 1) Add yourself to the Readme, 2) start discussing, here, on this list, what you’d like to accomplish and 3) starting to do those things, while keeping up a running commentary of what you’re doing, and how other folks can get involved. The main thing that I want to emphasize is that I’m not the leader here. What I want more than anything is for folks to step up and take some of these things and run with them. I think they all desperately need to be done, but I only have time for one or two of them, myself. —Rich > 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 >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
