That's wonderful news Ed. Thank you Kirstin for taking on this important work.
I have one request: can you please do the interviews on the Fineract user mailing list ([email protected])? Or alternatively the dev list? That way we can all follow along. For me, conversations are more engaging than reports. Thanks, Myrle On Thu 21. Sep 2017 at 23:04 Ed Cable <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello community, > > As efforts move forward to bring Apache Fineract CN into the project, I > want to start in a parallel a discussion of how we can properly convene a > discussion amongst the PMC and the community at large around a financial > inclusion roadmap for Apache Fineract CN. > > Although this is not a published roadmap that any one individual is > responsible for, it's still vital to the community. I also fully recognize > that Apache Fineract will ultimately go beyond financial inclusion but as > the leader of the Mifos Initiative who champions and voices the need of the > financial inclusion community, I'm leading this effort to ensure we have a > collective roadmap around financial inclusion needs for this next > generation architecture. > > Our PMC is broadly represented by individuals from various organizations > that work closely with a wide base of users across numerous regions in the > financial inclusion space so it's critical that at this time the PMC leads > the charge to collectively work towards clarity and guidance on the vision > for the future. > > I wanted to formally introduce you all to a volunteer, Kristin Perchal, > that is assisting the Mifos Initiative in leading a process and product > management strategy to guide this roadmap for financial inclusion on Apache > Fineract CN. She is a consultant at BCG by day and has helped transform > global product management for many different companies. > > She will help give recommendations on how we can incorporate the learning > of the past ten years and two generations of software, along with the needs > of our global landscape of our ecosystem of new and existing partners all > under the Apache Way. > > She is starting her efforts by conducting interviews with individual > members of the PMC and partners in our community that will be shared and > documented on the Apache Fineract wiki. Topics she will be covering > include: > > - How within their organizations, they create their own roadmaps and how > they can feed those requirements into Apache Fineract > - Their experiences with product and release management historically in > Mifos and Apache Fineract community > - Their role on the Mifos Partner Council and what worked and what > didn't. > - Ideal format of communication/collaboration as a member of PMC they'd > like to have on roadmap. > > Thanks, > > > -- > *Ed Cable* > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative > [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 > > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >
