> With the 4.10 release 'imminent', we need to think about how we can get the > maximum bang for our buck. > What is the status of Scott's appointment? As he is supposed to be central to > our communication efforts, it seems logical he would be involved in the > release process. > Do we have a plan for the release, or are we just going to let it happen? I > think this time we should have a coordinated release, with the press and > everyone with a voice involved. > It is time to take the project to the next level and attract some more > corporate interest and maybe even sponsorship, as well as get more people > involved. We've shown Flex has successfully made the transition > from Adobe to Apache, survived the move to git and all the while we've > continued to improve and expand it. Apache Flex is here to stay and lead the > way forward for cross platform application frameworks. But I > think we can still do better... > Ideas?
I must now disappoint, you, Erik. My addition doesn't change the project's ability to communicate very much at all. This is because I am only one of many thousand subscribed to this list. Each of us are volunteers able to act as we see a task that requires attention. We can each help get out the word and we should each continue to do just that. I have performed a few tasks for the project in the past: helped edit and author some content in the Spoon monthly newsletters, used my social media accounts to promote interesting developments in the project, wrote, distributed a couple of surveys & tabulated the survey results, commented on this list, helped draft and edit a press release in the past, set up a couple of interviews with bloggers, built an awesome demonstration app for a corporate client using AF 4.9.1. I have qualification to do these things, but, I am not uniquely able to handle these tasks. I expect to be able to illuminate areas of the project that need a volunteer and recruit and encourage others to step up and help.
