Hi Daniel, Sterling or Hadrian,  I don’t seem to have admin privileges to add 
tapper. I don’t see the admin cog as I do when I use admin privileges on our 
company’s Confluence wiki.
Can some help add user ID : gtapper to enable Gunnar Tapper to edit the iota 
confluence pages?  Or explain to me how I might do this. Perhaps we need 
someone in infrastructure to help?

Thanks
-Tony


> On Feb 7, 2017, at 8:41 AM, Gunnar Tapper <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tony,
> 
> No luck, I still can't edit the wiki pages.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gunnar
> 
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 1:37 AM, Tony Faustini <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hi Gunnar please try again I added you. Please verify.
> -Tony
> 
>> On Feb 6, 2017, at 10:17 PM, Gunnar Tapper <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Justin:
>> 
>> Have you had a chance to add me as an editor of the iota wiki pages? I just 
>> checked and I don't have the necessary permissions.
>> 
>> My user ID is: gtapper
>> 
>> Tack,
>> 
>> Gunnar
>> 
>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 5:45 PM, Gunnar Tapper <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hi Tony,
>> 
>> As Justin states, I've not earned the status of committer yet. That comes 
>> with time. By getting involved, I am contributing, which means that I am an 
>> iota contributor. Contribution comes in many forms: presenting, using, 
>> testing, asking questions, coding, etc. We'll cover that in the iota 
>> Contributor's Guide.
>> 
>> IMO, documentation should be separated on the wiki and in the source tree. 
>> Here's my rule-of-thumb:
>> 
>> 1. Release-dependent documentation goes with the code since it needs to be 
>> versioned. Change this documentation as part of code checkin.
>> 2. Contributor Guides, examples, project management stuff, etc. goes on the 
>> wiki. No versioned information is expected so the text has to handle 
>> situations such as "build like this in version 1; build like this in version 
>> 2."
>> 
>> I also suggest a jira for "we need a user friendly tool similar to Java 
>> Studio or IFTTT" so that the idea doesn't get lost. I also suggest a wiki 
>> page that provides a list of get-your-feet-wet Jiras for people that want to 
>> get involved. Nothing like early success that you know others will find 
>> useful.
>> 
>> So, let's start out with the contributor's guide. I'll set up a basic 
>> structure and then we can add in info on the basics: where is stuff, what's 
>> needed to build, how to build, how to run, and to test, and how to 
>> contribute new/modified function. After that, then I suggest that we try to 
>> work through a release ensuring that all requirements are met. Justin will 
>> be a great help here because he knows the ins and out of what's required.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Gunnar
>> 
>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Tony Faustini <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Gunnar you are not getting ahead of yourself - We the project are behind and 
>> with your help we can get up to speed and get out a release. I am committed 
>> to getting this release out as soon as I can. With help from you and other 
>> individuals we can do this. The vision is vast and the area is exciting 
>> (IoT!). It begins with iota but there is a lot more after that. I am looking 
>> forward in learning more about the Apache Way as are other committers with 
>> limited Apache experience.
>> 
>> I would like to get you access to the iota confluence pages and I would hope 
>> you could replicate the generic part of the framework you setup for 
>> Trafodian. Once a framework has been setup I and other r committers will 
>> begin to fill in the iota specific parts. I am sure you will be able to 
>> contribute in these specifics once you have some experience with iota. As a 
>> committer can I give you permission to edit the iota pages? Do we need to 
>> add you as an iota committer? How do we get you access?
>> 
>> I and Barbara Malta Gomes can work on a basic document that will walk 
>> users/developers through the process of installing iota on their PC so they 
>> can begin to experience iota and hopefully start building performers that 
>> they can contributed to the iota project. The document will explain how to 
>> install and build iota using SBT command-line style , it will explain how to 
>> write a basic performer and run it on their PC. 
>> 
>> I suggest we discuss and get clarity on what belongs on dev and what belongs 
>> on users. Here is a strawman proposal
>> 1) Developers - installation, build, iota engine, and iota performers, 
>> explanations on how to write performers
>> 2) Users - install iota and use orchestrations to build robust applications 
>> with no knowledge of Java/Scala/Akka. Just need to understand how to how to 
>> write an orchestration which is essential just a json object. [ Hint; great 
>> opportunity for someone to write a user friendly tool similar to Java Studio 
>> or IFTTT (If this then that) to generate and run iota orchestrations that 
>> are json objects - not too user friendly]
>> Is this the Apache Way?
>> 
>> We should get involved in the emerging IoT mini conference in Miami - we 
>> should have a release done before that conference and an iota presentation 
>> ready.
>> 
>> Gunnar I want to fix  "Also, it'd be good to fix the link in the "Apache" 
>> row on the incubator page so that it works: 
>> http://incubator.apache.org/projects/iota.html 
>> <http://incubator.apache.org/projects/iota.html>”
>> Not sure what you mean - is the link not working or it is pointing to the 
>> wrong place?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> -Tony
>> 
>>> On Feb 5, 2017, at 11:13 AM, Gunnar Tapper <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I might be getting ahead of myself on involvement but I thought I'd share a 
>>> few lessons I learnt about Apache incubation... 
>>> 
>>> 1. The main focus of Apache is the community and the Apache Way. 
>>> 
>>> When you first get involved, it's a bit hard to understand this since 
>>> you're likely used to drive product and product value. You do need an 
>>> interesting project for people to get involved (what can be cooler that 
>>> IoT!) but Apache cares more that we build a community, get releases out, 
>>> and so on.
>>> 
>>> 2. Distribution list are everything
>>> 
>>> ALL (and I mean ALL) discussions and decisions need to happen on the iota 
>>> mailing lists. These mailing lists ARE the record of the project and 
>>> indicates activity.
>>> 
>>> Of course, you need Stack Overflow, Slack, and other things to build a 
>>> community but they don't quite "count." 
>>> 
>>> Further, we need to ensure that both user and dev lists are active. The 
>>> easiest way to think about user is to go "would a user benefit from this?" 
>>> A good example is discussing how to install the product for documentation 
>>> -- have that discussion on the user list since it allows people to find 
>>> install instructions before the website has proper documentation.
>>> 
>>> 3. Release often
>>> 
>>> It takes a few releases to dot all the Is and cross all the Ts on releasing 
>>> the Apache Way. Don't worry about quality in the beginning, worry about 
>>> following the processes and getting passed on the legal stuff.
>>> 
>>> Next, move to a stable/bleeding edge model so that you can continue to 
>>> release often. You'll find that the major Hadoop projects follow this model 
>>> so that people can help testing without having to build the product and to 
>>> ensure constant project activity. 
>>> 
>>> I recommend a scheduled train model every N weeks.
>>> 
>>> 4. Mentors have day jobs
>>> 
>>> The mentors' job is to help guide the incubator to graduation. GUIDE is the 
>>> operating word here so don't expect hands-on help unless the mentors have 
>>> time for hands-on. Further, mentors are often involved with several 
>>> incubators.
>>> 
>>> 5. You have to excite people
>>> 
>>> People get involved when they think that a project is cool. It's very much 
>>> a fashion thing in my opinion. For example, I'm getting involved in iota 
>>> because I love the idea of IoT and want to be able to build IoT solutions. 
>>> Plus, I think that I can help.
>>> 
>>> My point here is that you have to sell the project as much as you sell 
>>> products developed on top of it. We need presentations, videos, Twitter, 
>>> easy ways to get involved, and so on. 
>>> 
>>> 6. Lead with open source
>>> 
>>> Ensure that whatever solution you're building on top of iota relies on the 
>>> fact that the required functions are put into iota and released so that the 
>>> solution DEPENDS on iota release X. It's the normal pecking order: OS 
>>> before database before middle ware before applications.
>>> 
>>> 7. You are an individual
>>> 
>>> You may be paid by a company but to Apache, you are an individual that 
>>> expresses your opinions and makes your contributions.
>>> 
>>> This was very hard for me in the beginning because I was used to always 
>>> communicate in we form. Now, I've learnt to use "I" when I am expressing 
>>> what I think and "we" when I am referring to the project as a whole.
>>> 
>>> I hope this helps. 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Gunnar
>>> If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Gunnar
>> If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Gunnar
>> If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gunnar
> If you think you can you can, if you think you can't you're right.

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