Hi David, your comments are what it make while.
Regards, -HF On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:54 PM, David Ball <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi All > > This is my first contribution to these mailing lists, inspired largely by > John's document “The Future of SME Server”. > > As it is my first time here, a little about my self is called for. I am > 56, not that it's important but at least it let's you know that I am not > some young IT whiz kid! I am not even an IT professional so I am not able > to help with Development, an area seemingly short of resources at present. > I am, in fact, a Quality Manager at an aluminium foundry, just about as far > removed from IT or indeed anything high tech as you can get! I do, however, > believe that I could offer some experience and assistance in other areas. I > have considered volunteering in some form or another for some time now but > to be honest, to an outsider, this all seems a little daunting. Forums, > wiki's, mailing lists, IRC and that's just for starters! Look, John's > rallying call has prompted me to bite the bullet and say it's now or never. > I have experience of systems, methodical methods of working, procedures and > document writing which may come in useful and I also have an interest in > doing some testing. It may take me a while to get into all of this but you > guys seem to need the help so I'm offering to get involved where I can. > I've been using SME Server on and off now for two or three years, tried > Zentyal and ClearOS but always seem to come back to SME Server. > > Going back to John's document and on to his leadership of the project - > I'm not sure if he has been appointed as leader of if he has just put > himself forward for the role, I suspect the latter. If that is the case > does he have the support of the project members, or indeed the community as > a whole? This is extremely important if the project is to succeed, I for > one hope he does and would encourage everyone to get behind him. Any > project of this magnitude must have strong and committed leadership and > someone co-ordinating the many different topics it will cover and > directions it will take. > > It seems to me that SME Server is at a crossroads, I don't want to see > this distro die as has been suggested may happen so it is important that > everyone involved takes the right road (whichever one that mat be). A few > years ago I volunteered to become Chairman of the local athletic club. It > was a club in dire need of volunteers, leadership and direction (sound > familiar). One of the clubs coaches told me that if I took on the role of > chairman then he would join the committee and support me. He said to me > that if just a few make the effort and show the commitment others will > follow. He was right and during the next four years the club moved forward > and not only survived but prospered, membership increased as did the number > of volunteers. People want to be a part of success, it's human nature, if > just a few can sow the seeds with SME Server the project and the community > will grow. > > Regards > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Discussion about project organisation and overall direction > To unsubscribe, e-mail [email protected] > Searchable archive at http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/discussion/ >
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