-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi dave
as you can see we are plenty of different people, with different nationalitie (all around the world), different computer skills as coding or testing or wiki editing... you can join us to the doc team and testing contribs...perhaps you might join us on irc to talk if you don't know where start.... freenode #sme_server see you soon - -- Cordialement Stéphane de Labrusse Président de l'aru2L http://www.aru2L.org Membre de l'ApriL http://www.apriL.org PORTABLE : 06 29 19 12 99 DOMICILE : 05 65 78 90 72 WEB : http://geekeries.de-labrusse.fr Le 07/02/2013 00:05, Hsing-Foo Wang a écrit : > Hi David, > > your comments are what it make while. > > Regards, -HF > > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:54 PM, David Ball > <[email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]> Searchable > archive at http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/discussion/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ Discussion about > project organisation and overall direction To unsubscribe, e-mail > [email protected] Searchable archive at > http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/discussion/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlES6TMACgkQ1CTfJUQAIe6HDwCgk7PC3EvxUndEHTGLMcM6oBEO D4wAnAlO5DJSgq+3PaFZquyQDnKssP5S =l4+H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discussion about project organisation and overall direction To unsubscribe, e-mail [email protected] Searchable archive at http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/discussion/
