On May 18 2013 7:20 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > A modest suggestion: > > There are lots of governance models out there. Rather than try to > invent > one, choose an open source project (or more than one if you have > several > in mind) which best matches your vision for the size, scope, and > impact > of our LinuxCNC project and see how its governance model could be > applied. > > Two useful resources: > > a web site on open source projects, which includes this page -> > http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/governanceModels > > a book about producing open source software - > http://producingoss.com/en/index.html (I take note of the fact that > the > author believes his book is getting stale in the face of 8 years of > progress and is seeking kickstarter funding to update it for a second > edition) > > A concern: > > As a physicist I tend to think in terms of orders of magnitudes so > let > me throw out the following quantities (my engineering dad would call > these SWAGs)
Scientific Wilds Ass Guess -- it is scientific because you can justify it with science/literature This is apposed to WAGs > Number of LinuxCNC developers: something on the order of 10**1 > > Number of LinuxCNC discussants (both lists plus forum): something on > the > order of 10**2 > > Number of LinuxCNC installations (the ballot on the website): > something > on the order of 10**3 you forgot the count the people willing to truly govern, which may be more lime 10**0 > I hypothesize that making LinuxCNC more attractive to a broader > base---notably but not just the "Maker Movement"---could cause the > number of active LinuxCNC developers to increase by a factor of 10 > and > each of the other two numbers to increase by at least a factor of > 100. build it and they will come. Going fishing to drag them in will not help the underlying problem of project quality. Building/governing an organization that people just love being a part of (which I see in part how it is govern) will either attract or repell people. If you want to see a good model that deal well with people is the Spirit++ project that is now part of Boost (boost-spirit.com). > Do you believe our current governance and communication models will > stand up to the pressure? It is not just about governance, it is probably even more about decorum. People here are not always treated with respect, and at times that becomes to much and people quit or become lurkers. I would say to achieve your vision we need to work on our retention. EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
