Thanks Andrea,  I kind of like the second category, even if it is empty it
can be an attainable goal and show we care about project sustainability.

I don't expect to hear back about the Boundless entry on that page until
Planet Federal website / etc... is available to link to.
--
Jody Garnett


On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 at 12:03, Andrea Aime <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
> during the meeting today we have discussed about a refresh of the
> GeoServer support page.
>
> About specific companies links, the following actions seem to be the easy
> ones:
>
>    - Switch Boundless to Planet Federal (do we also need a new icon)
>    - Remove LISASoft and Envitia as no longer providing services around
>    GeoServer (as far as we know at least, let us know if we're wrong about 
> it).
>
> As Simone said, we should also make a call on the list and maybe on
> Twitter to have other companies listed.
>
> Then we would like to reorganize the page so that the ranking is based on
> contribution that keep the project alive and going, in particular:
>
>    - PMC/PSC participation
>    - Module maintainership and associated activities (coding, bug fixes,
>    PR reviews, user list support)
>    - User support (list, stackoverflow)
>    - Documentation
>    - Release management
>    - Jira ticket vetting (verify valid, help the reporters to complete
>    the tickets)
>    - Participation to the bug fix sprints
>
> An idea would be to have three categories:
>
>    1. Core contributors (does coding and some of the unpaid activities
>    above that keep the project code)
>    2. Contributor (no coding but some visible, continued activity in the
>    other activities)
>    3. Service providers (does not participate to the project activities
>    above but still sells something around it, e.g. training, bug fixing and
>    new features and "new features on demand" but without any follow up in
>    terms of maintanership for them)
>
> However, checking category number 2, I believe it would be empty right now
> (if I overlooked someone, please let me know, I'll be more than happy to be
> proved wrong).
> Having that category anyways would be a way to give an economic value to
> project participation, the message would be "hey you can be higher up if
> only we see continued activity from you on some of the bits that make the
> project tick, but are not otherwise paid for", which maybe would spur some
> more
> involvement in organizations in the "service providers" category.
>
> Comments welcomed
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
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