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 > > == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit > http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf > Technical Lead GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via di Montramito 3/A 55054 Massarosa > (LU) phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 339 8844549 > http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it > ------------------------------------------------------- *Con riferimento > alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE 2016/679 - > Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si precisa che ogni > circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo contenuto, gli eventuali > allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è riservata al/i solo/i > destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il messaggio Le è giunto per > errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra operazione è illecita. Le > sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene notizia. This email is intended > only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from > disclosure. We remind that - as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 > “GDPR” - copying, dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information > herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you > have received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by > telephone or e-mail.* > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel >
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