Rafael Ortiz Hi greg
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Greg Dekoenigsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I love the idea of teams. Teams working together are awesome. Teams > share a common goal. Teams hold one another accountable. Go Team! > > So we've got a list of teams on the left navbar of the Sugar wiki (and one > or two elsewhere). I figured I'd check them all out and give my > unsolicited feedback. Since that's what I do. ;) > > === > > GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: > > * Having every team work mostly the same way is *really* useful. It allows > volunteers to move comfortably from team to team. Seems like the common > structure indicates that folks kinda get that already. > > * Every team needs a leader. Whether it's a coach or just a star player, > it helps newcomers *tremendously* to know who the Go-To person is. At the > very least, it should be immediately clear, from the very first page, who > is accountable for moving this team forward. It is *frequently* unclear > currently who's leading a team. > > * Every team needs a goal. What's the purpose of your team? What problem > are > you trying to solve? It really helps to make these goals *simple* and > *explicit*. > > * Every team needs meetings. It really helps to relate with your > teammates real-time, even if it's just on IRC. To that end, I think that > a "MEETINGS" tab should be added to the Team Template pages. Most of the > functional teams currently have meeting pages, fwiw. > > * Every team needs a TODO list, and it's part of the template, which is > nice -- but what good is a TODO list if there aren't names and dates > associated with it? > > * I love the generic structure of the team pages -- but the details are > still > somewhat lacking in most cases. :) > > === > > SPECIFIC TEAM OBSERVATIONS: > > http://sugarlabs.org/go/AccessibiltyTeam > ---------------------------------------- > Ouch. A link to a wiki that doesn't load, and nothing but blank stub > pages. > Even the URL has a speling errur. WHO'S THE COACH? > > http://sugarlabs.org/go/BuildTeam > --------------------------------- > Ouch again. All empty stubs. WHO'S THE COACH? > > http://sugarlabs.org/go/DeploymentTeam > -------------------------------------- > Ah, a bit better. The home page is full of useful information, including > meeting times, minutes, and a list of team members. That's great! Judging > from > the minutes, though, it looks like the meeting was attended by two members > in > early October, perhaps not held in mid-October, and no meeting has yet been > scheduled for November at all. Is everything okay with this team? Looks > like > Walter Bender is the coach here. Is Walter overextended? Can someone else > step up and lead this team? Or are we considering ditching this team > altogether in favor of a LoCo model? > Yep you are right we have to schedule another meeting, some individuals are interested, and also we need a TODO list. BTW nice review and suggestions for all the teams. > >
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