On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Martin Dengler wrote: >> * Special Interest Group >> + Can be created by anyone >> + One leader (i.e. the person who requests the mailing list) >> + No governance expected or required >> + No accountability in particular >> + Can apply for Project status as it grows >> >> * Project >> + Usually starts as a SIG and is, at some point, blessed by the Board >> + Full governance >> + Weekly meetings and minutes mandated >> + Expected outcomes >> + Accountability to the Board >> > > Those seem like what Fedora gets out of SIGs / Projects. What does > the group get out of being a SIG / Project? The next question will > be: what does SugarLabs want to get and give from its "Project"s.
A SIG gets a mailing list and a corner of the wiki. That's it. A Project gets a mailing list, a corner of the wiki, a lot more focus on resources to accomplish their missions, and a bunch of headaches and people asking pointed questions. :) --g -- Computer Science professors should be teaching open source. Help make it happen. Visit http://teachingopensource.org. _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
