On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Michelle Olson <michelle.olson at sun.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Great meeting yesterday, I'm extremely excited and encouraged by the > discussion we started just toward the end of the hour related to roles and > priorities. > > To continue that conversation, we have a perfect opportunity this year to > build community by focusing on contributor priorities related to the key > areas that match our unique roles: > > ON gate work & related contributor tools -JBeck? > Bug tracking improvements for contributors -Valerie? > Package contribution automation & processes -Jim? > Static and dynamic content contributions and management -Michelle > Inbound contributor issues & solution sanity-checking -Peter? > Contributor and core contributor recognition & partnering -Lynn? > > Adding in the deep expertise and global networks Simon and Plocher bring, we > have a truly powerhouse board and extended team! > > Let me know what you think of this 'strawman' set of priorities and roles > and any thoughts you have on potential short and long-term goals for the key > area you'd like to tackle.
I think Simon tried to bring this up during the meeting, but in what sense are those OGB roles as opposed to what people are doing already? There are a wide range of improvements underway. As the OGB, we need to be aware of what's going on and what stage the efforts have progressed to - where things are going well and where things are held up. We then need to make sure that the word gets out about the successes, and do what we can to help the areas that are struggling. As a board, we need to look above and beyond the implementation work. Take bug-tracking. (I'm not picking on it, I just feel more comfortable on that topic than some others.) So, we do the task and get a great bug-tracking system. How can we go from that implementation to enable the wider community as a whole to take advantage of it? We could have regular bug jams; triage days; focus areas; awards for those finding the most bugs. That's the sort of thing that needs to be done through leadership and community-wide organization -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
