A little late to this, but... On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 15:07, <[email protected]> wrote: >... > Although we are not obligated to do things exactly how they were done > before in OpenOffice.org, it seems that the nature of the project is that > we'll have some clearly distinguished functional subgroups within the > project, including: > > 1) Development, including release management > 2) Translation/Localization > 3) Documentation, both in-product and on-website > 4) User support, including user forums > 5) Marketing > > (Are there any others? I may be missing something.)
Please be wary about dividing responsibilities. About having "teams". At Apache, everybody is responsible for every aspect, and they can participate in every aspect that they so choose. We *do* assume that they'll be intelligent about it, and avoid derailing efforts through inexperience. But remember that we operate by consensus. If somebody wants to participate in that consensus in *any* area, then they will be welcome. In that sense, there are no "teams". Just people focusing on different aspects of the overall community. We certainly don't have "Leads". I know that is a different model from how the OOo community has operated in the past. We'll need to find ways to coordinate actions. It is certainly possible to have "coordinators" or "managers" (such as a Release Manager, or Patch Manager), but these are different from "Leads". They have no more say than anybody else in the community. They are just the focal point for coordinating the broader activities. For example, my focus would be on development, but there should be no barrier to my participation in the Marketing efforts. I should not have to be on a list, and my input (assuming I'm not a total dumbass about it) should be welcome when offered. This should apply to everybody in the community. Cheers, -g
