On 9/6/12 10:51 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > On 6 September 2012 05:55, Juergen Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: >> Am Donnerstag, 6. September 2012 um 05:30 schrieb Rob Weir: >>> On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:20 AM, "Jürgen Schmidt" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree again and the question is how to find the strong PMC team. My >> thought with my email was that the current PPMC members help actively by >> reflecting their own role. > > The classic work on team roles is Belbin - > http://www.belbin.com/rte.asp?id=8 Worth a look. I'm not suggesting > all potential pmc members do the self-assessment, but understanding > the nature of complementary roles in a team might be useful. There is > plenty of free stuff on the web about this. > > The analysis provides an insight into preferred team roles. For me I > have come out as Coordinator, Resource Inv, Plant in different > contexts but low on completer finisher every time :-). All role > preferences have good and potentially weak aspects and its only > relative to you so someone scoring them selves weakly in one role in > one circumstance might actually be stronger in that role than someone > else scoring themselves higher. You have to prioritise a fixed score > across the roles so it is your preferred role that scores highest not > necessarily something you are good at! > >>>> - What is my intention with this project? > > For me it is to provide help in any way I can within the constraints > of my obligations to the people I employ. > >>>> - Why I am here and what do I want to achieve? > > To be broadly useful, so that I make a small contribution to > displacing proprietary document standards with open royalty free > standards. I see AOO as strategically important in that aim. > >>>> - What is my main interest and how do I want to contribute? > > My main area of interest is education and training. I hope to be able > to increase the spread of AOO through those channels but I can provide > advice and support for others in those fields. I also have some > expertise in writing EU and other grant applications so with that and > other business strategies I have a possibility of bringing further > development resources to the project. > >>>> - Is being a PMC member a status symbol for me? > > Probably my status in other groups is higher in the main social > circles in which I operate. Most of my colleagues would not know what > a pmc was and few would know what Apache was apart from its native > american meaning. That is part of my dilemma. I have limited time to > work on the project except in areas that are complementary to other > work but there is scope for that. > >>>> - Is being a PMC member a privilege or a burden? > > To be honest, both :-) For me juggling time always provides pressure > so in that sense there are many competing burdens but of course all > have the privilege and satisfaction side too. > >>>> - Do I want or I am ready to take the responsibility and role of a PMC >>>> member? > > I think so but others could think differently a) Others might or might > not think what I have to offer is of value and b) I need flexibility > to fit it into other work. Since other people's employment depends > directly on me that has to have the priority. > >>>> - Do I want to be a committer or is being a committer enough for me and >>>> enough to achieve my goals and interests here? > > Probably for the roles I am best suited to the technical aspect of > being a committer are not essential. While I have programming > experience it is a long time ago and it would take considerable time > for me to learn enough of the specific technicalities to make > meaningful code commitments. It's not impossible though and it is > possible that I could contribute on the web site, graphics or that > type of thing. > >>>> - Being a PMC member is important to me, why? How I do I want to >>>> contribute as PMC member? > > I have a lot of experience in management and a higher degree in it so > I guess I have relevant qualifications and experience and hope to be > able to put those to good use. Membership provides a focus to > encourage active involvement and enables me to then take opportunities > to help support the project where these arise. eg I'm working on > organising the openclipart library into logical categories as part of > an EU funded project. This could also be useful to AOO. It's not > always easy to predict exactly what opportunities arise until they do. >
My intention was not really that people start answering the questions here on the list but more for themselves. Anybody should feel free to do it but I would like to make clear it is no must and demanded. Juergen
