On 6 September 2012 10:59, Jürgen Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
Sorry, I should have said I was just posting to give a specific example not because I thought it mandatory. Some people like to see concrete examples and probably I'm a bit different from "code committers". I am quite willing to accept I have some constraints and limitations as a pmc member so just want to be open about it. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
