Hi - During today's OpenAFS Best Practices Workshop session for the
OpenAFS Foundation Update
we presented the 2015/16 Business Plan that we are working on.
We have not placed this on our Foundation Web Pages yet, but we will do
this soon to
www.openafsfoundation.org
Here is that Business Plan and we can have a bigger discussion during the
Friday session
at 11 am.
(See attached file: BusinessPlan2015f-2015-08-16.docx)
I tried to cut-n-paste it here as well.
OpenAFS Foundation, Inc.
Business Plan: Fiscal 2015/16
Regarding Foundation
1. Organization
a. Processes. Procedures, Policies: (any 6)
i. Code planning phase
ii. RFP in preparation of code development
iii. Code development phase
iv. Code testing phase
v. Code Integration phase
vi. Code maintenance phase
vii. Application for “travel funding support” to attend
BPW
viii. Interactive collection of Items needing processes,
procedures, or policies
b. Volunteer recruiting (15 new) and coordination
c. Role descriptions: (any 6) individual and group roles and
responsibilities
d. Org chart
e. BoD meetings: timely posting of agenda, minutes, resolutions
(75%); legal requirements
2. Promotion
a. “Branding”: Logo, stationary/letterhead, business cards,
standard slide template, standard presentation deck with notes,
brochure
b. Electronic: website v2.0, FaceBook, LinkedIn,
c. Tangible: conference materials, screen/booth
3. Funding
a. Grants: (3)
b. Donations: Individuals: $3,000; Corporate: $90,000
c. Sponsorship: inquiry in progress /TBD
d. Fundraisers: (1)
4. Legal
a. Code certification: identification, requirements, execution
b. IBM Agreements
5. Polling/voting capabilities: (2)
Regarding the Code
1. Planning: centralized, projecting, blended resources
2. RFP: requirements, user friendliness, compatibility
3. Development: on time, on quality, on budget
4. Testing: “approved” code
5. Integration
6. Certifications
Regarding the User Community
1. Education: support BPW and internships (2 summer interns)
2. Transparency
3. Accountability
4. Communication and feedback
5. Connection with OpenAFS.org
Regarding the Development Community
1. Clarification: Foundation role and support
2. Transparency
3. Accountability
4. Communication and feedback
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Thanks for your help
Todd DeSantis
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