Thank you Bryan and Jason - sounds like a wonderful resource and a good way to share and build ideas. Looking forward to the conversation.
Sam On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:17 AM, Bryan Behrenshausen <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Open Organization community, > > Today we're pleased to re-introduce the openorg-list! > > We launched this mailing list in October 2015 [1] as part of our effort > to support the quickly-growing community of readers sharing their > responses to Jim Whitehurst's book, _The Open Organization_. While that > conversation has grown and evolved in tremendously exciting ways during > the past ten months, the list has been rather quiet (our fault!). Today > we're promising to change that. > > ### Our Plan ### > > We want this mailing list to become a valuable resource for anyone > thinking about the ways open source principles are changing the nature > of work, management, and leadership today. To that end, we'd like this > list to serve as an open forum for conversation and sharing great ideas. > Also, we'd like to use this list to circulate the following information: > > * Announcements--community-related news and updates > > * Opportunities--ideas for articles this community might consider > contributing to Opensource.com > > * Resources--articles, reports, and other materials we think a community > of people tracking the proliferation of open organizational principles > will find intriguing and useful > > * Metrics--regular reports on new and popular open organization stories > at Opensource.com > > * Reports--regular recaps of community activities, especially the work > of our Open Organization Ambassadors > > ### Our Vision ### > > But all that doesn't quite capture our vision for this list. > > First and foremost, we want it to be a place this community can turn for > conversation and camaraderie--even a little support--as they explore the > impact of open source values on their organizations. We hope you'll > consider the list a primary point of contact when you're looking for > like-minded thinkers and writers curious about these issues. The list is > for all of us. > > List membership is open to anyone who'd like to join, but only verified > members can post to it. Please encourage your friends, colleagues, and > allies interested in open organizational thinking to join us here [2]. > > ### Looking Ahead ### > > Without a doubt, since last October this community has grown and > expanded in generative ways. We've welcomed many new voices, both > in the Open Organization sub-section on Opensource.com and on Twitter > (especially during our regular #OpenOrgChat sessions). > > In the past few days, we've invited many of our most frequent > interlocutors to join openorg-list, and many have agreed (hi!). We'll > continue extending invitations in the days ahead. > > In the meantime, we'll gradually begin making openorg-list our primary > avenue for reporting channel news and sharing interesting things with > our community. Regular reports have already begun appearing here. > > We're looking forward to the next chapter in the life of this list. Our > thanks, as always, to our wonderful community for demonstrating what it > can eventually become. Please know that your feedback is always welcome > here. We hope you'll help us make this list a resource valuable to > everyone. Feel free to introduce yourself at any time. > > Sincerely, > Jason Hibbets & Bryan Behrenshausen > > > ### Notes ### > > [1] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/private/openorg-list/ > [2] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list > > _______________________________________________ > Openorg-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list >
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