[OOTB-hive] Organizing our efforts

[Boriss Mejias]

Excellent idea Jeff. I'll add that messages sent to this mailing list, but
that are targeting a given committee, should be tag with the short name of
the committee. I suggest:

[GOV] Governance
[WEB] Web Site
[DISTRO] Distribution
[ADDONS] Add-Ons
[MKT] Marketing
[PSN] Professional Service Network

It wasn't obvious to me to find shorter tags for add-ons and distribution.

I personally want to be part of GOV and WEB.

cheers
Boriss




On 19 August 2014 05:16, Jeff Potts <jeffpotts01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> We have a lot of work to do. But we also have a lot of interested people
> who are ready to help out, which is great!
>
> This email is a proposed organizational model for the Order aimed at
> making sure the people who are most passionate about a particular area are
> able to dive in and move forward as quickly as possible while still
> maintaining some level of visibility and oversight throughout the larger
> group.
>
> This is a proposal. It seems roughly-right to me. It can be fine-tuned and
> made more formal over time if necessary. Hopefully it is good enough for
> now. If not, say something.
>
> *Establish Committees Aligned with Our Goals*
>
> I propose that we organize committees aligned with our goals. Each
> committee can select a committee chair. The committee chair keeps things on
> track, delegates tasks, and reports progress to the community. How the
> chair is selected is up to the committee. I suspect someone may volunteer.
> If more than one person feels strongly that they should be chair, put it to
> a vote (see "Voting", below).
>
> I'll provide a list of proposed committees at the end.
>
> *Committees Are Empowered to Get Stuff Done*
>
> Committees are expected to act mostly autonomously to accomplish their
> goals. Committee chairs can use their judgement as to what requires the
> entire community to make a decision on and what the committee can move
> forward with on their own.
>
> The whole point of dividing into committees is to prevent overly-broad
> discussion, single-threading, paralysis, or overwhelming a small number of
> individuals.
>
> *Voting*
>
> Committees are encouraged to get consensus amongst committee members
> through discussion. Communication can take place using the public list or,
> if the committee wants to, they can use a committee-specific list.
>
> A committee may have major decisions that face the group that need to be
> put to a vote. When a decision is put to a vote, I propose a 48-hour voting
> period during which the committee members respond with +1, -1, or 0
> (abstain). After 48-hours the person initiating the vote closes the vote
> and announces the voting results.
>
> Don't over-use voting. It's tedious and drags things out. Use it for major
> decisions or decisions where there is a lot of discussion and consensus
> appears to be murky or hard to achieve.
>
> Example: The web site committee is thinking of changing the theme from
> yellow to orange. After an email to the group, a few people are strongly in
> favor and most don't reply at all within a reasonable amount of time. No
> one appears to be strongly opposed. No vote is required. The committee
> should push forward.
>
> Example: The web site committee is thinking of eliminating an entire
> section of the web site. A few people are strongly in favor. A few seem
> opposed. The person proposing the idea sends an email with the subject of
> "[VOTE] Let's remove section XX from the web site" and describes their
> position in the body. Committee members have 48 hours to reply all with
> their vote. At the end of 48 hours, the person initiating the vote sends a
> second email with "[VOTE CLOSED] Let's remove section XX from the web site"
> and in the body gives the vote count and whether or not it passed.
>
> Exactly who gets to vote is still up-in-the-air. Perhaps we are still
> small enough that whomever sees a vote take place and feels strongly enough
> to vote can do so. The Governance committee should tackle this issue early.
>
> *Initial Committees*
>
> I suggest we keep the list of sub-committees to 6 or less initially,
> aligned with the major goals of the Order.
>
> I propose the following sub-committees to start:
>
> - *Governance*. Draft a charter and some simple by-laws. Figure out
> voting, member levels, vouching (business requirements), board election
> procedures, etc.
>
> - *Web Site*. Define an architecture, select tools, maintain the site.
> Implement business requirements given to you by the other sub-committees.
> For now, I think the Live Showcase idea should fall under Web Site.
>
> - *Distribution*. Work on how the Order-specific distribution will work.
> Establish standards, source code control, QA. Set milestones. Pick a name
> (other than "OOTB Edition"). Do the work.
>
> - *Add-Ons*. Determine the criteria for how Order-endorsed add-ons will
> be selected. Work with the Distribution committee to determine which ones
> will be part of the standard distribution. Engage developers to encourage
> them to maintain their add-ons, follow best practices, etc. Could be
> combined with Distribution.
>
> - *Marketing*. Collect customer stories from those using CE and the
> Order-specific distribution. Publish these stories on the web site and in
> other channels. Try to get speaking slots at conferences. Find people to
> donate marketing schwag. This committee should also be responsible for the
> social accounts. Could be combined with the web site.
>
> - *Professional Services Network*. Figure out how SI's should be listed
> and what, if any, vetting the Order will do. Proactively seek out
> individuals and companies who meet the criteria and get them added to the
> list.
>
> *Get On a Committee*
>
> If you are hoping to do more for this cause than simply lurk, you need to
> pick 1 and no more than 2 sub-committees, add yourself to the list, and get
> to work.
>
> Maybe people should just send an email to the list and say which committee
> they want to focus on.
>
> *Let's set a date*
>
> Let's set a goal of having committees formed and committee chairs selected
> by September 1. The committee chairs will start reporting progress at the
> end of September and then monthly after that.
>
> For now, at our size, let's have the committee chairs report status via
> the public list. If there is a sensitive or confidential issue that needs
> to be addressed, talk to a board member and we can handle it off-list.
>
>
>
> *Thoughts?*
> What do you think? Shall we give it a try? Any alternative suggestions or
> improvements?
>
> Jeff
>
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