[OOTB-hive] Organizing our efforts

Tue Aug 19 16:04:28 BST 2014

I suppose I should have said "WEB" and "DISTRO"

Martin


On 19/08/14 13:32, Martin Cosgrave wrote:
>
> Excellent direction Jeff. I've already said I'm happy to maintain the 
> live instances which puts me in the website subcommittee but I am also 
> interested in the distro group.
>
> Regarding the distro name, I've already had two ideas, both from 
> Spanish as I am living in Spain now. "Refresco" is Spanish for soft 
> drink. It implies "alfresco refresh" and as Boriss mentioned to me, 
> nectar might also be a refresco.
>
> Spanish also has a term similar to "alfresco",  which is "al aire 
> libre", or "in the open air". It's nice because 'libre' emphasises the 
> freeness of the solution.
>
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> On 19 August 2014 10:30:16 Andreas Steffan <a.steffan at contentreich.de> 
> wrote:
>
>> Awesome, Jeff!
>>
>> I would like to be part of DISTRO.
>>
>> regards
>> Andreas
>>
>> On 08/19/2014 05:16 AM, Jeff Potts 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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