[OOTB-hive] Organizing our efforts

Thu Aug 21 10:56:40 BST 2014

Nice one Jeff.

I liked Refresco a lot, but I think Honeycomb is better. We should have
another thread to discuss this because in the ADDONS they are proposing
Alfresco BE (Bee-Edition). Also good, but it has the name Alfresco on it,
with potential trademarks problems.

cheers
Boriss

On 20 August 2014 16:04, Jeff Potts <jeffpotts01 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Regarding the distro name, I actually think "Honeycomb" is a good name for
> it. I know the original intent was for the curated add-ons to be called
> Honeycomb but I don't see why the distribution could not also be called
> that. If the intent of the distro is to be Community Edition plus curated
> add-ons from Honeycomb, then I think naming the distro the same thing as
> the curated collection of add-ons actually makes sense.
>
> Reasons I like it:
>  - One word
>  - Easy to pronounce in English (I assume it is also easy for non-English
> speakers)
>  - No possible trademark problems or name clashes with "Alfresco"
>  - Sounds good with "Edition", as in "Honeycomb Edition", but could also
> be used on its own as in, "We're running Honeycomb 5.0.b".
>  - Works extremely well with the Bee/Hive analogy
>
> To this last point, when people think of bee hives, they think of honey
> and honeycomb. The honeycomb is the substrate on which everything else
> happens. I know our community isn't *only* about Community Edition, but
> without it, the Order would be severely diminished. So maybe the distro
> deserves this moniker and the curated add-ons can either share it or be
> renamed.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Martin Cosgrave <martin at ocretail.com>
> 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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