[OOTB-hive] Organizing our efforts

Sun Aug 24 13:24:18 BST 2014

Good afternoon.

About marketing area: I want to be part of this board, but I was thinking
that since we have people in Europe and also the other side, United States,
or even South America, maybe it could be a good idea to have one person in
charged by region. With that idea, we can organize better the events. For
example, for this summit we want to buy some t-shirts, but I think that
could be really difficult to manage this task only one person.
Maybe this idea could be apply in the different boards, to have more than
one person involved in one area.

Cheers,

Cristina.

2014-08-21 12:07 GMT+02:00 Axel Faust <axel.faust at prodyna.com>:

>  As the originator of “Alfresco BE” I just wanted to point out that this
> name was just part of my stream of thought at that time as a way of saying
> “whatever name we end up with”. The traction it got yesterday was a nice
> surprise.
>
> I too like Honeycomb – as long as the long-term name of our organization
> remains in the Bee/Hive analogy universe, it would be my favorite.
>
>
>
> *Von:* Boriss Mejias [mailto:tchorix at gmail.com]
> *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 21. August 2014 11:57
> *An:* ootb-hive at xtreamlab.net
>
> *Betreff:* Re: [OOTB-hive] Organizing our efforts
>
>
>
> 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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