<div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Thank you Jeff for putting together some points of challenge and commitment for all.</div><div>As member of the Community (not only as Alfrescan) I think that now it's a good timing for a discussion about "what's next".</div><div><br></div><div>From my point of view the OOTBee has been a success, after some years of existence, and now it would be a good timing to define its future.</div><div>From this point of view: I'm in (in my role of Alfrescan and member of the Community).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Me and Kristen (but we can extend the list with other names, internal and external to Alfresco) are already thinking about new initiatives, but of course we need you (OOTBee or whatever it will be) to be more effective.<br></div><div>An example: how can we succeed in having more local meetups (and staying where the developers are) without people like Ana Gouveia supporting us with a venue each couple of month in the London area?</div><div>This is only an example (and probably I'm doing something wrong quoting one person only), but this is the level of commitment we might need.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm sorry to hear Angel's lack of confidence and all the changes that happened (and are happening) into Alfresco as an organisation are not helping to understand.</div><div><br></div><div>With this email I would like to ensure my availability to contribute to this initiative.</div><div>Looking forward to hear about the next steps.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>-F</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Il giorno mar 29 mag 2018 alle ore 16:37 Angel Borroy <<a href="mailto:angel.borroy@keensoft.es">angel.borroy@keensoft.es</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">Thanks for making real all the feelings about OOTB we are sharing.</div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">In my opinion, there is no future for Alfresco and the Community. Despite Francesco, Kristen et al are doing a lot to empower the Community, the new (old?) Direction of Alfresco is targeting the product to a fake “Open Source” company. My guess is that Alfresco Community will be useless in a year or two. During this transition many Community developers (like me) will find another technologies to work with. So, in the end, the Community will die by its own. </div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">Taking this into account, I feel that OOTB mission is far ambitious, as it will become harder and harder with the time. </div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">We had wonderful (and joyful) years for the OOTB, achieving incredible goals. But this time is past.</div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">Probably this is why I’m (also) rejecting the nomination for the Board, because I think that Alfresco Community has no future. </div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">Don’t misunderstand me, I’ve met incredible people in this organisation and I’ve been pleased to collaborate with them. Moreover, I’ve learnt a lot and I’ve grown as person and developer. So I have only good feelings around OOTB. </div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">Anyway, I’ll be ready to collaborate with the new Board if this organisation continues operating.</div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><br></div><div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px">Best,</div> <br> <div id="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_sign_1527603628753278976" class="gmail-m_339528367498722697bloop_sign"><span style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px"></span><p style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Angel Borroy</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><br></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(94,198,242)">keen</span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(58,55,59)">soft </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,153,153)">a </span><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(192,0,0)">UST </span></b><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(127,127,127)">Global </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(153,153,153)">company</span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">email: </span><a href="mailto:angel.borroy@keensoft.es" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:blue">angel.borroy@keensoft.es</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br>web: </span><a href="http://www.keensoft.es/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:blue">http://www.keensoft.es</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br>móvil: <a>+34 655 47 47 55</a></span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(153,153,153)">CONFIDENCIALIDAD:</span></p><p style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal;font-size:medium;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:rgb(153,153,153)">La presente comunicación y, en su caso, los ficheros que lleve adjuntos, pertenecen exclusivamente a las personas a las que va dirigido y puede contener información confidencial. 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If you have received this message in error please notify it to the sender and destroy it immediately.</span></p></div> <br><p class="gmail-m_339528367498722697airmail_on">On 29 May 2018 at 16:11:09, Jeff Potts (<a href="mailto:jeffpotts01@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeffpotts01@gmail.com</a>) wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="gmail-m_339528367498722697clean_bq"><span><div><div></div><div>
<div dir="ltr">The Order of the Bee began during a time of great
uncertainty for our community. It was started, in part, as a
reminder to Alfresco Software, Inc. (and to ourselves) that there
is a group of people, distributed across the globe, that care
deeply about both the software and the community of people involved
in making, using, implementing, and customizing that software.
<div><br></div>
<div>Since then, The Order has achieved many things. It organized
and executed two outstanding events. It took ownership of the
Support Tools project and drove it forward. It served as a "brand"
with which those truly passionate about the community could
identify.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Today the future for Alfresco and the community is no more
certain than it was in 2014. Yet, I feel like our organization has
lost its way. The board never meets formally. The subcommittees
have mostly stopped work. Even simple, focused efforts aimed at
getting more people involved and producing output fell flat.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>As we look to electing a new board I would like to challenge
each of you to think about the following:</div>
<div> * Does this organization still make sense?</div>
<div> * If so, does the mission need to be adjusted?</div>
<div> * If the mission is still good, how will we execute
differently in order to achieve it?</div>
<div> * If changes are needed, what are those changes?</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I am raising this during the elections because I think it is
important for board candidates to express their thoughts in these
areas. But it is not the board's sole responsibility to set and
drive the mission--they are just custodians.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>My challenge is for all members to consider why this
organization exists, whether it should continue to exist, and, if
so, what needs to change to move it forward and how you will help
make that happen.</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Jeff</div>
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