Dear Jasig Community, On behalf of the Jasig board of directors, I'd like to thank everyone for helping us achieve another successful conference last month. The board looks forward to our conferences and unconferences as opportunities to meet face-to-face with our community participants. Additionally, the board places high value on these gatherings because we conduct our face-to-face board meetings during them.
This year's conference was particularly fruitful for us. We had an opportunity to meet with Justin Erankrantz of Apache and Rod Johnson of SpringSource to try and understand their organizations better and how they do business. They provided valuable insight into their organizations, which led us to think about ways we can make the Jasig community stronger. During our board meetings, we reviewed the current state of Jasig and the long-term outlook for the organization and its products. Over the next year, the Jasig board of directors will be focusing its efforts on strategic planning with the goal of long-term community sustainability and growth. There are a number of areas where Jasig would like to invest its membership income back into the organization -- infrastructure and services is just one example. Additionally, we will be analyzing ways to better align project governance, institutional/organizational membership, and community/project participation. Lastly, we will be evaluating opportunities for partnering with other higher-ed open/community-source organizations around things like shared services and shared conferences. We will also be analyzing whether there is any potential for an even healthier, more vibrant, and more sustainable community by merging with other organizations. In the coming weeks we will be providing a number of avenues for gathering feedback from you. We're interested in understanding how you feel Jasig provides value to the community and would really appreciate your participation. In the meantime, please feel free to send any suggestions directly to the board - [email protected]. I'd be happy to speak with you if you have any further questions. Sincerely, Aaron Godert Chair, Board of Directors Jasig ---- Contact Info: [email protected] 607.254.8663 -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-dev
