Out of those, I'd encourage everyone to also take a look at the advisors which I think if we collectively execute it right, might make a big difference on how people are perceiving the ASF.
I personally would like that quite a number of people who are active members will take on the "advisors" role in some of the PMCs eventually (and I personally definitely am going to pick a project or two and offer my help). In the meantime: * you can help with clarifying (proposing or commenting) some of the "whys" (I.e. adding a bit more context and starting points for the advisors to help explain some of the red-flags to other projects) https://github.com/apache/comdev-working-groups/tree/main/wg-advisors/why . We have a few of those - I just made a draft proposal on another https://github.com/apache/comdev-working-groups/pull/35 * signing up to become an advisor: https://github.com/apache/comdev-working-groups/blob/main/wg-advisors/advisors.md * possibly starting to advise projects that you would like to, even today J.. On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 12:20 AM Paulo Motta <pa...@apache.org> wrote: > I would like to help in the badging working group but I’m currently on > vacation. I will follow-up in 4 weeks or less. I will join efforts if > someone else takes on some initial work before then. > > On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 at 11:07 Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > A month or so ago I started pitching workgroups as a way to organize and > > make progress on the many pain points around the Foundation. > > > > We’ve made a little progress since then, but not a lot of follow-up. > > > > The only way that we’re going to have success here is if we build this > > thing together, and focus on progress, rather than perfection. So I want > to > > encourage each of you to think about what single task you can accomplish > in > > one of these working groups (or, even better, what’s your idea for > another > > group?) in the coming months. > > > > So far, here’s what we have: > > > > A top-level web page talking about the WGs: > > https://community.apache.org/workinggroups/ > > 7 proposed WGs: > > > > wg-wg - Defining how working groups work, in general. > > wg-advisors - Advising PMCs on best practice > > wg-badging - Creation and maintenance of an accomplishment badging system > > wg-social - Orchestrating local gathering of Apache enthusiasts > > wg-social-media - Social media > > wg-website - Maintenance and improvement of the website > > wg-welcome - Helping projects, and the ASF in general, be more welcoming > > > > There was a great deal of discussion on the Advisors WG, but the majority > > of that was around naming, rather than actually advising projects. I > think > > that this is the WG where we can have the highest impact on the > Foundation > > as a whole, and I’d really like to see some folks stepping up to do this > > work, in whatever small ways you can. > > > > I also want to encourage each of you to take ownership of this. This > isn’t > > *my* effort. It’s ours, collectively, and we must share the ownership of > it > > if we’re going to make any progress. If any of you wants to take a more > > proactive position in any of these WGs, please step forward and do it. > You > > don’t need anyone’s permission. > > > > As for myself, I am kind of in stealth mode as an Advisor on a couple of > > projects, and am working on the website as I have time. But this is going > > to take all of us. > > > > — > > Rich Bowen > > rbo...@rcbowen.com > > > > > > > > > > >
