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Mr. Ed... do combine too the other side...."You know what I mean" > > On October 17, 2018 at 7:50 PM James Dailey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > +1 on combining listservs and using [TOPIC_HEADING] and try to keep issues > to one topic. > > email is natively asynchronous communication, standardized across all user > systems and experiences, ubiquitous > when archived it is searchable > yes, it is old school, but it works > there is a tongue in cheek saying that all collaboration systems (e.g. > Slack) devolves to email functionality eventually > https://api.slack.com/methods/search.messages > > Further related topic? [Tools for Collaboration of Community] > > I'd suggest that the fineract community should: > 1) stay focused on the existing and mainstream apache tools that are > current, rather than on the cutting edge, acknowledging there's always a > new thing that is cool > > 2) practice good email hygiene with {TOPICS} and on-topic threads, using a > mantra of disciplined culture > (this thread is now somewhat off topic, and I would note got there very > quickly) > > 3) reduce the number of communication channels for the fineract community, > understanding that many users and developers also are subscribed to- and > participate in-the mifos community which is the origin of the community > and > still has a 90%+ overlap (90% of members of fineract are members of mifos > I > figure, but didn't calc) > > 4) have clear roles for the various tools and flows - which are described > as part of the "Getting Started" wiki > how information is summarized and flows from one forum to another, > specific > to our community but leveraging Apache norms (which also should be noted): > e.g. email discourse leads to a wiki entry like a requirements page , or > leads to a bug issue, or leads to a new feature, or leads to a development > sprint ; > e.g. JIRA entries are summarized quarterly or monthly back to the > listserve > to provide round trip ; > e.g. github commit entries are auto included in JIRA tickets when tagged > appropriately ; > ~Jdailey > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 9:11 AM Ed Cable <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for sharing that Bertrand - it was a good read - and easy > > for you > > to share because it was discussed publicly on a mailing list :) > > > > On that thread as well there was also a lot of support for a > > discourse-based forum too which can be a nice happy medium offering > > the > > advantages of a mailing list and the approachability of a > > chat/forum. > > > > Ed > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 9:04 AM Bertrand Delacretaz < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 7:46 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...[ASIDE] Realtime communications are not inclusive... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > FWIW there was a good discussion about this recently in > > > Apache Arrow: > > > > > > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8433cda04dc9e1d6bb235e4f29bde30d07c3e5d81177af785af177f2@%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E > > > > > > -Bertrand > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Ed Cable* > > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative > > [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 > > <(484)%20477-8649> > > > > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | > > *http://mifos.org > > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> > > > > >
