A strategy without follow up is just a statement. So yeah I really think we need some form of regular meetings to see where we are and whether we are going on the right direction.
Perhaps something like once a month? Maybe for one hour or so, we can gather on HipChat or have some form of voice conference to discuss things. On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Sharan Foga <sha...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Another topic that came up from the discussions in Seville was to look at > the possibility of organising and running some OFBiz meetups or events. > > Meeting up at Apachecon is a great way to strengthen relationships and > also collaborate. Could we make use of meetups (real and virtual) to bring > the community together? > > Many other ASF projects have meetups but OFBiz doesn't - we tend to meetup > at Apachecon and that's it. Could we look at organising some meetups, > hackathons, training etc? We have a lot of work so the meetups could be a > way for a group of people to work together on a specific topic. It could > also be used to do some outreach (recruit new members) as well as providing > some valuable information / training etc for existing community members. > > We have a strong community in Europe – would a separate OFBiz event / > meetup in Europe work? (or should we continue to use Apachecon?). What > about the US? > By the way - I understand that there is now a focus on getting projects > to run their 'summits' as part of Apachecon, so this could be something we > could look at? > > I've also heard that there is a large OFBiz community in India - so could > this be an option? > > Anyway I'd like to find out if there is any interest so please let me have > your feedback and comments. > > Thanks > Sharan >
