On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Margherita Di Leo <direg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org> wrote: > ... >>> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/PSC/Roles >>> >>> Now I think that all new and confirmed members may contribute to this >>> question and edit the trac page directly (and report here) >>> :-) >> >> >> The first email in this thread dates back to 2014 and no action has been >> taken, > > Right. Howver, we have a new PSC in place now. > >> from my POV we would need to discuss this thread, as well as other >> threads that were posed by members of the community, in a more interactive >> way, perhaps via IRC. > > Sounds good to me. > >> Regarding the roles, I am sure other important roles >> can be individuated as well (e.g. GSoC coordinator/mentors). > > It is a draft wiki page which could be extended. > Regarding the GSoC mentors, I think that this works ok. If we really > need a designated GRASS GIS GSoC coordinator, I don't know. > >> At the same >> time, I'm not sure that these roles must be necessarily found withing the >> PSC. > > As I wrote in the trac wiki page > > "Note: a PSC member with a certain role can also delegate another > community member to share the workload " > >> Besides the activities that clearly fall currently on the shoulders of >> Markus and few others, I don't understand why we need a coordinator at all, >> since some activities seem to flow well without a designated coordinator, as >> Moritz pointed out. But I'm sure that to propose this, Markus, you must have >> your reasons. > > Yes: I want a more active PSC. Not sporadically but constantly. > >> Could we make a quick check of the situation, individuate the >> current issues and what are we trying to achieve (or which problems are we >> trying to solve) with this proposal? Thanks > > Here you go - the current situation (of course my completely biased > private view): > > * treasurer: done by Martin Landa and Markus Neteler > * release manager: done by Markus Neteler > * translation manager: done by Markus Neteler > * education manager: vacant > * press and marketing manager: : done by Markus Neteler > * documentation manager: : mainly done by Markus Neteler, with > contributions by Vero, Vaclav and others > * designer: Vincent Bain for flyer, Web site mainly done by Markus > Neteler lacking the migration to a new CMS > * trac bug report manager: mainly done by Markus Neteler with major > support by core developers > * testing manager: vacant? major efforts done by Sören and Vaclav > * GUI design manager: vacant? major efforts done by Anna, Vaclav, Martin > > This and that name appears too often :-)
We suggest 'working groups' instead of managers, for some tasks it fits better and might put the pressure off if people want to join. I also added additional groups, which would be focused on specific tasks, such as Python 3. A + V > > HTH, > Markus > _______________________________________________ > grass-psc mailing list > grass-psc@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc _______________________________________________ grass-psc mailing list grass-psc@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc