On 08/01/2011 04:26 PM, drew wrote:
IMO - We need to give good reason for people to take the time to interact - which means, I think, making it so something(s) of substance comes from the time spent. Doing that is more then just picking a certain timezone, of course.
IMO, we should improve phone conference preparation stage, in order to allow people in the different markets to express their needs and make their suggestions.
TDF, for many reasons, is still a steep pyramid, and this makes it more difficult for people to feel that they can contribute to the project.
One small idea and one amongst the steps that would be reasonably attained would be, a monthly correspondence (let's call it a newsletter, and think about some email/blog hybrid delivery, perhaps) and then schedule this monthly publication to trail the meeting by a few days.
One of the functions of the meeting then is to allow anyone in the community a well defined way to get community news, which may be very local, in front of the broader community.
This is a very good idea. In addition, we should make it easier for people new to the project to understand how to contribute in different areas (something that is clear for someone and obscure for many others who are not used to FOSS projects).
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