On Thu, 28 May 2009, Jim Grisanzio wrote: > Hello, OGB. > > As we prepare for Phase 1 of the website transition, we need to complete the > Community Group <--> Project mappings in the database, and I'd like your help > completing this process. > > Currently, creation of a Project is approved by a Community Group. And once > created, a Project can be endorsed by many Community Groups. This > many-to-many system has caused confusion in the past around reporting and > communication, and as a practical matter we have ended up with a large number > of Projects with no Community Group endorsements and/or overlapping > endorsements on the site. > > Because we have to implement the current Constitution as well as other > features for Projects and User Groups not mentioned in the current > Constitution, we need to clarify the group relationships as part of the site > transition. So, there will be one "Sponsoring" Community Group per Project, > but there can be many Community Groups "Associated" with a Project. This > implementation will make reporting tasks easier for the OGB, and it will > clarify the many group relationships in the community so the infrastructure > team can more efficiently manage the underlying systems as we grow. > > Right now there are more than 80 Projects with multiple Community Group > endorsements. We plan to designate as "Sponsor" the first Community Group > that endorsed the Project. Other Community Groups that have endorsed the same > Project will be designated as "Associated" with the Project. Additionally, > there are more than 80 Projects with no Community Group endorsement noted in > the database. Part of the problem, we believe, stems from Community Group > leaders simply not checking the box on the site making the endorsement link. > For a while the site listed these endorsements right on the front page of the > project in a long list that could not be closed up. That was a genuine source > of frustration for people, so we think that leaders simply stopped checking > the boxes, which is certainly understandable. Bill fixed that bug in the site > last year, but people probably got in the habit of not checking the box. > > So, I am getting a list of the current mappings now. Would you please assist > us in filling in the missing endorsement data? If so, who can I work with on > this? I'm happy to follow up off list. I just figured that since the OGB is > meeting at CommunityOne and getting reports from the community, the board is > probably in the good position to have the latest information about these > missing relationships.
Hi Jim - Sorry if I missed it, but do you have a list of those projects that seem to not have an associated community group? Valerie -- Valerie Fenwick, http://blogs.sun.com/bubbva Solaris Security Technologies, Developer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17 Network Circle, Menlo Park, CA, 94025.
