Michelle Olson wrote: >> >> BTW. >> The Current Items 1. Roles and Priorities in it's present form >> doesn't work for me and I don't have any suggestions at the >> moment on how to change it so it does work for me. > > Does this idea make more sense if I put it in the context of what you > can effectively communicate out to the greater community? You said in > your candidate statement that you want to continue to work on leveraging > resources so contributors and users have what they need to be > successful. So, I'm just asking you here to tell us specifics about the > resources you're working on and what needs they'll support.
At some point, I could give a short report on what I think we need to better support the areas I'm working on. But, I tend to find it, leverage it, or build it with a lot of help from my friends who have similar desires to make OpenSolaris successful in pretty short order. To me, this is basic stuff (ie. we need to provide the community what they need to be successful). I'm still looking for more synergy between fellow OGB members and the community (ie. I would like to see where our visions overlap and pursue those unions that have the most merit). That's why I'm interested in a suggestion wiki (running poll). These are the objectives I was talking about. I think it would also be good for us to interact with other similar open source bodies and compare notes. I think we are almost mature enough to give as much as we will receive from such interactions. And, we may find some common ground that can take us even further then we can get on our own. Also, I consider OpenSolaris outreach part of my day job already. Is this the kind of stuff you want? I'm helping with the Apps of Steel contest that's underway now. (contests are a lot of work) Here's some talks I'm leading or giving... OpenSolaris Overview at Student Tech Camp Broomfield, April 23 Open HA Testing at Cluster Summit San Fransisco, May 31 Porting Overview at CommunityOne San Fransisco, June 1 Porting Deep Dive at CommunityOne San Fransisco, June 2 I'm also organizing OpenSolaris Testing and Porting Pods in the CommunityOne pavilion June 1-3. ... Anyway, I'm sure we could fill the calendar, if we all put events we were at. Simon could probably fill the calendar on his own. This may be good to do. Cheers, Jim
