On 04/21/09 03:19, Jim Walker wrote: > 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.
Cool. I went ahead and created a Suggestion Box wiki page on genunix and linked it from our OGB web pages. http://wiki.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Suggestion_Box > > 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. I think this is a great idea too. I've always wanted to try to create more crossover with sister communities at the OGB level. Let's keep talking about how & with whom to do this. > > Also, I consider OpenSolaris outreach part of my day job already. > > Is this the kind of stuff you want? Yep, thanks for the additional details, Jim. > > I'm helping with the Apps of Steel contest that's underway now. > (contests are a lot of work) They are, I never meant to suggest a formal contest, because I know these are a quagmire, but I'm with Peter, that lots of light-weight recognition is really important and should be a priority. > > 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 Awesome! I've added these to the OGB calendar and embedded it in our main page at os/community/ogb. > > I'm also organizing OpenSolaris Testing and Porting Pods in the > CommunityOne pavilion June 1-3. I added this to June 3rd, please update with any links or info as you have them, or send it along to me and I'll add the details for you. > > ... > > 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. Yep, I'd like to use it for visibility into the year of OpenSolaris-specific talks, so more people can join us. Thanks, Michelle > > Cheers, > Jim > _______________________________________________ > ogb-discuss mailing list > ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss
