Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On May 26, 2012 9:19 PM, "Rob Weir" <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:37 PM, drew jensen <drewjensen.in...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 20:00 +0100, Ross Gardler wrote: > >> Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. > >> On May 26, 2012 11:54 AM, "drew" <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > On Sat, 2012-05-26 at 11:25 +0100, Ross Gardler wrote: > >> > > Yes, that's true and is the point I made, in response, plus we > >> downplayed > >> > > the mentor role. But remember, I've written open letters, blog posts, > >> > > computerworld articles and spoken to reporters too. The point is to have > >> > > *more* committees speaking with their own voice. > >> > > >> > Hi Ross, > >> > > >> > Then I would suggest you simply stop - it seems rather simple. > >> > >> Of course. Will we then have silence? > >> > >> Oh, and your welcome. > > > > I do appreciate what you did, and I would not be bothered if you did > > more to be honest, but I am ready to hear from others about more > > substance at this point. > > > > For instance: > > > > How are strategic goals going to be set? > > > > In a volunteer project with varying priorities, strategy is more of an > average of our individual interests than some a priori that we agree > on.
Yes, but individuals can say "my interest and effort is in the area of..." > > What plans are there for addressing the changes happening with user > > computing platforms (web, mobile), or will they? > > > > Where there is interest, volunteers make things happen. Right, so let's have those volunteers speak... > > Put another way, it seems to me that most of the talk, indeed the work, > > is still reactive and not yet proactive and I would really like to see > > that start to change. > > > > Proactive talk is still just talk. IMHO we need more action and less > talk. In fact lazy consensus, JFDI and CTR are designed to reduce > unnecessary discussion. We need action on community development too. The community is not struggling, but more contributors are good (if only to mange natural attrition). JFDI and CTR are only useful if there are people able to JFDI and CTR. Community development is about sending out positive messages. Remember this thread is not about development strategy, it is about marketing strategy. Ross
