I feel like the changes in structure are fantastic, definitely filling some gaps that we've discovered. It's solid a step in maturing the organization.
I would, however, love to see the addition of core principles make their way into FIG 3.0. Include a set of change*less* principles (a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.) that the organization can operate on from a communication perspective. Similar to what we have done with FIG voting and technical operations. I think this is important because the organization as a whole, in order to be healthy and *effective* with the PHP community in it's mission statement, needs to cultivate a healthy and synergistic environment around it. For both our internal members and in our community relationships. We've seen this break down more and more recently. Often times it comes from outside of our boundaries of influence (Twitter / Redit). But when poor behavior and negative communication makes it's way into the FIG's direct ring of influence we have no principles to stand on to uphold a standard of communication. A standard of expectations from our members who represent FIG. So instead, peoples feelings get hurt, time is wasted and energy is wasted between us with no resolve or forward movement. In fact we have seen *negative* movement. People get frustrated and leave or discredit the FIG. If we had a set of principles to abide by in terms of communicating within our ring of influence (within areas we are directly responsible for) we can cut that cancerous energy and which will promote more *effectiveness*. We've seen the consequences of not having a core set of principles. It's kinda like not having a conscience as a whole. What can we do to fix that? And to those who might say this is none of our responsibility. I would argue this: Is it not our mission to produce quality PSRs for the community as a whole? And does it not hinder our ability, our effectiveness in doing just that by not withholding a core set of principles on how we communicate both internally but also with that community as a whole? I hope this get's some thought from others. It's an important part of an effective organization and it's currently missing in FIG I think. I would be happy to head such an effort if there is any perceived need for it. - Ryan On Friday, August 5, 2016 at 2:01:09 PM UTC-5, Michael Cullum wrote: > > Hi all, > > A vote for FIG 3.0 is [potentially/hopefully] getting closer and one big > thing people had been asking for is a TL;DR of FIG 3.0 to give an overview > of the new structure and processes. > > The last couple of days I've been working with Larry on compressing it > into 3 graphics and a post that, according to medium, takes 3 minutes or > less to read. I'd invite to you all to have a read of that version, and if > that wets your appetite for more, then of course I'd suggest you take a > read of the full bylaws (after all, that is what will actually be being > voted upon). > > I'd love to see some active discussion (or if you are just in general > agreement about it, some +1s) about this over the next couple of weeks as > discussion has been quite quiet on it over the last few weeks on the > mailing list; however what I've heard from people at conferences and > elsewhere has been a good positive reception. Assuming there are no major > objections and we don't end up making major changes we'd like to see this > going to a vote on the 17th August, to end on the 31st August. The CC > elections would then be able to take place in September. > > Without further comment, *the TL;DR of FIG 3.0: http://bit.ly/fig-3-0 > <http://bit.ly/fig-3-0>* > > Many thanks, > Michael & Larry > (Note: I am not posting this as a secretary but as a co-author of FIG 3.0 > in line with my declared conflict of interest) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to php-fig+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to php-fig@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/0c3f73a1-e08f-423a-a7c8-b3a99a4e0793%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
