Would it be useful to create a WOCommunity Efforts page in the Wiki where people can suggest tasks (I know that Pascal has a long list of what he does) and other people can publicly sign up to take them over. Then if they don't get done, we know who to blame! :-)
On 2013-04-08, at 5:26 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: > You can improve the wiki, work on a "AjaxCore" framework, do some "outside > the community" marketing, the list of possibilities is quite long. > >> If you don't have better offers I wouldn't mind managing the email >> marketing/newsletter. >> >> >> >> On Apr 8, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Chuck Hill <ch...@global-village.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 2013-04-01, at 12:06 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> I got a couple of you who asked me what will happen with the community and >>>> the membership if I'm going away from the community. >>>> >>>> First, just to be clear, I'm moving away because I'm back to being an >>>> employee starting tomorrow (and back to being a Linux and OS X sys admin), >>>> so I just can't give an average of 10 hours/week to the community (yes, by >>>> including my WOWODC 2012 presentations, I really gave an average of 10 >>>> hours/week to the community in the last 12 months). >>> >>> Wow. That is, uh, a lot! Your family will be happy to see you again. >>> >>> >>>> But the whole thing behind the Association registration and membership is >>>> that it can survive the departure of people. In the past, we lost >>>> resources like WOCode who went away because it was not owned by a group of >>>> different people or an separate organization. I didn't want this to happen >>>> anymore, that's why we registered the Association and that the server is >>>> paid (in fact, it's rented) by the Association. >>>> >>>> So, in short, do not panic! Everything will be fine. >>> >>> As long as some of the rest of us step forward and take over Pascal's >>> tasks. If we all wait for someone else to do it for us... then it might >>> not be so fine. >>> >>> >>>> And I'm still one of the directors of the Association, along with Chuck >>>> Hill and Stephen Smith, so even if I die next week, the Association will >>>> still exist (unless North Korea send atomic bombs on Toronto, Vancouver >>>> and Montreal, likely won't happen). >>> >>> Well, we missed that one. >>> >>> >>>> As for WOWODC 2013, again no worry. We have an event manager that works on >>>> it, and I will be at the conference too. And you asked that we have an >>>> event manager so that the event go more smoothly, we have it. You also >>>> asked that we find a hotel with a better WiFi network, we found one (the >>>> WiFi network at the Hilton can support 500 devices easily, and we have a >>>> minimum of 10 Mbps guarantee just for the event). Yes, it cost more, but >>>> it was the cost to pay to have a better conference. >>>> >>>> So if you hesitate to buy your WOWODC tickets or to get membership because >>>> I said I was going out, do not hesitate, and I'm sure other leaders will >>>> take over some of the tasks I was doing. >>> >>> So, who is up for an hour or two a week? >>> >>> >>> Chuck >>> >>> -- >>> Chuck Hill >>> Executive Managing Partner, VP Development and Technical Services >>> >>> Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall >>> knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. >>> http://www.global-village.net/gvc/practical_webobjects >>> >>> Global Village Consulting ranks 13th in 2012 in BIV's Top 100 Fastest >>> Growing Companies in B.C! >>> Global Village Consulting ranks 76th in 24th annual PROFIT 200 ranking of >>> Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies by PROFIT Magazine! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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