[squeak-dev] Re: Board projects (was Re: [Election] Nomination period ends in 3 days!)

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Sat Feb 21 21:38:17 UTC 2009


Eliot Miranda wrote:
> So I suggest you augment the above with a significant effort to extend 
> the existing web portals with visible and enticing links to content that 
> explains community structure and process and extends a welcome hand to 
> encourage them to participate.  If the community doesn't effectively 
> publish its process, no matter how open it may be in reality, it will be 
> perceived as being closed and exclusive.

Yes, I am painfully aware of that.

> I imagine verbiage to the effect of
> 
>         "Squeak is a vibrant and expanding open-source community with
>     many members.  It has great ways to participate, in existying
>     projects, in fixing bugs, in exploring blue-sky and in evolving the
>     system both as a platform and as the future of computing.  Here's
>     (i.e. some link) a great overview of the community.  Even if you're
>     not ready to get involved now you probably will some time soon; this
>     is a great place to be.  So if not now, please remember this and
>     visit the overview some time when you're interested in getting more
>     involved."
> 
> would be suitably welcoming.  But text to this effect needs to be front 
> and centre, not hidden off side pages.  Further, the overview needs to 
> be well-written, well-structured, concise, informative and up-to-date. 
>  If we put effort into this I think there will be significant benefits, 
> in rates and degrees of involvement, in reduction of conflict, and in 
> enabling a more effective debate about evolving community structure and 
> process.  In short more happy lads and lasses and more Squeak.

Indeed. That is the big picture goal. Your points are all very well taken.

Cheers,
   - Andreas




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