[squeak-dev] I'm running for the board

Karl Ramberg karlramberg at gmail.com
Thu Feb 18 17:05:03 UTC 2010


Andreas Raab skrev 2010-02-18 06:01:
> Hi Folks -
>
> I'd like to officially throw my hat in the ring for the coming 
> election. And just like last year, I'll do that by trying to be clear 
> where my personal focus will be for the next year:
>
> * Finalizing the SFC membership and the 4.0 release. Yes, we're 
> *almost* there and there's even a small chance we might get things 
> done before the election. But it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings, 
> and we're not done yet. Plus there will be several follow-up 
> activities, including an update to the election and/or membership 
> process to discuss with the community.
>
> * More contributions. Even though I am happy with the contribution 
> process so far, I am not satisfied with the number of contributors. 
> Over the last year, I had hoped that some long-time contributors would 
> start contributing again, but that largely hasn't happened. We need to 
> expand the number of regular contributors if we want to be a feasible 
> open source project in the long term.
>
> * Old projects adopting a new Squeak. Croquet/Cobalt is currently in 
> the process of being ported back on top of current Squeak trunk. I'd 
> like to see the same process started to get Etoys back. With an 
> audience the size of the XO deployment we have a very interesting user 
> base to serve and the combination of efforts can help both sides to 
> progress faster.
>
I spend most of my time on Etoys so bringing them to trunk would 
probably meen I would contribute a little to the trunk too :-)
Its a humongus job though, with two moving targets...
> To sum it up, at this point you can pretty much expect "more of the 
> same" from me. If you liked it last year, vote for me. If you didn't, 
> well, then don't :-)
I've been following the list and it's fun to see all the activity. Keep 
up the good work :-)

Karl
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
>
>
>
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