On 11/22/2016 07:41 PM, Sharan Foga wrote: ... > Another aspect I've been thinking about (and this may have been discussed > previously) is to have a strategy for what we want to community development > to achieve. I took another look at the diversity strategy ideas that I put > together on the wiki and think that there is a lot in common with what the > goal of community development is or could be. > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COMDEV/Diversity+Strategy+Ideas > > I'm not sure if there is already have a mission statement or goal for > community development and if not, then I think that the current diversity > strategy ideas / outcomes could be tailored to become more generic to > community development because the 3 ways mentioned of achieving the outcomes > are very relevant to everything we would like community development to do. > (and diversity is incorporated into it as part of the overall strategy) >
Yes and no. We've got this important historical document:
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best
interests of the Foundation and consistent with the
Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management
Committee charged with coordinating community development
efforts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Community
Development Project", be and hereby is established
pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Community Development Project
be and hereby is responsible for helping people become
involved with Apache projects; and be it further
But as to what that *means*, that's up to us to define, and we haven't
done that. Or, at least, the current incarnation of ComDev has not.
Of the initial list of people involved in that effort, only Ross is
still here, and he tends to be very, very busy with other things.
> - Reach out and attract new contributors
> - Ensure that people that join Apache communities enjoy what they do and feel
> safe and appreciated
> - Maintain a positive culture of inclusiveness and openness
Yes, that seems like a very good starting point, and fleshing that out
into specific activities was the intent of the thread that was started
earlier this month on private@ and needs to be brought to this list.
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