Hey, Nick, I know there hasn't been much discussion of this. I want to encourage you to create a start at the content in the Github repo - https://github.com/apache/comdev-working-groups - and outline what we need to do to get there, and get a project or two onboard to start the discussion. As I said in Denver, we are all ComDev, but we have fallen into the trap of waiting for someone else to give permission.
So, you have *my* permission, for whatever that’s worth. (It’s worth exactly as much as the paper on which this email is written, but still …) I *love* this idea, and see a number of places where it would be valuable in getting my employer (and others) to invest in “layer 2” projects rather than just focusing on layer 1 and getting surprised with that second layer goes to the attic. —Rich > On Oct 10, 2024, at 5:48 PM, Nick Burch <n...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi All > > I'd like to propose a new Working Group. I'm not certain the name is right, > but I can't think of anything better... Help needed on that! > > For helping match Apache Projects who'd like new contributors, with Companies > who indirectly depend on them. > > The aim would be to co-ordinate, provide best practice, and signpost. > > It'd mostly be for small to medium ASF Projects who don't have a lot of > corporate involvement at the moment, who are key dependencies of some of our > bigger projects. It would help with getting them to the attention of bigger > Companies who use + contribute to the bigger projects, who don't realise who > in their supply chain underneath needs help. Then with any luck, assist in > some mentoring of people from those companies when they spend some of their > work time contributing to the dependency projects. > > With increasing interest in SBOM (software build of materials), it would > hopefully help turn OSPO-like questions such as "I wonder if any dependencies > of Apache Awesome need help, but how would I know?" into "I've got a recent > graduate with a day-a-week of spare time, let's get them helping with Apache > Problematic!". > > > If ComDev likes the idea, I'm happy to lead the working group, and give it > a try with one of the projects I'm involved in. I've already roped in > one other mentor from that project to help. > > Do also need help with the name! > > > Cheers > Nick > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > — Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com
