Dear ownClouders, ownCloud is usually a happy, sunny place. That is great and we all would like to keep it that way. Unfortunately, the sad reality is that where people come together, disagreements occasionally arise.
We feel strongly about ownCloud. After all, we have the ambition to change the world, don't we? But yelling at each other in public does not help anybody - instead, it ruins the fun for those involved, and for everybody else too. On the other hand, this irritation and anger often means people care. Instead of bashing heads, we should redirect this energy in a positive direction! So I would like to propose the following: let's set up a Community Working Group (CWG). A small team of people who have slightly above average communication skills and the willingness to deal with disagreements in our community. Their job is NOT to police our community. Instead, the CWG should lend an ear when people *voluntarily* bring their issues to them and help find a solution that gives us that positivity. The goal is to keep both fun and people in ownCloud, not to add any rules or structure! While the CWG should not be making any (technical or otherwise) decisions, they can help mediate in development disagreements, for example when a maintainer refuses changes others want or when volunteers feel 'steamrolled' by the Inc. Ideally, the composition of the CWG would be a handful of both ownCloud Org and Inc people. Once we have a first team, I'm sure they can take care of finding new team members when needed in the future. If the community (that is you, all!) think this is a good idea, I hereby volunteer to be a part of the CWG, and ask others willing to help out to step up. Let me know what you think! Cheers, Jos
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