[ogb-discuss] OGB 2007/003: Communities with < 3 Core Contributors

[Dave Miner]

Glynn Foster wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Stephen Hahn wrote:
>>   Accordingly, I'd like to get the Core Contributor list for the
>>   Approachability CG to reflect that.  An initial list would resemble
>>
>>   - Dave Miner (dminer); Install and Packaging
>>   - John Beck (jbeck); Networking/NWAM
>>   - Stephen Hahn (sch); SMF/., ./sfwnv
>>   - David Powell (dep); SMF/Visual Panels
>>   - Doug Leavitt (djl); ./[various naming projects]
>>
>>   with additions from Desktop/JDS and others likely.
> 
> Is this list final? If so, I'll be happy to process it - if you want to wait
> until you add some more people, that's fine too.
> 

Not having been involved in any of the community reorganization 
discussion up to this point, I'm clearly lacking a lot of context. 
Personally, I'm quite doubtful that the Approachability community is 
going to be particularly vital and viable unless it has a substantial 
leadership commitment (and no, I'm not volunteering...); the last two 
years have given scant evidence that it really is a community.  In each 
of the above core contributors and projects I presently see other 
communities in which the work would be equally well carried on.  My own 
point of view is that the Approachability community has pretty well been 
rendered into more technology-driven pieces, following the Solaris 
organization that originally established it.

Dave