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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30/4/18 7:07 pm, Linux Australia
President wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:ed4772cc-fc36-dd7c-1e10-e66dae0044c4@linux.org.au">We
conducted an organisational SWOT analysis to know what to focus on
- no surprises - it raised issues of volunteer capacity,
sustainability, areas we need to address with policy, and platform
renewal</blockquote>
<p>Hi council,</p>
<p>Re attracting volunteers, I suggest it might be helpful to make
it easy for people to make small contributions, in particular, by
moving conversations into a public and open forum, such as this
email list.</p>
<p>I've helped mentor a number of projects through the incubation
process of the Open Source Geospatial foundation, which involves a
checklist as per:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf">https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf</a><br>
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<p>Of particular note is:</p>
<p><i>* The project uses public communication channels for decision
making to maintain transparency. E.g. archived email list(s),
archived IRC channels(s), public issue tracker.</i></p>
<p>You will find Open Source foundations have similar requirements.
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<p>I've observed that for a community the size of Linux Australia,
the email list seems very quiet. It appears that decisions are
being discussed and made in forums I don't have access to as a
casual contributor. E.g. Offsite meetings.</p>
<p>While there is a place for offsite meetings, I feel they should
complement rather than replace online forums which allow for
casual contribution. E.g. Discuss complex topics at an onsite, but
then follow up with all topics to be discussed on list, with a
motion and vote on list, so everyone has the chance to contribute.
(An example of this process is used by the OSGeo-Live project,
like many others, and documented here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/OSGeoLive%20PSC">https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/OSGeoLive%20PSC</a> )<br>
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What do others in the committee and on this list think? Would it
help with attracting volunteer engagement? <br>
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Cheers, Cameron<br>
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Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier, Learnosity
Open Technologies Consultant
M +61 (0) 419 142 254</pre>
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