[Building Sakai] Sakai Development Process

[John A. Lewis]

I'm still consuming the details, but at a high-level this does seem to
attack some of the sustainability concerns that are always present with
community source projects -- for that reason, I think this is progress
in the right direction.

I also think this new process has some interesting similarities to the
Incubation Process (http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/INCU) and the
Steering Committees that Jasig has put in place over the past year.  I
think it would be useful to compare the two models, see where the
similarities and differences are, and see if both can be improved
through this review.  It would also be nice to to align the two models
as much as is reasonable so that we can continue to keep close
relationships between the projects and communities.



Michael Korcuska wrote:
>
> The Sakai Foundation and board of directors would like your feedback  
> and input on a proposed new development process for the Sakai  
> community. As you may know, the Sakai Board of Directors recently  
> conducted a 2-day retreat focusing on the strategic direction for the  
> Sakai Foundation, especially with regard to how it should use its  
> resources to support the Sakai community development process. Over the  
> last few weeks, we have been working on recommendations for changing  
> the development process.
>
> The attached white paper documents these recommendations. The Sakai  
> Foundation will be working to enact this process and we are eager for  
> your feedback and suggestions for improving the general framework  
> we've outlined. So please feel free to send your feedback to the lists  
> or directly to me.
>
> I will also be scheduling a few webinars in the coming weeks to  
> present the development model and to allow for real-time discussion.
>
> We look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael
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