[Building Sakai] Project Coordination meetings

[Clay Fenlason]

Although travel schedules are well set by this point, one final
reminder of the project coordination meetings [1] bookending the
conference, including draft guidelines:

* Things don't get decided at the project coordination meetings, they
get worked up into proposals to go on-list. No one should feel that
they have to attend a particular project coordination session in order
to have a voice on a given topic. We just use the sessions to make
rapid, f2f progress toward concrete proposals that include a diversity
of perspectives. They are not the last word.
* The sessions are meant to be working meetings that make progress
toward some practical consensus. Debate that is not leading that
direction may be tabled or directed elsewhere.
* In order to keep the sessions productive, a certain baseline of
familiarity with Sakai and its processes - the kind possessed by those
active in Sakai development and its release processes - is assumed.
Those new to Sakai may find it hard to follow along, and other
sessions throughout the conference (especially the orientation
sessions on Monday) may be more appropriate.

~Clay

[1] http://confluence.sakaiproject.org//x/rgQhB

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Clay Fenlason
<clay.fenlason at et.gatech.edu> wrote:
> I've revised the specific goals for the Project Coordination meetings
> [1], though I haven't heard any comment on them (consider this an
> invitation):
>
> 1) To have a clear 2.8 release plan proposal (with scope, resource
> plan, calendar, etc.) available for public comment by the end of the
> conference
> 2) To acquire clear institutional commitment of resource to deliver on
> this plan (and if adequate resource cannot be recruited, to alter the
> plan accordingly)
> 3) To achieve (1) and (2) for a Sakai 3 project plan as well
>
> All of this involves a lot of pre-cooking of discussion and
> information-gathering, which is already underway and should continue
> through the conference.
>
> ~Clay
>
> [1] http://confluence.sakaiproject.org//x/rgQhB
>