[sakai2-tcc] Dr. Chuck and Blackboard

[John Bush]

So now we have someone who can convince elluminate to become basic lti
compliant.  That is the metric I'm judging your success by, get on it
:)  I have been trying for two years and it always falls on deaf ears.

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 5:25 AM, csev <csev at umich.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am so sorry that I could not share the details of yesterday's announcement earlier - but with so many moving parts, I needed to respect the need to keep some things confidential.
>
> Lots of folks are going to read and re-read all the stuff a lot of ways - some will want to interpret it as "Yoda decides to become Storm Trooper" - and that will lead to a lot of fun speculation and entertaining blog posts.
>
> But here is the practical implications of the situation.   I will be continuing full-time as a Umich faculty member and teaching (I have a lecture in 30 minutes), I will be continuing with IMS but with a reduced focus, I am now compensated by Blackboard to work on Sakai full time going forward.   The amount of compensated consultant time is limited by the University of Michigan rules on consulting and cannot impact my teaching or I will get in big trouble.
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> Blackboard will likely soon apply for SCA status and support the foundation in other ways like conference sponsorship, etc.  I will obviously have to recuse myself for that discussion.
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> Until May 1, I will be working on the Sakai CLE about one day per week.  I might do a bit more than that on weekends but I need to be a teacher first.
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> >From May 1 to Sept 1, I will be full-time on Sakai - as many hours per week as I can handle.   I will do whatever it takes over the summer to get 2.9 moving.  I  will write code, write test plans, do QA, write release notes, cut tags, write documentation, whatever - many of these are skills I do not have and you will have to mentor me a bit if I do these things.  But I am a hard worker and willing to learn.
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> In addition I have resources.   I don't have millions of dollars to spend but I do have some dedicated financial resources that I can use to fill gaps and accelerate the CLE release process.  I can run the funds through the foundation, or pay people directly. I can do this without too much paperwork and finagling.  I can pay someone even if they are a Sakai Board member.  Obviously QA coordination and Release Management skillz are our most important needs.
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> I do not have enough resources to do it all.  And I am only going to invest resources based on the wishes of this group.  The Sakai CLE TCC now has a pool of resources.  I know it feels a little weird.  I hope to find ways to grow the pool of resources available to this group and move them from short-term to long term.  I am happy to share my ideas on long-term sustainability to get your feedback.
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> I have shared what I think is the essential backbone of our CLE roadmap.  That does not change with the recent announcement:
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> - Get 2.9 out the door as a high quality release and get LessonBuilder out there
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> - Solve the high-stakes assessment issue one way or the other in 2.10
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> Then we can sit back a bit and just do cleanup/small improvements for a while.  I think that this roadmap represents consensus in this group but I am happy to hear other views on the roadmap.
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> I will try to be on the Release Call on Thursday - it has always conflicted with an IMS LTI call and I teach until 11:30 Thursdays.
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> You are always welcome to call me on my cell any time.   I am not under any kind of "shroud of secrecy" because of my Blackboard arrangement.  I do not possess a bunch of corporate secrets that I must hide.  I am a member of the Sakai community who happens to derives some of his compensation and resources from Blackboard.
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> /Chuck
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