On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:46:25AM -0700, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote:
Folks:
I want to first apologize for being randomly unavailable for the last several months. I'm running a new project that is still in creation/planning mode (nothing public yet), and it's really shifted my @work as well as my @home attention.
Still I'm committed to helping oVirt, particularly in the part I'm most passionate about - open infrastructure of participation. I *love* what has been going on the last few months, just wish I could pitch in more.
In order to better manage my own time - and anyone else willing - I'm wondering about/looking for someone to be active as a project coordinator for oVirt infra. This person doesn't need to be a devops expert (yet), but needs to have enough time and organizational ability to keep all of us focused and moving in a useful direction. Some of us have been trying to do that - Ewoud, I'm looking at you - while also doing the actual workload of the team.
For example, we could use some help with setting and driving toward priorities. We've had some situations with www.ovirt.org and resources.ovirt.org the last few months that may have been solved sooner with some coordination across individuals.
What I'm hoping for is someone who can help us get our work organized so the few hours I can spend per week on oVirt infra are filled and useful. For example, having everything in a ticket and prioritized against a project plan, my time could be very useful rather than potentially wasted chasing down the wrong problem. We could be handing work pieces off to each other, etc.
Thoughts?
It's taken a bit to reply and this may not be a full response, but I don't want this thread to die because I think you are correct. We do need someone to organize the team. And I also know I'm not the ideal person to do this. Primairly because I'm also lacking time and would prefer to focus on the technical side with the little time I have free. I also think having a face-to-face as as dneary proposed[1] is a great way to kickstart the team and set some shared goals. [1]: http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/infra/2013-July/003450.html