Need a project coordinator

[Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden]

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