[squeak-dev] [Election 2008] Campaigning running out! Election starts tomorrow!

> From: Bert Freudenberg <[hidden email]>
> Date: February 27, 2008 16:09:10  GMT+01:00
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-
> [hidden email]>
> Subject: Bert's answers to the 2008 candidate questions
>
>> 1. Approximately, how much time do you plan on spending on Squeak  
>> during the coming year (in any kind of unit)?
>
> I work with Squeak full-time, on OLPC-Etoys, sponsored by VPRI. On  
> top of that I usually find a few hours a week to work  in the  
> Squeak community, mostly doing email and sometimes even IRC. And I  
> attended most board meetings last year :)
>
>> 2. What are in your mind the three most important issues (not  
>> necessarily technical) we need to address in the coming year?
>
> Release management, licensing, and incorporating.
>
>> 3. What is your view on fund raising and how any such collected  
>> money should be dealt with?
>
> Making Squeak attractive for professional use is necessary to raise  
> funding. In turn, the money should primarily be used to sponsor  
> developers improving the core and tools.
>
>> 4. What is your view on the ongoing process of making  
>> SqueakFoundation a not-for-profit legal entity?
>
> It's going slower than we (or I) hoped. Still, I think the Software  
> Freedom Conservancy is our best option because we lack the man  
> power to incorporate independently. Finishing this requires a fully  
> relicensed release.
>
>> 5. Do you think the Team model is appropriate for organising our  
>> efforts or should we come up with something else?
>
> The "non-developer" teams like the box admins or the news teams  
> work great. For development itself and for the release it has not  
> worked out so well. OTOH I cannot think of a better model so I'd  
> attribute the shortcomings simply to a lack of time.
>
>> 6. Do you have any specific views on how the Squeak board and the  
>> Squeak community should work together with the Squeak satellite  
>> communities (Croquet, Seaside, Sophie, Squeakland, Scratch etc),  
>> also referred to as "stakeholder communities"?
>
> Having a stable core release would benefit these communities - so  
> that's what we need to focus on. Communication does happen through  
> individuals from these communities here on squeak-dev, and for the  
> time being I do not see the need for a more formal approach.
>
>> 7. The squeak.org release is our most important asset. How do you  
>> see it evolving over the next few years?
>
> It needs to become more modular. We need a stable core that other  
> projects can rely on, which should be evolved with caution (we need  
> to establish a decision process for that). And a core release  
> should come with (gasp!) documentation.
>
>> 8. Do you have any thoughts on the current relicensing effort?
>
> It is sad that we even have to deal with that - or does anyone  
> seriously believe there is code in the image that was not intended  
> to be free? Unfortunately, we have to be afraid of malicious  
> lawyers, so we have to see this through whatever it takes. I'll be  
> glad when it's done.
>
>> 9. How would you like Squeak to be positioned in the open source  
>> world in year 2012?
>
> It should be known as an easy-to-learn yet very powerful  
> programming environment.
>
>> 10. What do you see as the overall role of the board?
>
> It should coordinate and lead the community, as well as represent  
> the community to the outside.
>
>> 11. What actions would you take to promote Squeak as an  
>> environment for professional software development?
>
> Again, having a rock-solid core for professional development will  
> attract developers, and the resulting projects will attract more.
>
> - Bert -