team leaders: please report progress on first Wednesdays

Hi all--

     I'm the liaison between the board and several community teams. I'd
like to suggest something for all teams. If you're a team leader (check
[1]), please let the rest of the community know what's going on with
your team each month, on first Wednesdays, by sending a message to
squeak-dev list. Pretend that it's the first Wednesday now, even though
it was a few days ago. :)

     We'll come up with something better organized (more easily
searchable) as soon as we can.


     thanks,

-C

[1] http://squeak.org/Community/Teams

--
Craig Latta
http://netjam.org/resume

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:15:59 +0200, Craig Latta wrote:
> Hi all--
...
> [1] http://squeak.org/Community/Teams

All the server does is: 502 Bad Gateway

The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.

/Klaus

>

Hi Craig,

every month may be not appropriate for every team. I think we do not  
want to set the teams under pressure :-)
For the SETools team, a monthly report would be really boring :-)

Regards

Hans

Am 09.10.2006 um 08:15 schrieb Craig Latta:

Craig Latta skrev: I've been interim WebTeam leader for a year and I like to pass the job
on to someone.
I have asked before and I ask again: Someone please step up!
Karl

Hi Hans--

> every month may be not appropriate for every team. I think we do not
> want to set the teams under pressure :-)
> For the SETools team, a monthly report would be really boring :-)

     I think a little pressure would be good, and that the embarrassment
of making a monthly report with nothing in it might spur a little more
action. :)


-C

--
Craig Latta
http://netjam.org/resume

My opinion exactly (of course I was Craig's predecessor in his position
as Team Leader so you might want to take that into consideration).

Ken

On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 13:28 -0700, Craig Latta wrote:

Hans N Beck wrote:
> Hi Craig,
>
> every month may be not appropriate for every team. I think we do not
> want to set the teams under pressure :-)
> For the SETools team, a monthly report would be really boring :-)
The advantage of having a monthly report is that others will learn
progress with the team on a regular basis. Even if the team leader
reports "no progress", we know the team is alive (well.. at least the
team leader is paying attention.)

The disadvantage is that we'll hear "no progress" over and over from
teams that are not too active. However, that in itself is telling and
may induce team action or an external kick in the britches.

The point, IMO, is to have regular reporting at an interval that is best
for the team. But, since this is a volunteer organization and the board
shouldn't be bothered with who reports when, I think monthly reporting
is a good start.

signed by a person who doesn't have to report ;-)

brad