[IAEP] Teams!

[Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero]

Rafael Ortiz

Hi  greg

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Greg Dekoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com> wrote:

>
> I love the idea of teams.  Teams working together are awesome.  Teams
> share a common goal.  Teams hold one another accountable.  Go Team!
>
> So we've got a list of teams on the left navbar of the Sugar wiki (and one
> or two elsewhere).  I figured I'd check them all out and give my
> unsolicited feedback.  Since that's what I do.  ;)
>
> ===
>
> GENERAL OBSERVATIONS:
>
> * Having every team work mostly the same way is *really* useful.  It allows
> volunteers to move comfortably from team to team.  Seems like the common
> structure indicates that folks kinda get that already.
>
> * Every team needs a leader.  Whether it's a coach or just a star player,
> it helps newcomers *tremendously* to know who the Go-To person is.  At the
> very least, it should be immediately clear, from the very first page, who
> is accountable for moving this team forward.  It is *frequently* unclear
> currently who's leading a team.
>
> * Every team needs a goal.  What's the purpose of your team?  What problem
> are
> you trying to solve?  It really helps to make these goals *simple* and
> *explicit*.
>
> * Every team needs meetings.  It really helps to relate with your
> teammates real-time, even if it's just on IRC.  To that end, I think that
> a "MEETINGS" tab should be added to the Team Template pages.  Most of the
> functional teams currently have meeting pages, fwiw.
>
> * Every team needs a TODO list, and it's part of the template, which is
> nice -- but what good is a TODO list if there aren't names and dates
> associated with it?
>
> * I love the generic structure of the team pages -- but the details are
> still
> somewhat lacking in most cases.  :)
>
> ===
>
> SPECIFIC TEAM OBSERVATIONS:
>
> http://sugarlabs.org/go/AccessibiltyTeam
> ----------------------------------------
> Ouch.  A link to a wiki that doesn't load, and nothing but blank stub
> pages.
> Even the URL has a speling errur.  WHO'S THE COACH?
>
> http://sugarlabs.org/go/BuildTeam
> ---------------------------------
> Ouch again.  All empty stubs.  WHO'S THE COACH?
>
> http://sugarlabs.org/go/DeploymentTeam
> --------------------------------------
> Ah, a bit better.  The home page is full of useful information, including
> meeting times, minutes, and a list of team members.  That's great! Judging
> from
> the minutes, though, it looks like the meeting was attended by two members
> in
> early October, perhaps not held in mid-October, and no meeting has yet been
> scheduled for November at all.  Is everything okay with this team?  Looks
> like
> Walter Bender is the coach here.  Is Walter overextended?  Can someone else
> step up and lead this team?  Or are we considering ditching this team
> altogether in favor of a LoCo model?
>

Yep you are right we have to schedule another meeting, some individuals are
interested, and also we need a TODO list.

BTW nice review and suggestions for  all the teams.

>
>
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