Rafael Ortiz Hi  greg <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Greg Dekoenigsberg <<a href="mailto:gdk@redhat.com">gdk@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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: <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/AccessibiltyTeam" target="_blank">http://sugarlabs.org/go/AccessibiltyTeam</a> ---------------------------------------- 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? <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/BuildTeam" target="_blank">http://sugarlabs.org/go/BuildTeam</a> --------------------------------- Ouch again.  All empty stubs.  WHO'S THE COACH? <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/DeploymentTeam" target="_blank">http://sugarlabs.org/go/DeploymentTeam</a> -------------------------------------- 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? </blockquote><div> 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. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> </blockquote></div>