Re: [OSCOM] Re: Michi resigns from OSCOM [Fwd: [Board] OSCOM ordinary meeting of members minutes]

Michael Wechner <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.cms.oscom
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Seth Gottlieb wrote:

>   I also would like to see more open source projects getting 
> involved.  The website is not clear how people can join and does not 
> seem to invite participation.  Not to talk about myself, but I asked 
> for my feed to be included twice and got the feeling that there was 
> some selection committee for inviting new members.  Anyway, those are 
> my observations as an outsider.


see the Bylaws of OSCOM re becoming a member:

http://www.oscom.org/get-involved/organization/bylaws.html

but yes, I think OSCOM should make it easier for people becoming involved.

Michi

>
> --Seth
>
>
> Chalu Kim wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Seth Gottlieb wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sandro,
>>>
>>> I am interested in participating in this dialog of the future of 
>>> OSCOM on the mail list or wiki or whatever you choose.  As for me, I 
>>> would like to see OSCOM pursue the following:
>>>
>>> * Develop and promote a message of "why open source.".  In 
>>> particular, fight the fear.  It would be great to come up with some 
>>> empirical rebuttal to the proprietary software industry's claim that 
>>> open source is actually more expensive because it is essentially 
>>> un-finished and requires a disproportionate amount of effort to 
>>> install and integrate.
>>
>>
>>
>> Has this been done all along? Not to everyone's satisfaction, I am sure.
>>
>> It would be interesting instead to see what types of people are using 
>> and what they are complaining about. Something from grunt's point of 
>> view...
>>
>>> * Promote collaboration and fraternity between developers across 
>>> projects. * Participate in and endorse (or reject) standards 
>>> (JSR170, OSR101, iECM)
>>>
>> I think OSCOM has served this by being a conduit or remaining 
>> neutral. Also, there are lots of posts of encouraging JSR and OSR 
>> already.
>>
>>> :Let me know if I can be of any help.
>>>
>>> --Seth
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sandro Groganz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> Pdm wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here is a good idea: open a wiki where we can all contribute to 
>>>>> write up a plan for OSCOM
>>>>> that should give you some input to fuel your good thinking over 
>>>>> the next couple of weeks...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Good idea, indeed! Yet, I did not even think about the proper way 
>>>> of channeling the discussion, but this is definitely a good and 
>>>> simple one.
>>>>
>>>> So we actually have to main issues:
>>>>
>>>> - discuss the future of OSCOM?
>>>> - how we want to structure and keep track of the discussion?
>>>>
>>>>> I look forward to seeing our future all laid out
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can't promise that there will be no more uncertainties :)
>>>>
>>>> Sandro
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>


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