2008-11-24 Conference Call

Logistics

Time: Nov 24 2008, 10:30am
Conference Bridge: 218-486-7200 #167964

Attendees

• ~battags
• ~dlwhitehurst
• ~tbull
• ~benno
• ~jjmarkow
• ~epierce@usf.edu

Agenda

1. Select regular monthly meeting time
2. Meeting with uPortal to bring up to date on roadmap
3. Development Processes (follow up from Community call)
4. Review of JASIG Incubation Working Group Proposal
5. How to get more people to contribute, given how large the community is
   1. Activities we should be doing to encourage more feedback
   2. Outreach
      1. eg: Please implement X since you've already done your own extension
         1. Model to figure out how to turn unknown contributors into core developers by building their credibility with non-core initial contributions
         2. See also Development Processes
   3. Sponsorships (money could be used to hire programmers)
6. Roadmap prioritization and wordsmithing
   1. Groups to be charged with
      1. CAS 4 Architecture/Protocol (or determination that current architecture is sufficient)
      2. Monitoring and Metrics
      3. Configuration and Deployment Management
      4. Documentation and Translations

Notes

• Regular scheduling for 4th Monday at 10:30 - 11:30 am, starting in January.
• Reserve right to schedule one in December
• For next agenda: approval of development process and protocol
• Initial draft of development process and contrib by mid-December. Close for Comment January 9th.
• Incubation Process: http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/INCU/Incubation+Process
• CAS 4 Roadmap updates: http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CASST/CAS+4+Roadmap

Action Items

• Ben and Scott: Update uPortal Steering Committee on Roadmap (via email)
• Ben: Set Community Calls (week before Steering Committee calls?)