On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Jon Stanley wrote: > Just a little bit ago on the Board's private list, the idea of a few > FAD's, funded by CommArch, was brought up. There's no reason to keep > this secret, so I wanted to bring the discussion over here :). http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/fedora-board-meeting-27-august-2010/ After reading the above, I sent the following to board-private: "I am 100% supportive of FESCO and/or the Board taking the initiative to figure out what 3 or 4 useful FADs might look like, some clear deliverables for those FADs in support of their technical mission, and making sure those get funded with CommArch money. I'd encourage folks to start by saying 'what problems can we solve with the FAD model' and then coming up with budget requests that are responsible, rather than trying to start with a fixed budget number and working the other direction. In general, we commit a few thousand dollars to a FAD though, recognizing that there are travel and lodging costs often associated with it." I followed that up with the following: "We've learned over time that there are three things that make FADs successful. Missing even one component usually dooms that FAD to sub-optimalness (though not necessarily failure). (1) A clear objective that forces people to operate under a deadline and in a timeframe. (2) The right people involved, so that work can be done at that FAD, and not have to block on someone who's not around. (3) A dedication to documentation and making sure folks who aren't there, but who care about the topic, can be involved remotely and read up on the results." === I'm not pushing for any specific agenda (at this point :)). Rather, I just want everyone to be aware that we have budget for FADs, and we're in need of some worthwhile endeavors on which to spend it. If that's a carrot needed to get a few of the folks who are discussing different paths forward organized and mobilized before the end of 2010, so be it. --Max _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
