[Eg-oversight-board] before next board meeting

[rogan at roganhamby.com]

Hello back Kathy!

I agree the board agreed to look at a variety of kinds of engagements.  I was just tapping Shauan and Andrea on the shoulder since they specifically seemed interested that form.  Other possible projects were (and still are I assume) on the table as well.

And I will be glad to add you to the "look at grants" list.


May 30, 2013 02:34:48 PM, klussier at masslnc.org wrote:
Hi Rogan!
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>Quoting rogan at roganhamby.com:
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>> I wanted to bring up a few things before the next board meeting to  
>> get them out of the way so that perhaps the time in the meeting can  
>> be more discussion.
>>
>> 1) I had to miss the last meeting and when I reviewed the IRC log I  
>> admit to having some concerns.  Engagement seemed low.  I admit that  
>> I'm comfortable with IRC but I want to make sure the board feels  
>> comfortable discussing everything that we need to.  If anyone feels  
>> like it would be better to move back to phone calls we should have  
>> that discussion.  But, maybe it was also just a fluke.
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>I agree that the first IRC meeting didn't go as well as I would have  
>hoped. However, I think this was partially due to the fact that there  
>was some confusion over the nomination and voting process. As people  
>get more comfortable with the medium, we may find they go a little  
>more smoothly. I also see a lot of value in holding meetings out in  
>the open where anyone in the community can follow along. However, I am  
>somebody who prefers IRC meetings to conference calls, so I would love  
>to hear from others who are not as comfortable with the medium.
>
>For what it's worth, I've also found that engagement can be low for  
>some conference calls. Perhaps more e-mail discussion between meetings  
>would be warranted?
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>> 2) Andrea and Shauna - if you're still interested in playing  
>> wranglers to help front end users supply documentation for  
>> developers I'm sure that would be welcome so let's try to find some  
>> time to chat about it.  The obvious goal (to me) would be test cases  
>> but there may be other opportunities and there will definitely be a  
>> need for some structure I think.
>>
>> http://www.open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=qa:eg_test_cases
>>
>> Here is an example of some already up on the WIKI.  They can be  
>> structured a bit differently but this shows you the fundamentals.   
>> It may seem obvious to front end users what has to be done but those  
>> kinds of accurate repeated steps are very important.  After those  
>> looking at automated tools for testing like selenium  
>> http://docs.seleniumhq.org/projects/ide/ is the next step.
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>> My personal opinion is that once we have some people willing to wear  
>> official wrangling hats that they start working with the developer  
>> community to identify priorities and what would be most helpful.
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>Sorry to answer a question that wasn't directed at me, but my  
>recollection from the meeting at the conference was that the goal was  
>to engage the community in helping in many different activities, not  
>just in developing test cases, though I do think the test cases are  
>important. I'm guessing there are those who will be happy to  
>contribute to the test cases, but others may not find that it is the  
>right fit, and I wouldn't want to miss out on the other opportunities  
>for involvement.
>
>Having said that, even though I didn't volunteer to wrangle, I would  
>be happy to work on a set of acquisitions test cases.
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>> 3) I'd like to find a couple of souls willing to work with me to  
>> look at grant opportunities.  My bias is geared towards looking at  
>> what we could do that could be large scale impacts.  To be clear,  
>> this would be an investigative function at this time that would  
>> bring information back to the board and the community about what we  
>> think the opportunities and possiblities are.  We would need to jump  
>> logistic, financial and legal hurdles that involve a lot of parties  
>> before we decided to do anything but this is the first step on that  
>> road.
>
>I'll raise my hand. At the same time we're looking for grant  
>opportunities, should we also be starting discussions on where we want  
>to focus our efforts if funding does come through?
>
>Thanks for kicking off this discussion Rogan!
>
>Kathy
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