[Roadmap] Pin drop

Mark Corum mark at plone.org
Wed Jan 25 05:47:45 UTC 2012


I think that using some of the funds set aside for supporting sprints
might be well-spent helping out with these events. I was happy to see
the board approved that money and want to be sure we get the most
possible out of it.

In the short term, I have assigned folks to write stories for
plone.org news about the 3 "D's" as well as other interesting things
coming up (CMSUI, etc).  I think this visibility will help us.  Sadly,
it often isn't what you do that makes people choose something, but how
much they hear about you.  Once these are written, I'll work on
getting them into the CMS, open source and general tech press.

As far as the existing map - I'll take a look at it on my way home and
get back to you tomorrow.  I think it is very close to the info we
need.

I would love to participate in sprints, but honestly between now and
November my travel for the upcoming campaign season is probably going
to keep me from doing so.  I'm usually available by phone, Skype or
hangout to join in if I can be of help.

Mark

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:16 AM, Matt Hamilton <matth at netsight.co.uk> wrote:
> Mark,
>   This is a fantastic grounding. That you for writing this, I think in my
> mind i'd kinda lost sight as to what it was we were actually trying to
> achieve here. And (if others think similar) probably why we've all not
> really done much (other than usual time constraints!).
>
> I agree that we are in a bit of a dangerous position with Plone at the
> moment in that we do risk losing quite a lot of brains from the community.
> Which is a shame considering the software itself it really better now than
> it has ever been and we have so much exciting stuff lined up. I guess that
> is the point, we need this roadmap to keep a sight of all this exciting
> stuff and to make sure we can articulate it to both ourselves and to others
> either outside the community or just coming in.
>
> We have coming up potentially some good opportunities to get some of these
> things actually wrapped up:
>
> Cioppino Sprint (likely to be March 22-25)
> Sorrento Open Gardens (likely to be May 3-5)
>
> Both of these events are still in gestation and not fully confirmed or
> agreed, but both of them could be good opportunities to get some of these
> things wrapped up. They are both events in which previously we've had some
> of the good 'strategy' people. And Cioppino last year actually got a lot of
> stuff done on plone.org (which they will be doing again this year I think).
>
> I'm planning on going to Sorrento, and I'm hoping some others on here will
> also be there (Geir?). It has always been a good event for discussions on
> the future of Plone, and I hope we can also use it to get some stuff
> finished off.
>
> -Matt
>
> On 23 Jan 2012, at 04:31, Mark Corum wrote:
>
> The original impetus behind the roadmap was a request from marketing
> to have a document we could point people at who wondered where Plone
> was going.  It was something I raised with the board about a year and
> a half ago as something we desperately need for folks looking at Plone
> as a potential CMS for their business or organization.  The
> development of Plone.com has made the need even more immediate.
>
> I've read over Martin's initial draft again, and think it could serve
> that need with just a little polishing / simplification for folks who
> aren't Plone insiders and familiar with all these issues/terminology.
>
> It is very easy for this kind of thing to become a "boil the ocean"
> project involving many people on many levels, and which is therefore
> difficult to ever get where people feel it is ready to share.
> Speaking for myself, trying to put together a public face for
> marketing Plone, simple is better than complex, small is better than
> big, and something useful now is far better than something amazing and
> awesome and as thick as a book two years from from now.
>
> I think we would be better served by doing some easy updating to the
> document to give us something for Plone.com, and to share with users
> and developers to give them a sense there IS a plan for Plone's
> future.  The lack of a plan lends an air of being in "maintenance" or
> "bug fix" mode - something that gives credence to postulation that
> Plone is in a slow downward spiral.
>
> At some point the kind of planning team which was put into place still
> make sense. But the actual planning and logistics involved in
> execution is far beyond the scope of just a document. Right now, we
> need the document.  We don't need a detailed twenty year map -- we
> really just need a compass heading and some stops along the way so
> people know if it is a trip they are interested in coming along on.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 6:05 PM, David Glick <dglick at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/19/12 2:54 AM, Martin Aspeli wrote:
>
>
> Is anyone else getting the feeling this ain't working?
>
>
> We made a big noise about this team, had three meetings, and since
>
> then nothing. I think we need some leadership and coordination at the
>
> very least. Until my children sleep more than three hours at a time,
>
> that won't be me, but I hope someone can step up, since right now we
>
> all risk looking like assclowns ;)
>
>
> I have tried to at least progress a roadmap through
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rZFoR34G0vDy8oxM4jrRP3dPc_7qolghAwNtYZ4udLs/edit?hl=en_GB,
>
> but apart from a tiny edit by Geir, there's been no response. Perhaps
>
> it's not clear what we need to do, in which case we need to figure
>
> that out quite quickly.
>
>
> I am also worried by our lack of progress and about how we appear to those
>
> looking on. But unfortunately I cannot be the one to provide leadership; I
>
> think my skills are better used actually pushing forward on implementing
>
> pieces of the roadmap.
>
>
> I did look over the document Martin drafted and think it's a really good
>
> start. Thanks for that, Martin.
>
>
> David
>
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