Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (930 mails)

[Jim Henderson <hendersj@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:45:23 -0500, Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:

> Education in the openSUSE Project is actually a passion of mine and I
> join with you in any efforts that can grow the community base through
> education.  As some of you know, I worked to establish the Helping Hands
> project here in openSUSE a couple of years ago, and though it didn't
> really get much traction, I still keep it open in my mind as something
> we need to get back to someday.  Others are also out there interested in
> reviving Helping Hands or some other form of education and training.

That's good to know, Bryen - I wasn't aware of the Helping Hands project, 
I'll have to look into that more.

> However, I must point out that what you are proposing isn't a strategy
> per se, but rather an activity to support a strategy.  A strategy
> highlights your strengths and/or strengths you want to develop towards.

That's fair - and a good distinction.  I had been trying to think of how 
to frame it, and 'strategy' was the only thing that was coming to mind at 
the time - but 'activity' is a much better description (and one that 
should have, since I've considered training to be something of a 
marketing activity as long as I've been involved in it).

> So, I do not oppose your idea here.  I join in solidarity with you in
> finding ways to educate users, developers, etc.  But the education would
> be, as I said, an activity to support an ultimate goal or strategy that
> positions openSUSE in the open market.
>
> I would also like to emphasize to everyone here that whatever strategy
> we end up with, that strategy merely establishes the Project's
> priorities.  It does not prevent anyone from doing something they'd like
> to do which isn't defined within the strategy.  Of course, the caveat is
> that you may or may not get as much support (resources) as you'd like to
> get.  Then again, maybe you would.   That's a risk we all take whenever
> we start up a new project or initiative until we get real buy-in from
> stakeholders.  In other words, if you have an idea and you feel you can
> start pushing it... Go for it!  :-)
>
> In other words, if you've got an idea for training and education, let's
> move forward on it.  Don't wait for a Strategy Proposal to say its okay
> for you to do it.

OK, thanks - I guess what I had wanted was more than just a green light 
to do something in this space, but to find out what level of commitment 
there was for something like this from the project and who else was 
interested in participating in figuring out how best to put something 
like this together.

Jim
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