On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 16:21, <christian.imhorst@posteo.de> wrote:
what does "drive forward a solution" mean? Can we integrate the functions of connect.o.o into other services at openSUSE which are allready maintained like the openSUSE wiki? A form for travel support for example?
Suggestions like that all sound technically viable, so in a technical sense 'drive forward a solution' means picking, and doing, good engineering stuff like that But the problem isn't just one that exists in the technical sphere. There are a number of stakeholders that will be impacted by any change in this area This will affect how Membership works and their membership data is stored, so the Membership of the project have to be on board, either informally via discussions on this list, or formally in the term of votes of any changes to their membership database. We can't have a functioning Membership scheme if the Members dont like how their data is being stored (and I agree with the sentiment that our Members shouldn't like the Status quo..but..also I cant argue with the fact that our Members collectively haven't been as motivated to address this as they appear to be right now..) This will affect how Membership is approved. This means the Membership committee need to be spoken to, they need to agree to work with any new technical solution. We can't have a functioning Membership scheme without their approval. This will involve infrastructure, either the decommissioning or commissioning of new stuff. That means the openSUSE Heroes need to be involved. No point trying to fix this without them. So, "driving this forward" means doing the technical stuff, and the human stuff, talking to the right people, getting them on board, encouraging them to contribute to a solution. If we all agree that this is a problem that needs to be fixed, then lets get started and help fix it - This isn't somebody elses job, it impacts all of us, we all should be doing something to help. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org