Michel Daggelinckx wrote:
Ralph Angenendt wrote:
Do you have a proposal how local groups like that could be worked out? How large/small areas those groups should cover? What needs to be done from the CentOS team to support those groups? Which infrastructure is needed?
Infrastructure needs: mailinglist for each team centos.org sub-domain and web space with a wiki
Hmmmhmmm. Mailinglist aren't a problem at all. But rather than "webspace with a wiki" I'd like to see "Groupspace in the wiki".
For multilingual country's: Belgium, Swiss, ... where language is key refer to foreign teams, Belgium = French, Dutch and German so we refer German people to German team for support. Where location is key: fairs, meetings, ... the national team will be responsible and can cooperate with neighboring teams.
Sounds reasonable.
The teams are free to organise them self in the way they see most fit, cultural differences make it impossible to have a unified structure.
That depends on what you mean with "in the way they see most fit". I think there must be a set of rules conducting "wanted practice" when presenting at a fair/show/whatever. Same goes for content on websites.
Every team should have an "official" contact for communication between teams, the public, press and the global CentOS team.
Hmmmhmmmhmmmm again. That "press" thing doesn't go down to well with me. If someone on a regional team is going to do press, he has to be really well known to the core team.
But yeah, I like the idea in general, if someone wants to push that. Can you bring those three paragraphs up there into something which can go through as a proposal?
I like the idea, but I don't see the people doing that at the moment - if they are there I am more than glad to be proven wrong.
If others think that there is a chance for that to happen - please tell here.
I'm not speaking on behalf of the CentOS team though, yet, it's only my private opinion at the moment.
Ralph