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I joined the Maemo Community about an year ago. After the development of BlueMaemo, I received some very positive feedback from the community, that made me stick around. In the last year, I actively contributed to our community as a programmer, but also organized some initiatives. The big one's were the Google Summer o= f Code participation and more recently the schedule of the community days of the Maemo Summit (I really like to organize 'things' :) ). I want to serve in the council because our community gave me so much, and I strongly believe that I can help our community to improve even more. > > 2. Is there any particular experience or event that helped you decide > to run? > The nomination and all the support that I've received :) . > 3. What do you believe qualifies you to serve on the council? > I've a good knowledge of the Maemo ecosystem, and I've done facilitator roles in the past, that in my opinion can help me and the community if I'm elected. I also have good relationship with the majority of the members of our community. > 4. Where would you like to see the Maemo Community in 6 months? > I would like to see a strong community, with tons of new members from different fields working together as a big Open Source ecosystem. > > 5. Do you have any specific ideas about how to get us there? > A lot can be done, here are some simple steps: *Initiatives to bring more members to our community. *Facilitation of methods and tools to improve the collaboration within our community. *Motivate people and try to reward each valuable collaboration as much as w= e can. > 6. What do you believe to be the biggest problem facing the Maemo > Community today? > Not trying to offend anyone here, I'll be sincere. One of the biggest problems that I see in our community comparing to others that I know well, is that we talk too much, there's always a lot of discussion around certain topics but only a few take actions to change things. Some discussion is good, in order to reach good decisions, but sometimes will be better if we 'canalize' our time to improve the community, instead of waste it in useless discussions. There's always simple things that can be done, and most of them can be made by anyone, no need to be a coder. Other problem is the uncertainty that we have all the time about some Nokia decisions, but this have been improving and I strongly believe that will improve even more in the future, at least I'll fight for that :) > 7. What role do you envision for the community council you would serve > on? > Mostly a facilitator role, like a bridge between Nokia and our community, keeping everything open all the time, and as I said on 5. push our communit= y to a higher level of collaboration. > 8. Finally, you suckers have _no_ idea what you're getting into. > Ehehehe. *eg* > Thanks for the encouragement and for the very good work that you've done so far. I really expect that you continue as a activity collaborator inside our community :) . 9. What do you think of the maemo.org sprint process? Have you ever attended one of the IRC meetings? If so, what did you think? How could the process be improved? I've attended the IRC meetings whenever I can. I pretty much agree with the current model, of course some things can be improved. IMO we need to find new ways to involve more community members in the sprin= t process, and perhaps improve the the sprint/ongoing tasks communication channels a bit, a lot was done in this topic recently, but we can improve i= t a little more. Cheers, --=20 Val=E9rio Val=E9rio http://www.valeriovalerio.org --0016e6d644f5414c1404742c813b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:07 AM, = Ryan Abel <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:rabelg5 at gmail.com">rabelg= 5 at gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl= e=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; = padding-left: 1ex;"> Since nobody seems to be asking, I'll go ahead and kick things off<br> (some of these have been covered in the announcement emails, but I'll<b= r> go ahead and ask them explicitly). ;)<br></blockquote><div><br>Good initiat= ive, a bit late IMO ;) . <br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; p= adding-left: 1ex;"> <br> 1. Care to share a little history about yourself and why you want to<br> serve on the council?<br></blockquote><div>=A0</div><div>From my announceme= nt:<br><br>I joined the Maemo Community about an year ago. After the develo= pment of BlueMaemo, I received some very positive feedback from the communi= ty, that made me stick around.<br> <br>In the last year, I actively contributed to our community as a programm= er, but also organized some initiatives. The big one's were the Google = Summer of Code participation and more recently the schedule of the communit= y days of the Maemo Summit (I really like to organize 'things' :) )= .<br> <br>I want to serve in the council because our community gave me so much, a= nd I strongly believe that I can help our community to improve even more. <= br>=A0<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px= solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> 2. Is there any particular experience or event that helped you decide<br> to run?<br></blockquote><div><br>The nomination and all the support that I&= #39;ve received :) . <br><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; p= adding-left: 1ex;"> <br> 3. What do you believe qualifies you to serve on the council?<br></blockquo= te><div><br>I've a good knowledge of the Maemo ecosystem, and I've = done facilitator roles in the past, that in my opinion can help me and the = community if I'm elected.<br> I also have good relationship with the majority of the members of our commu= nity.<br><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: = 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;= "> <br> 4. Where would you like to see the Maemo Community in 6 months?<br></blockq= uote><div><br>I would like to see a strong community, with tons of new memb= ers from different fields working together as a big Open Source ecosystem.<= br> =A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid = rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> 5. Do you have any specific ideas about how to get us there?<br></blockquot= e><div>=A0</div>A lot can be done, here are some simple steps:<br><br>*Init= iatives to bring more members to our community.<br>*Facilitation of methods= and tools to improve the collaboration within our community.<br> *Motivate people and try to reward each valuable collaboration as much as w= e can.<br><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px s= olid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br= > 6. What do you believe to be the biggest problem facing the Maemo<br> Community today?<br></blockquote><div><br>Not trying to offend anyone here,= I'll be sincere.<br><br>One of the biggest problems that I see in our = community comparing to others that I know well, is that we talk too much, t= here's always a lot of discussion around certain topics but only a few = take actions to change things. <br> Some discussion is good, in order to reach good decisions, but sometimes wi= ll be better if we 'canalize' our time to improve the community, in= stead of waste it in useless discussions.<br>There's always simple thin= gs that can be done, and most of them can be made by anyone, no need to be = a coder.<br> <br>Other problem is the uncertainty that we have all the time about some N= okia decisions, but this have been improving and I strongly believe that wi= ll improve even more in the future, at least I'll fight for that :)<br> <br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid= rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> 7. What role do you envision for the community council you would serve<br> on?<br></blockquote><div><br>Mostly a facilitator role, like a bridge betwe= en Nokia and our community, keeping everything open all the time, and as I = said on 5. push our community to a higher level of collaboration.<br><br> </div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb= (204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> 8. Finally, you suckers have _no_ idea what you're getting into.<br> Ehehehe. *eg*<br></blockquote><div>=A0</div><div>Thanks for the encourageme= nt and for the very good work that you've done so far. <br>I really exp= ect that you continue as a activity collaborator inside our community :) .<= br> <br>9. What do you think of the <a href=3D"http://maemo.org/" target=3D"_bl= ank">maemo.org</a> sprint process? Have you ever<br> attended one of the IRC meetings? If so, what did you think? How could<br> the process be improved?<br><br>I've attended the IRC meetings whenever= I can. I pretty much agree with the current model, of course some things c= an be improved.<br>IMO we need to find new ways to involve more community m= embers in the sprint process, and perhaps improve the the sprint/ongoing ta= sks communication channels a bit, a lot was done in this topic recently, bu= t we can improve it a little more.<br> <br></div></div>Cheers,<br><br>-- <br>Val=E9rio Val=E9rio<br><br><a href=3D= "http://www.valeriovalerio.org">http://www.valeriovalerio.org</a><br> --0016e6d644f5414c1404742c813b--
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