[maemo-community] Maemo Elections - Extended

[From: Timo Härkönen]

I started a thread in tmo in hope of getting the problems and possible
solutions in a single place. That can be moved into the wiki later to give
it better home.

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1187930

-Timo

4. huhtikuuta 2012 17.11 JOSEPHCHARPAK <josephcharpak at comcast.net>kirjoitti:

> It should be compiled before the election. A major perceived problem is
> that the council finds it hard to achieve momentum as by the time the
> council has decided anything, the council's term is half over.
>
> Joseph Charpak
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Felipe Crochik" <felipe at crochik.com>
>
> *To: *"List for community development" <maemo-community at maemo.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, April 4, 2012 9:40:42 AM
> *Subject: *Re: Maemo Elections - Extended
>
>
> Hi Rob,
>
> I have never left! Have to say that for personal reasons haven't been as
> involved as before but I am still here!
>
> Maemo.org is a very special place for me!
>
> BTW, I understand your frustration of depending on "someone else" for
> everything and anything!
>
> I know that Quim have A LOT MORE on his plate but have to say that having
> him back as Nokia's point of contact immediately gave me hope!
>
> Not sure if it makes any sense to try this now or if it is better to wait
> after the election but hopefully we can start to gather all "the community
> issues/desires/hopes and dreams" into a document so we can discuss have a
> public discussion with Quim and hopefully decide on some action items. I
> believe we need a community proposal. I also believe we MUST have an
> election this time and would love to see more candidates so we can have one
> and still abide to the rules.
>
> Having people disagree is great - it shows we care! Maybe we can build up
> on this!
>
> Felipe
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 8:32 AM, robert bauer <nybauer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Felipe Crochik <felipe at crochik.com>wrote:
>>
>>> > Why the need to create a new Maemo site - in 2012? Apart from paying
>>>
>>>> > the maintenance bill, Nokia is not doing anything at maemo.org. The
>>>> > cost is mainly the extras/downloads part, which is something not
>>>> > trivial (neither cheap) to replicate elsewhere.
>>>>
>>>> I agree with Quim here. There is no way to successfully replicate all
>>>> the hard work done on Maemo.org. Bring other projects in and make it
>>>> bigger.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is a little naive of me but as long as we have lots of users with
>>> interest on the maemo.org, Nokia will also.
>>>
>>> Just the fact that so many new harmattan users found maemo to be their
>>> home tells about how good this community is.
>>> I am actually more concerned with the future of meego.com than maemo.org
>>>
>>> The one part of maemo.org that (especially as a developer) frustrates
>>> me is the extras "promotion" -  I don't think giving super power to a
>>> couple users is the answer (it may be a band-aid for now). It is a larger
>>> problem and has been for a quite a while. I think the decision of
>>> installing something that is "devel" quality, "testing" quality or "extras"
>>> quality should be left to the user on an application basis (maybe something
>>> like a "stability indicator" next to the "user rating" is all that is
>>> needed. We should try again to work with whatever is left of meego
>>> (appsformeego, obs, ...)
>>>
>>> I don't think we need garage either (there are so many other places that
>>> can be used, like the projects @ nokia.com).
>>>
>>> Ultimately, I think the goal should to aggregate and not disperse.
>>>
>>> Just wanted to add my 2ct - I don't think maemo.org is dead!
>>>
>>
>> Hi Felipe,
>>
>> It is nice to see so many people returning back to maemo and taking an
>> interest in making it better.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
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