The Website CG
We've been kicking around the idea of updating the Website Community
Group proposal from last year, and we are starting that process based
on Alan Burlison's excellent draft.
The proposal probably only needs some minor edits to make it current, and then we can submit it to the OGB on ogb-discuss for
a vote. Some of my ideas on this are here and here.
Basically, we'd like a Website CG to host infrastructure and content
projects so website Core Contributors can do their work in a
transparent, centralized, and organized way. It's just really that
simple. And I think the vast majority of people directly involved in
the
issue agree. But there has been some confusion in recent days about who
will lead the effort, so I was happy to see Bonnie Corwin post to
website-discuss earlier today directing Michelle Olson to bring the
proposal to fruition and lead the program. By the way, Michelle just joined our team. Welcome, Michelle!
As an additional step to move the website process along, the OGB today recognized a group of Core Contributors
-- Michelle, Derek, Jim, Patrick -- with the responsibility of maintaining
the website. The OGB also suspended the Website Editorial Committee with the
presumption that committee members would be active on
website-discuss. I was clear on the call that during the proposal
process thus far, we have reached out to the committee members, and
several have said they want to be involved. According to Bonnie's notice, Michelle will send details this week about how we move from here. So, while we work the CG
proposal, we'll continue working on the website on list and in the project. We have a lot of work to do. Should be cool.
