Groups are about the only way we can go at this project, other wise it's just going to be one big confusing mess. As yinrunning said, we need to breakup into small groups and talk amongst our little groups about one certain task, and then if one member has a question, one person can email one of the top people in this project and ask the question once instead of 100 times.
For example, lets say the following is a group for the KDE team:
Project: KDE 3.1 on Dux
Members:
Leader: yinrunning
Unix Admin: oubipaws
Web Master: 4_legged_duck
Coders:
MMA
whoever
whoever
whoever
That is just like a basic template of how we could lay out the groups and no that is not where people are being assigned to, it was just an example.
I would like every group to have a webpage so that they may post new info, questions, comments, or what ever else they need to put on it. **Yinrunning, do you feel we could do this easier by building the site from scratch or using a post nuke site? **
I also would like to have who ever the leader his/her assigned group would be the one to go around and look for developers and keep in contact with them instead of me trying to keep everyone who wants to be informed notified of whats going on.
So with that said, I say we should go ahead and start assigning leader positions to people and have them begin to start finding developers.
When people find coders who are interested, I still want to be notified, its just that I think that its easier if a certain person is in charge of certain areas.
Another thing as yinrunning said, is security, we really dont need to have passwords, usernames, ip addresses, encryption methods, etc, open to whoever goes in the forums. If we use a post nuke site, this will cut down on some of the security we have to do ourselves and then we worry about the rest later.
I would like mailing lists for every group and then an overall mailing list for the whole project, same goes for forums, one per group, and one overall, plus the few extras (random stuff, general help, code gallery, etc.).
Ok back to assigning groups, I would like to go ahead and get this done.. If anyone feels they are capable of doing this, please email me and let me know what section you would like to work on. Make sure that you know what you are getting into first though, you can't just know a little about whatever you are working on, you have got to know quite a large amount. No I'm not saying you have to know it inside and out, but you do need to know how it works.
I myself and going to stay and kind of keep everyone kind of inline and making sure that everything gets done, a project moderator so to speak.
I'd like to have 2 other people help me do this, kind of the top dogs of the project, yinrunning and MMA you guys would be good candidates if interested?
4_legged_duck, you still going to be the forum moderator?
sorry guys if this post is kind of out of order, just typing as things come to mind.
I definately cant be the head of anything since I'm such a Linux noob...
But like I said before, I can do a little of everything...web prog., C prog., graphic design, beta testing...basically wherever you want to stick me, or need the help...
We are making some headway though...keep up the good work people...
My System:
ASUS A7N8X
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
256MB OCZ PC3200
GeForce 4 MX 440 (I want an FX!!)
Sound Blaster 128 (onboard sound blows)
80GB Western Digital
Toshiba 12A DVD-ROM
Memorex 52X24X52 CD-RW
OSes: SuSe Linux 8.1 Pro/windows 98se
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oubie, it would be good also if you could take one of the scetions too, becuase where in lack of people at the moment.
Also PM me with MSN/Yahoo/AOL/ICQ so that i can contact you easily.
I think these post nuke sites are alright. becuase we don't have to worry about the actual website and stuff. Its already made.
Also i never used mailing list before, don't really know how they work. Just want to let you know.
As i have already mensioned before, we need also an IRC channel.
Before anyone can pick which group they want to be in, we need a list of groups first.
I want to choose a group, but i don't want too much responsibility, well not at the moment anyway.
We need to choose which IM service we should use. I recommend ICQ. becuase you can easily message someone even tho there not online, when they do get online they receive the message.
We need an official list of everyone who wants to participate. This list doesn't have to say what you want to do. We just need to know how many people we currently have. (it would be good if you could right your profession or what your good at).
Ok, then. Its really starting. things are becoming official now.
Everyone who wants to help please reply to this thread saying "i want to help". Thats all you need to say. Not maybe or not sure. It should be a clear answar.
My System:
ASUS A7N8X
AMD Athlon XP 2100+
256MB OCZ PC3200
GeForce 4 MX 440 (I want an FX!!)
Sound Blaster 128 (onboard sound blows)
80GB Western Digital
Toshiba 12A DVD-ROM
Memorex 52X24X52 CD-RW
OSes: SuSe Linux 8.1 Pro/windows 98se
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"Whad' your mom buy you a 'puter for Christmas?" -Lord Nikon, "Hackers"
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St@T1c d1sCh@Rg3
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Installation Scripts
Base Files
Kernel
Graphical User Interfaces:
(subgroups)
~ XFree86
~ GNOME
~ KDE
~ 3D WM
~ Window Maker
Graphics
Games
Internet
Server
Development
Entertainment
Emulation
Thats the basic layout for the groups unless somebody can come out with a better layout, I just made a real simple one, we will have to make a more elaborate one later on, but you can choose out of those sections for now.
Mooktakim --> I'm glad to here that you are officialy one of the moderators I look forward to working with you and yinrunning as mods.
As mooktakim said, I will be joining quite a few groups (see below)... also to everyone, you can join in more than one development team, or be leader of one and coder on another, I dont really care, just as long as you know what your doing.
So yinrunning is keeping a list of current members and positions, so I will create the group listings and members involved in each. so here is the current list:
Installation Scripts
Leader: unknown
Coders:
none
Base Files
Leader: unknown
Coders:
Oubipaws
Kernel
Leader: unknown
Coders:
none
Graphical User Interfaces:
(subgroups)
~ XFree86
Leader: unknown
Coders:
none
~ GNOME
Leader: unknown
Coders:
none
~ KDE
Leader: Oubipaws
Coders:
none
~ 3D WM
Leader: unknown
Coders:
none
~ Window Maker
Leader: unknown
Coders:
none
Graphics
Leader: unknown
Coders:
none
Games
Leader: Oubipaws
Coders:
none
Internet
Leader: unknown
Coders:
none
Server
Leaders: unknown
Coders:
none
Development
Leaders: unknown
Coders:
none
Entertainment
Leaders: unknown
Coders:
none
Emulation
Leaders: Oubipaws
Coders:
none
Another thing is, whoever the leader of the team is, that would be the person who contact companies for sponsorship or other needed tools they may need that one of the project mods cannot provide for you.
So anybody looking to fill any group positions, please let me know...
ahh yes, another thing I was thinking about a minute ago, we need to "attack" another forum so that we can get more people... anyone have a recommendation of which forum we should all go to next, or should we all start taking on forums on our own?
Default communication method? what service do most people use? AIM, MSN, ICQ?
IRC --> how do you go about setting one of these up, I've never used it before?
I look forward to working with you and yinrunning as mods.
:)
