[TYPO3-ect] ECT becomes member of R&D

[David Toshack]

Elmar Hinz wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> the team structure isn't decided upon. I simply grows. When ECT started we
> haven't waited for a decision of anybody. We entered the wiki and started.
> 
> Projects jump up in the same way. Anybody can define a new project as
> "Project Proposal". You find people that support the  team. Someone of the
> team decides to take up the role of the coordinator. That's it in principle.
> 
> The only given commitment is, that the coordinator of a project reports to
> the board, like the board reports to the R&D, like the R&D reports to the
> association.
> 
> Some projects will be successfull and produce results. Other projects will
> silently slumber until some people take them up again and to produce
> results. TYPO3 is a "meritocraty". Activity and results are the measures.
> There are few limits of what you can do. Wiki, NG, TER all this is open to act.
> 
> I have written the "Definition of Terms" section, to provide a common
> language to communicate.
> 
> http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Extension_coordination_team#Definition_of_terms
> 
> Also see this page initiated by Kasper:
> 
> http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Team_Contracts


Thanks for your reply Elmar, my aim is to be able to give some of these
existing projects the push they require without being too pushy  :-)
Sometimes all that is required to get peoples creative juices flowing
again, as a friendly little push. I stress both friendly, and little. It
is not my intention to become an extension Nazi.

So I will take on this task of general project coordination assistant,
hopefully with the support of existing project coordinators and members
of the ECT.

Most discussions will go on within the ECT newsgroup, but I will report
back the status of any private email or im discussions. I am online most
days and am happy to make myself available to all typo3 developers via
email, or skype on username: dtoshack.


Cheers,
David