Joomla! New Structure Proposal - from session at JWC14

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JOOMLA! NEW STRUCTURE & METHODOLOGY PROPOSAL Sarah Watz @sarahwatz President of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Transcript of Joomla! New Structure Proposal - from session at JWC14

JOOMLA! NEW STRUCTURE & METHODOLOGY PROPOSAL

Sarah Watz @sarahwatz President of Open Source Matters, Inc.

Sarah WatzJOOMLA! NEW STRUCTURE & METHODOLOGY PROPOSAL

WHY DO WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE?

• Unclear organisation & methodology • No accountability & reporting • Inefficient decision making • Not enough trust in individuals and teams • Lack of transparency & communication • Not easy to get involved and stay motivated

Votes on the project wide budget

Sarah WatzJOOMLA! NEW STRUCTURE & METHODOLOGY PROPOSAL

OUR GOALS WITH THE CHANGE

• A more understandable structure with defined positions and methodology

• Distributing decision making effectively • Placing trust in individuals and teams • Increase transparency & communication • Empowering more people to get involved, stay

motivated and have FUN

A whole new mindset.

DEPARTMENTS / AREAS / CLUSTERS • Operations • Production • Legal & Finance • Programs • Marketing & Communication • Events

makes the board of directors

TIMELINE

Oct 21 - Nov 9 Feedback from Working groups & Teams Nov 10 - Dec 21 Revise the proposal Dec 22 - Jan 11 Translation of the revised proposal Jan 12 - Feb 8 Public discussion and feedback from the community as a whole. Feb 9 - Feb 22 Revise the proposal and discussion by Leadership teams Feb 23 - Mar 1 Leadership votes on the proposal

Sarah WatzJOOMLA! NEW STRUCTURE & METHODOLOGY PROPOSAL

STRUCTURE TEAM

This team has three representatives of each leadership team.

Representatives from OSM: Sarah Watz, Ronni K. Gothard Christiansen, Marijke Stuivenberg Representatives from PLT: David Hurley, Javier Gómez, Chris Davenport Representatives from CLT: Sander Potjer, Alice Grevet, Peter Bui

THANK YOU