My agenda for James

[Bernd Fondermann <bf...@brainlounge.de>]

Hi guys,

thanks for nominating me in this election. I am proud and happy,
regardless of the number of votes I will (not) receive. ;-)

As it was proposed, here a few words...

In the unlikely case of my election I would continue to provide that or
the other backend feature, as I have in the past month.
I'd also try to get more involved in current and future architectural 
discussions and would from time to time summarize and try to focus the 
decision making progress, where needed. Less pushing my own opinions, 
more trying to find the common goal.

We need releases of the server product and that's where we get to the 
center of this community's all-consuming passion ;-)
I deeply believe that if we are able to setup this process James will 
live long and prosper :-)
The negativities which are still around have to be addressed by 
understanding why they are there and then working on a solution. Hanging 
out here should be fun!
We have to continue to modernize James, but without compromising quality 
or turning away our established user base.

Much great work has been put into our smaller products. At least partly, 
they target new user groups. I'd like to see these projects grow into 
their own personalities and add even more value to our community.

According to ASF docs, "[t]he Chair is the interface between the Board 
and the Project". I'd like to see that reports are drafted by the chair 
not without collecting input from the community. Board communication 
should be made transparent by the chair.

I have submitted James-related conferences talks for ApacheCon Asia and 
Europe and the german OpenSourceMeetsBusiness (osmb.de). Unfortunately, 
none of them has been accepted. But I will continue to learn how to make 
good submissions. :-)

Regardless of who will be the new chair, that's what I will be working on.

Thanks,

   Bernd