[Incubator] Re: [GeoNetwork-devel] PSC Ping

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Hi Jody,
Thanks for the Ping, I think I should clarify some things here to  
avoid you remain without responses :-)

Most members of the PSC are not actively involved in the GeoNetwork  
development process and as such no subscribers to the dev mailing list.
The members of the PSC are listed here: http://trac.osgeo.org/geonetwork

When we created the PSC in 2006, we named it the GeoNetwork Advisory  
Board. The day to day project management was left to myself, building  
up a community of users and developers that collaborate on the basis  
of consensus. I have copied the people on the advisory board for  
info. The PSC comes together (with the rest of the GN community)  
during the GeoNetwork workshops (like the one next week) to discuss  
experiences with the software, come up with requirements and define  
the work plan for next year for as much as we can.

This is why, after our previous discussions on the existing  
management structure, I indicated I'll propose during the workshop to  
work towards a Technical Steering Committee (TSC) for the day-to-day  
developer management, release management etc... This should consist  
of the more active developers as opposed to those on the PSC who  
agree on the overall project direction.

So during next week's meeting we will take this up in more detail and  
see how we can streamline our processes with those more commonly used  
in other OSGeo projects. I understand this structure is not the same  
as the other OSGeo PSC's, but this is how the project operates now.

Hope this helps,
Ciao,
Jeroen

On Oct 29, 2007, at 7:40 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:

> Alright it has been a week; who is on the PSC and if they are
> representing the project why are they not talking to me?
> Jody