OUTREACH thread
russ
with a lot of context that many people will not have read.
We should get at least another 10 people on board before we set a date
for a vote to elect the first official board.
Does it make sense to create a Group on XMOS? With a nice logo?
A group is a prominent way keep our name in the public eye.
We should be careful not to impinge on XMOS's hospitality, and we
should emphasize the goals, which are all positive from XMOS point of
view. I think we should invite people to sign up in this group, and
keep the main part of the traffic and discussion here.
Any volunteers to do this?
Where else should we promote the Foundation?
Best wishes,
--r.
Al Wood
Al Wood
than just a rename
Al Wood
Al Wood
keep the members..
russ
+1
--r.
On Nov 21, 12:49 pm, Al Wood <a...@folknology.com> wrote:
> I can change the title,logo and description, that way we also get to
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> > On 21 November 2010 20:43, Al Wood <a...@folknology.com> wrote:
> >> In fact it would be more of a relaunch of the opensource group rather
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> >> On 21 November 2010 20:41, Al Wood <a...@folknology.com> wrote:
> >>> We could rename the opensource group?
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Al Wood
wish to come up with one,any ideas..
Al Wood
an announcement text written sensitively to your points in this thread
as you seem to be good at diplomacy..
Russ Ferriday
Call to Action
So, now, formally, the members of the XMOS community, including all users or potential users of XMOS technologies, the company XMOS Ltd itself, and its employees and business partners, are hereby invited to participate in the institution of an XMOS Foundation.
Membership
All members of the the wider XMOS community, including all users or potential users of XMOS technologies, employees and business partners of XMOS, are invited to participate in the discussion, the empowerment of a pro tem board, the agreement of articles of incorporation, and the holding of an election of officers.
Goals
The XMOS Foundation shall represent the interests of the community of users and producers of XMOS technologies, and promote the development of hardware and software designs that help broaden the scope of the XMOS platform, and grow the market for XMOS related products.
In particular to:
Provide clear, neutral, and sustainable ownership of contributed code.
Provide a decision-making structure for essential community activities.
Interface with XMOS, the company, to represent the needs of the Foundation membership.
Assist XMOS in the transition to greater transparency and openness for the benefit of Foundation members.
Russ Ferriday -- Systems Architect & Entrepreneur
Kaspar Bumke
Russ Ferriday
Al Wood
Just XCommons rather than XCommons foundation, or something else, what
about the domain etc..
Al Wood
Al Wood
group, poised on the update button...
Al Wood
***Text Begins***
A small group of XCore regulars has set up a group that focuses on
Open Source development using XMOS technologies. Everyone with an
interest in XMOS devices is invited.
Please click the link below
http://groups.google.com/group/xmos-foundation/browse_thread/thread/1c68e741176df117
to see the manifesto, of which we include an extract:
Call to Action
So, now, formally, the members of the XMOS community, including all
users or potential users of XMOS technologies, the company XMOS Ltd
itself, and its employees and business partners, are hereby invited to
participate in the institution of an XCommons Foundation.
Membership
Goals
In particular to:
***Text End***
We might want a para explain why an external group is used without
meaning to detract from Xcore...
Al Wood
***Text Begins***
A small group of XCore regulars has set up a group that focuses on
Open Source development using XMOS technologies. Everyone with an
interest in XMOS devices is invited.
Please click the link below
http://groups.google.com/group/xmos-foundation/browse_thread/thread/1c68e741176df117
to see the manifesto, of which we include an extract:
Call to Action
So, now, formally, the members of the XMOS community, including all
users or potential users of XMOS technologies, the company XMOS Ltd
itself, and its employees and business partners, are hereby invited to
participate in the institution of an XCommons Foundation.
Membership
All members of the the wider XMOS community, including all users or
potential users of XMOS technologies, employees and business partners
of XMOS, are invited to participate in the discussion, the empowerment
of a pro tem board, the agreement of articles of incorporation, and
the holding of an election of officers.
Goals
The XCommons Foundation shall represent the interests of the community of
users and producers of XMOS technologies, and promote the development
of hardware and software designs that help broaden the scope of the
XMOS platform, and grow the market for XMOS related products.
In particular to:
Provide clear, neutral, and sustainable ownership of contributed code.
Provide a decision-making structure for essential community activities.
Interface with XMOS, the company, to represent the needs of the
Foundation membership.
Assist XMOS in the transition to greater transparency and openness for
the benefit of Foundation members.
Please join this new and dynamic group by adding yourself to the
google group, and add your comments on the issue we are discussing,
such as repository choice, license, outreach, documentation, and more.
http://groups.google.com/group/xmos-foundation
We are working hard to define some basics prior to calling an election
for the Board of Directors. Any contribution you can make, experience
you can share, or expertise you can bring, will be deeply appreciated.
We are especially hopeful to receive interest from XMOS employees and
board members. The Foundation shares many interests with XMOS Ltd, and
its employees, and wishes to work closely with XMOS to represent the
needs of the wider XMOS community.
If you appreciate XMOS, we hope you will join the Foundation.
***Text End***
Hopefully I have now replaced all XMOS Foundation refernces with
XCommons Foundation
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http://www.folknology.com
Al Wood
***Text Begins***
A small group of XCore regulars has set up a group that focuses on
Open Source development using XMOS technologies. Everyone with an
interest in XMOS devices is invited.
Please click the link below
http://groups.google.com/group/xmos-foundation/browse_thread/thread/1c68e741176df117
to see the manifesto, of which we include an extract:
Call to Action
So, now, formally, the members of the XMOS community, including all
users or potential users of XMOS technologies, the company XMOS Ltd
itself, and its employees and business partners, are hereby invited to
participate in the institution of an XCommons Foundation.
Membership
All members of the the wider XMOS community, including all users or
potential users of XMOS technologies, employees and business partners
of XMOS, are invited to participate in the discussion, the empowerment
of a pro tem board, the agreement of articles of incorporation, and
the holding of an election of officers.
Goals
The XCommons Foundation shall represent the interests of the community of users
and producers of XMOS technologies, and promote its open development.
In particular to:
Provide clear, neutral, and sustainable ownership of contributed code.
Provide a decision-making structure for essential community activities.
Interface with XMOS, the company, to represent the needs of the
Foundation membership.
Assist XMOS in the transition to greater transparency and openness for
the benefit of Foundation members.
Please join this new and dynamic group by adding yourself to the
google group, and add your comments on the issue we are discussing,
such as repository choice, license, outreach, documentation, and more.
http://groups.google.com/group/xmos-foundation
We are working hard to define some basics prior to calling an election
for the Board of Directors. Any contribution you can make, experience
you can share, or expertise you can bring, will be deeply appreciated.
We are especially hopeful to receive interest from XMOS employees and
board members. The Foundation shares many interests with XMOS Ltd, and
its employees, and wishes to work closely with XMOS to represent the
needs of the wider XMOS community.
If you appreciate XMOS, we hope you will join the Foundation.
***Text End***
--
http://www.folknology.com
Al Wood
free for opensource).
Next wee can create a project on XCore called XCommons that points to
the repository.
Kaspar Bumke
members of the XMOS community, including all
users or potential users of XMOS technologies, the company XMOS Ltd
itself, and its employees and business partners,
members of the XMOS community, including all
users or potential users of XMOS technologies, the company XMOS Ltd
itself, and its employees
Al Wood
***Text Begins***
A small group of XCore regulars has set up a group that focuses on
Open Source development using XMOS technologies. Everyone with an
interest in XMOS devices is invited.
Please click the link below
http://groups.google.com/group/xmos-foundation/browse_thread/thread/1c68e741176df117
to see the manifesto, of which we include an extract:
Membership
All members of the the wider XMOS community, including all users or
potential users of XMOS technologies, employees and business partners
of XMOS, are invited to participate in the discussion, the empowerment
of a pro tem board, the agreement of articles of incorporation, and
the holding of an election of officers.
Goals
The XCommons Foundation shall represent the interests of the community of users
and producers of XMOS technologies, and promote its open development. A primary
goal being to create a commons body of opensource code for Xmos and
its community.
In particular to:
Provide clear, neutral, and sustainable ownership of contributed code.
Provide a decision-making structure for essential community activities.
Interface with XMOS, the company, to represent the needs of the
Foundation membership.
Assist XMOS in the transition to greater transparency and openness for
the benefit of Foundation members.
Please join this new and dynamic group by adding yourself to the
google group, and add your comments on the issue we are discussing,
such as repository choice, license, outreach, documentation, and more.
http://groups.google.com/group/xmos-foundation
We are working hard to define some basics prior to calling an election
for the Board of Directors. Any contribution you can make, experience
you can share, or expertise you can bring, will be deeply appreciated.
We are especially hopeful to receive interest from XMOS employees and
board members. The Foundation shares many interests with XMOS Ltd, and
its employees, and wishes to work closely with XMOS to represent the
needs of the wider XMOS community.
If you appreciate XMOS, we hope you will join the Foundation.
***Text End***
Removed call to action containing duplicate text,
added 'A primary goal being to create a commons body of opensource
code for Xmos and its community .'
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http://www.folknology.com
Kaspar Bumke
Russ Ferriday
Al Wood
I have updated the opensource group to become XCommons Foundation -
https://www.xcore.com/groups/xcommons-foundation
Russ why don't you publish the txt on the XCommns group and also post
it in a new thread
regards
Al
Al Wood
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Russ Ferriday
I think the Foundation is important for the full name of the org. We may shorten it to xcommons sometimes (and for the web site)
I just obtained xcommons.org for a year.
--r
Russ Ferriday
--r
Russ Ferriday
On Nov 23, 2010, at 5:47 AM, Al Wood wrote:
> Ok one more go this has less fluffyness ;-)
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Al Wood
Hmm I did that earlier with Godaddy, not sure how you could also..
Russ Ferriday
--r
Russ Ferriday
--r.
Russ Ferriday
--r.
On Nov 23, 2010, at 4:57 AM, Al Wood wrote: