Re: [Ubuntugnome-qa] [Attention] Testing Ubuntu GNOME and QA Team Activities

[Eric Goulet <eric.m.goulet@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ali/Tim and all others that actively work behind the scenes,

I appreciate the efforts you guys put in. Ali, I've seen you apologize
a few times for real-life needs taking the forefront and I don't
really think you should have to apologize to anyone. You are someone
with vision that helps give focus. Your efforts to organize the
community are commendable. I think everyone understand that none of
you are paid and have other life obligations to balance.

Now, I'd love to be more active, but as you've seen, I've been quiet
since the LTS release. Heck, I was quite before if only because I'm
still new to the expectations/needs. Shortly after the LTS release, I
went on a business trip/trip to see family in the United States. When
I returned to Germany, I was preparing to head out the door on a
military deployment. Now I am deployed with some free time, but
minimal because I am the leader of my team. Bandwidth is also an issue
-- right now I'm forced to use "basic HTML" GMail to ensure it
actually loads. I still read the discussion and try to learn from the
goings-on, but I don't have the time that you guys would ask of me. If
this means I am seen as dead-weight and need to be weeded out, so be
it.

I wish you guys the best and hope that more folks are willing and able
to step forward.

Respectfully,
Eric

On 6/29/14, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Now that Ubuntu GNOME Utopic Unicorn Alpha 1 was released [1], we are back
> to test the daily builds [2].
>
> Whether you're NEW to testing or not, kindly help yourself and read:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing
>
> If you have any Q, kindly ask :)
>
> As for Ubuntu GNOME QA Team [3] Activities, yet again, this team is
> suffering from a serious issue that is 'Internal Communications' :)
>
> It is either that everything is fine so that no communications at all
> between the members of that team OR no one is doing anything. Either way,
> something is wrong and must be addressed.
>
> I do hope you have seen this:
> http://ubuntugnome.org/acting-team-leader/
>
> If truth to be told, I have NO idea who could help with this as I don't
> know who is the most active tester for Ubuntu GNOME because he/she is
> silent and communicate less :)
>
> While I do appreciate ALL the efforts you have put so far, we as a team
> need to communicate between each other and therefore, we do have a team on
> Launchpad and a Mailing List [4] :)
>
>
> You see, many changes are happening within Ubuntu GNOME community and if I
> have to, I'm ready to do a full re-structure to our Sub-Teams [5] if I
> really have to. Some Sub-Teams are NOT working as a team at all. This is
> not good nor helpful.
>
> I hope you see my point here. We must work as a team, period.
>
> *That said, members of Ubuntu GNOME QA Team are kindly required to 'Reply'
> this email so that I prepare a list of those who are active and call them
> for a meeting.*
>
> What I have in mind right now is to do a strict exception that membership
> of Ubuntu GNOME QA Team will no longer be 90 days but rather 30 days.
>
> For more details, please read:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Community
>
> and
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/SubTeams#What_is_a_Sub-Team
>
> Kindly treat this email as a very important and I'm waiting for your
> replies.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> [1] - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/14.10/alpha-1/
>
> [2] - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/daily-live/current
>
> [3] - https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnome-qa
>
> [4] - ubuntugnome-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> [5] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/SubTeams
>
> P.S.
> Red Color and Bold Text is not shouting, just kind of highlight.
>
> --
> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
> Best Regards,
> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
> Areas of Involvement <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/AreasOfInvolvement>
> My Projects <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/Projects>
>


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