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[Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>]

This seems like a really good idea. Being the project manager for something
like UMP is almost a full time job. Because we such a large team with
everyone dotted around the place and working on different things, it's hard
to keep track and to motivate and assign people to tasks to make sure
everything gets done.

Not to mention the fact that the project is spawning new projects like
Quickshot, the website work, the personas and of course the new Ubuntu
Support and Learning Center, it's a mission to coordinate everything for a
release every six months while making sure we stick to our original vision,
as well as recruiting new members and keeping the project interesting and
fresh.

It's clear to myself and I think everyone that this cycle I have been far
too busy to put in as much effort as I would like, and I feel really guilty
for letting it get to this stage. In NZ, the university calender is
basically:

Starts in late February, ends in late October / early November.

We get most of November, December, January and most of February off over our
summer, almost 4 months. This break coincides nicely with the .04 release,
as most of the cycle is during my free time - hence why I could put in so
much work during the Lucid cycle.

Unfortunately, the .10 cycle takes place in the middle of the Uni year, so
I'm pretty busy.

Long story short: I'd love to be the release/project manager for all of the
.04 cycles, but I think we need someone else during the .10 cycles because
as this Maverick cycle has proven, I am just far too busy and the project
needs leadership to function.

My last exam is on October 21 (finish really early this year which is good)
and after that I will be dedicating a lot of time till February on the
manual so we can finally get this support and learning center concept off
the ground and into reality. Till then, I'm basically out of action.

I'd still like to be the overall project lead, and release manager for
Natty. :)

Thanks for suggesting this idea Josh, hopefully we can find someone really
good to take care of the project release during the 11.10 cycle next year.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Isaac Trumbo <itbcn8@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  I agree on the Project Manager changing according to specific needs and
> schedules.
>
> I also wasn't able to attend last Saturday, sorry about that. If there is
> anything that needs to be done be sure to point those of us noobs who got
> confused reading the minutes to the right place to contribute.
>
> Thanks!
> Isaac T.
>
> P.S. I can translate into Spanish and mandarin Chinese and write/edit in
> English.
>
> On 20/09/2010 13:28, Josh Holland wrote:
>
> I presume you meant to send this to the list...
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Jason Odoom <jasonodoom@xxxxxxxxx> <jasonodoom@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Josh Holland <jrh@xxxxxxxxxxx> <jrh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-manual] This is not a coup
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:24:11 -0400
>
> I think that's a great idea, I agree.
>
> On 9/20/10, Josh Holland <jrh@xxxxxxxxxxx> <jrh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  but...
>
> As has been obvious, we've been somewhat without direction for this
> cycle. I fully appreciate that this is because Benjamin has had a busy
> time at university. Personally, I am due to start university 2 weeks
> today, so I'm sure that I will be just as busy when that gets underway.
>
> What I am proposing is a "Release Manager" for each cycle. This is to
> allow whoever is not busy to co-ordinate the
> writing/editing/screenshotting of the manual each cycle without worrying
> about upsetting the nominal project lead. The difference between the
> Lucid and Maverick cycles has shown how important clear leadership is in
> the production of such a complicated resource, and if at the start of a
> cycle we can nominate someone who is definitely going to have the time
> to devote to this critical job, I think we will get a much more reliably
> high-quality publication.
>
> I welcome your feedback on this idea and start the ball rolling by
> nominating Ben for the Natty Release Manager.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
>
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