Mission Statement for the Adoption Group for OpenJDK

[Rory O'Donnell Oracle, Dublin Ireland]

Hi Martijn,

I like Steve's Mission Statement, it sets out the purpose & objectives
and the measure of success.

Daniel's suggestion of a Vision statement needs to focus on the human
values, reducing the stress associated with the current barriers to
contributions etc.

Rgds,Rory


On 06/02/2014 22:08, Martijn Verburg wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I see your point and I think with Daniel's observation we can kill two
> birds with one stone.  Have the broader Mission Statement and then set out
> some guidelines and strategy which highlights that we'll strongly pursue
> avenues that don't cause existing OpenJDK folks pain :-).
>
> I need some sleep after packing up the house all day, but will think on the
> statement again and list out some of the guidelines & strategy as Daniel
> suggests and fire that back to this group.
>
> More feedback is of course welcome! It's important we get this right.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Martijn
>
>
> On 6 February 2014 15:07, Steve Poole <SPOOLE at uk.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> Sorry - don't like the mission statement. It's too concise and implies
>> only code contributions.  The bit about "without overloading existing
>> contributors" is presumptive.  I understand why we need to manage the
>> quality of contributions but having wording like this in the mission
>> statement does not fit well with me.
>>
>> I'd rather have something more like:
>>
>> "Champion increased  community involvement in the development, adoption
>> and evangelism of OpenJDK projects"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From:   Daniel Bryant <daniel.bryant at tai-dev.co.uk>
>> To:     adoption-discuss at openjdk.java.net
>> Date:   06/02/2014 13:47
>> Subject:        Re: Mission Statement for the Adoption Group for OpenJDK
>> Sent by:        adoption-discuss-bounces at openjdk.java.net
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>> "To effectively scale contributions to OpenJDK in a way that does not
>>> overload existing OpenJDK contributors"
>> Thanks Martijn - I like it. I believe the key purpose of a mission
>> statement is to be direct about what should be accomplished, and this
>> does statement does this very well.
>>
>> Within teams I run at work I also like to supplement the mission
>> statement with strategy and/or core values, with the analogy being that
>> the mission statement is your destination, the strategy is your map and
>> values act as your decision-making compass. Perhaps these supporting
>> statements would be a good place to be more specific about our approach?
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Daniel
>>
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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland