Mission Statement for the Adoption Group for OpenJDK

[Steve Poole]

I rather like 'champion'  [1]  for the same reasons that  it used within 
'Java Champions' :-) .  However we could take a slightly longer version of 
'actively support' to give

"Actively promote and support community involvement in the development, 
adoption and evangelism of premier OpenJDK projects"

[1] a person who actively supports or favors a cause 





From:   Ben Evans <benjamin.john.evans at gmail.com>
To:     Daniel Bryant <daniel.bryant at tai-dev.co.uk>
Cc:     adoption-discuss at openjdk.java.net
Date:   14/02/2014 13:48
Subject:        Re: Mission Statement for the Adoption Group for OpenJDK
Sent by:        adoption-discuss-bounces at openjdk.java.net



I wouldn't use the word "Champion" as it may invite confusion with the 
Java
Champions programme, especially for non-EFL developers.


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Daniel Bryant
<daniel.bryant at tai-dev.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi Martijn, Mani (and all),
>
> Thanks Martijn, and I definitely see the logic behind making the mission
> statement punchy. I think Mani hit the nail on the head with this quote
>
>  It should answer questions like why am I joining, who is/are 
benefiting,
>> what and how am I contributing
>>
>
> The mission statement should definitely answer the first part of this
> statement, and maybe the other two parts are covered in the vision
> statement?
>
> How about this for the mission statement:
>
> "Champion increased community involvement in the development, adoption 
and
> evangelism of OpenJDK projects, with the ultimate goal of increasing
> contributions in a scalable manner"
>
> Does that capture everything, and do we need to go shorter?
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
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