Mission Statement for the Adoption Group for OpenJDK

[Mani Sarkar]

Steve, All,

I like this version, actually everyone who adopts should evangelise, not
leave it to a handful or just one person. IMHO, that's one of the ways the
program will get full acceptance and nurtured by existing and new champions
joining it.

Regards,
Mani


On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Antonio <diferdin at gmail.com> wrote:

> As someone who speaks English as a non-mother language, I'd struggle to
> understand the use of 'champion' in this context. I'd need to take a look
> at the dictionary. So if the goal for the mission statement is to have a
> sentence anyone can understand straightaway, I'd suggest we replace
> 'champion'.
>
> Cheers.
>
> A.
>
>
> On 16 Feb 2014, at 07:10, Steve Poole <SPOOLE at uk.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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