Mission Statement for the Adoption Group for OpenJDK

[Daniel Bryant]

Hi all,

Just bumping this thread so that Cecila can respond in context :-)

The current proposal is below (and I'm wondering whether the word 
'premier' is appropriate here, as per my latest email?)

Best wishes,

Daniel


On 16/02/2014 07:10, Steve Poole 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
>
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> 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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