[infrastructure] [Infrastructure] new working groups

[Terri Molini]

I did not.

terri

Chris Hankin wrote:
> did anyone get back with Ricardo?  I am happy to, but dont want to be 
> redundant.
>
> Chris
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> On 08/27/09 20:42, elizabeth wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>> I may be a bit late to the game (I am not sure what happened at the 
>> phone meeting this afternoon, sorry I missed it) but I have been 
>> chewing on this for the day and I want to bounce this off of you:
>>
>> As we mentioned before, we're in effect a lobbying organization. We 
>> want to influence the government to adopt open source software 
>> wherever it makes sense.
>>
>> Mr. Sanchez is a government employee-- i.e. in the group whom we are 
>> lobbying.
>>
>> I read his email to mean that he wants to pursue creating an open 
>> source working group within the government not a working group within 
>> OSfA. 
>>
>> Is it possible for us to help Mr. Sanchez achieve his goal, rather 
>> than changing it?  He said he needed help with information and 
>> documentation. I am not sure where we have such a repository. I would 
>> turn this around and see if we can use his working group as 
>> contributors to OSfA case study compendium.
>>
>>
>> On the subject of working groups vs projects,  I suggest that we 
>> limit the number of layers we create for 2 - 3 months just to see 
>> what comes up.  Is it possible that we create internal working groups 
>> vs external working groups?
>>
>>
>>
>> Warmly,
>>
>> elizabeth ziph, CEO
>>
>>
>>
>> Melanie Chernoff wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Pls see email below.  Ricardo looked at our list of groups, but really wants to do something that's not limited to a particular area [eg healthcare, education].  Instead, he'd like a group that brings Federal IT professionals together from different depts/agencies so they can create consistent OSS policies and practices.  He's willing to lead it.  This sounds like a group with a lot of potential to really change government.  But, I don't know that we can (or would want to) limit the group to just gov't employees.  
>>>
>>> But this brings up the question that I don't know what our process is to approve a group.  Since each new group means additional wiki page, mailing list, etc, I don't know that we'll want to accept every new workgroup that's proposed.    
>>>
>>> Curious as to others' thoughts on (1) this proposed group, and (2) if we should develop some sort of criteria that we post on the website for ppl that want to form their own group.
>>>
>>> --mel
>>>
>>> ----- "Ricardo T Sanchez" <SanchezRT at gao.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>> | Hi Melanie,
>>> | 
>>> | Thank you for the response.  I am very interested in leading a Federal
>>> | IT Prof. working group.  I am going to be working within DHS in a
>>> | similar manner.  I already have a few items off the top of my head for
>>> | action items such as adding open source software to EA models,
>>> | portable security documentation and wiki documentation for OS
>>> | resources.
>>> | 
>>> | Please send any documentation or templates along and I'll get started
>>> | ASAP or call (contact info below.)  
>>> | 
>>> | --Ricardo
>>> | 
>>> | Ricardo T. Sanchez, Esq. | Analyst | Strategic Issues | Engagement
>>> | 450536
>>> | sanchezrt at gao.gov | O (202) 512-5030 | BB (202) 487-4995 | F (202)
>>> | 512-3774
>>> | 
>>>   
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