On 8/10/07,
Bruce Momjian <
bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > See my other posting about suggestions to improve things. Obviously I
> > realize this is open source and lots of issues are going to come up, but
> > the question is whether there is room for improvement and whether more
> > leadership and self-policing will improve things.
>
> Well "leadership" in this vein is a red herring unless you want to start
> moderating. Self policing is something that we *all* should do better.
The provided description of Advocacy is: "PostgreSQL vs. the rest. Promotional ideas, etc.",
and would seem to be a good place to start. Change 'description' to Objective. Restate the sentence as an Objective. Set specific, chewable, sub-objectives. Then add in the Promotional ideas to achieve each specific objective. Develop very specific task lists (similar to a Roadmap). Get volunteer(s). Then do it and attempt to measure results.
Anytime I see "etc." in any sentence, to me it means "wing it". I brought up the same general thread a few years ago. There is no Marketing Plan. Until there is, the Advocacy list will remain an exercise in "etc.". At the time I was told (+ - ), "don't go there."
Man 1: "Can you give me some directions?"
Man 2: "Sure, what's your destination?"
Man 1: "Damned if I know."
Man 2: "There's your answer.".
