Re: Initiative Proposal: Chat communication platforms

[Link Dupont <link sub-pop net>]

In the spirit of using modern tooling, please direct responses to the
discourse post on this topic.

https://discourse.gnome.org/t/initiative-proposal-chat-communication-platforms/2794

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On Thu, 2020-02-13 at 10:12 -0500, Link Dupont wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have been discussing the future of GNOME's communication platform
> for years now, and no real progress comes out of it, except for a
> further fracturing of our community. I propose we form a team of
> people, representative of different factions of the community
> (developers, system administrators, engagement & community
> outreachers,
> designers) that are tasked with identifying the chat platform that
> best
> suits our community's needs now, and in the future.
>
> At a high level, I believe a process like the following may achieve
> this goal:
>
> 1. Identify a list of acceptance criteria that candidates are
> evaluated
>    against.
> 2. Request from the community at large for candidates, in the form of
>    something similar to an RFP.
> 3. Review the RFPs against the acceptance criteria, identifying the
> top
>    three candidates.
>    3a. Identify members of other open source communities who have
> used
>        the candidate platform and interview them for their
> experiences.
>    3b. Identify members of the candidate's community who could aid in
>        running evaluations and/or work through problems that come up.
> 4. Plan and schedule evaluation periods for the identified
> candidates.
> 5. Collect both qualitative and quantitative feedback about each
>    candidate.
> 6. Review feedback and decide on a platform to use.
> 7. Create the platform launch process and migration process.
>
> I volunteer to run this initiative and be on the team.
>
> 🍿
> Link
>
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