[Koha] Hey, can we plan now?

[M. Brooke Helman]

Salvete!

 
        Many times this community strikes me as having many tribal properties, and not just for purposes of guilting Chris into a new feature ;) On the good side, this means that many people have input into how things operate and progress. Progress is quick when the gears are in motion. On the downside of things, sometimes we trust the wrong people. I feel as though this happened since power was concentrated in one person's hands, unofficially through corporate and other means. 
        Largely, though, I feel as though we all failed here, because we failed to plan. So let's fix that. How can we ensure that this does not happen again in future, or happens more rarely? I think there's a lot of good work being done currently in regards to a foundation, and I also think that some of this is spurring general planning conversations. I apologise that I've not been around for more of it, but I still look at my email ;)
        Why cry and ask? Let's just move. Should we have to? No, but remember the days of the BBS when you could swear in leetspeak? It isn't possible to own all of the Koha related domains. We have more resources now than we have had in the past. I feel as though a window has been opened and there are people speaking their minds that have been stifled in past.

So:

Mission and Vision
Foundation stuff
Ensuring neutral resource holders
Restating governance
Figuring out conference trappings in a general sense


         Does that sound like a start? I bet Thomas Dukleth has put his great mind to this. He might have been getting some unnecessary flak of late, but if you don't like the length of his clear thoughts, skip em!

Cheers,
Brooke