1:25 p.m.
tl;dr -- things are moving quickly in this project in the context of The
World Around Us, and I'm worried they are moving too quickly for our
friends and family out there who haven't found us yet but who may be
available to contribute "soon".
I've been worried about a few things around our schedule:
1. The world around us is shifting literally daily in terms of what we
can all expect life to look like in six weeks, six months, and sixteen
months.
2. With more ramp-up time for people to ponder and commit to writing a
chapter, we would have a better diversity of writers.[1] Yet ...
3. We have momentum that we don't want to lose by dragging out the
schedule too much.
4. Ultimately, we shouldn't force those who are able to act now wait for
others to come along before they can make progress and complete
chapters. Early and late contributors should be welcomed and enabled to
be successful.
One option is to shift the release date out and give us another month or
two of recruiting writers. People are already writing, but they would be
looking at a longer time until the gratification of publication.
Another option is to work with what we have, accepting fewer voices are
involved in the final work. Folks who come along in a month can be
subject matter expert reviewers instead of writers, at least for the 2.0
release.
Today when discussing this with Bryan Behrenshausen, he suggested a
middle road that I really liked. I opened this thread partially to
tee-up his presenting that idea.
What thoughts, feelings, questions, and ideas does this bring up for all
of you?
Best regards,
- Karsten
[1] In that, all the chapters will eventually get written -- there are
several of us from Red Hat who are preparing to write whatever is needed
to get this guide done, but that will mean fewer voices at the writing
level.
--
Karsten Wade [he/him/his]| Senior Community Architect | @quaid
Red Hat Open Source Program Office (OSPO) : @redhatopen
https://community.redhat.com | https://next.redhat.com | https://osci.io
https://theopensourceway.org | https://github.com/theopensourceway/guide