[openbeos] Re: Icon Design Contest submission

Hi Stephan,

Am 14.08.2006 um 13:14 schrieb Stephan Assmus:

Hi Koki,

Haiku needs doers more than (seemingly) clear decisions. So I'm doing
someting, but I wanted it to be an open process at the same time, and except
for those emails from you and Joseph, I figured it to be quite successful so
far. I'm not really up to speed on what happens elsewhere. The communication
here is taking me enough time already.
When you say "Haiku needs to..." it always reflects to the individuals behind
whatever process in focus. So in this case me. I wrote the news item, Axel
posted it. At the time, I thought it expressed what was openly discussed on
this list before. I'm always living "now". If I see "now" that I screwed
something up, I simply try to fix it. So I will write another news item
trying to clarify what the purpose of the "contest" is.

I applaud and appreciate everything you and the other devs do; I really do. Nothing of what I said was meant to be personal, or to point fingers at anyone. I am really sorry if it was taken in that context.

I agree with you that it would be beneficial to have more "doers", but that does not rescind the need for a sound decision-making process or body (there does not seem to be one in Haiku; if there is, it is not visible).

It is exactly because Haiku suffers from a shortage of resources that good communication has great potential to attract more people, who potentially could become the doers that you so badly need. This is what I think Haiku fails to recognize.

Every communication you have with the community and beyond is an opportunity to engage and motivate potential future contributors, as well as to support and mentor existing contributors. Doing this right takes time, effort and thinking; not that I think that devs are not smart to do this, but they do not have the time. It would be better if this was undertaken by someone with a marketing mind. I know that “marketing” may be a forbidden word in open source circles, but it can be very beneficial, not in the sense of selling a product, but in the sense of selling an idea or concept, such as those that drive the goals of Haiku.

So I ask: in the context of communications, is Haiku open to this kind of ideas?

Koki



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