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Re: Maemo Advocacy

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Originally Posted by ARJWright (Post 530346)

Don't be surprised if a few companies come for you, your background inside and outside of Nokia is needed in several industries.

Oh man, if only... :(

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I don't think it's just Texrat's knowledge of Nokia. Texrat has proven himself under fire. I am astounded that that quality of resolute moderation and some calmness that he didn't have at first, but learned, doesn't have companies flocking to him. Character is not something that companies can buy. Technical expertise IS something they can buy. Someone should just hire him for some vague title and let him do what he thinks is important.

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Geneven... that is one of the most generous things anyone has ever said about me. I owe you a huge apology for past testiness. :o

I had to address this:

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Originally Posted by geneven (Post 530453)

Someone should just hire him for some vague title and let him do what he thinks is important.

I have to tell you... that's real close to what I had when I first hired on at Nokia, working in the Alliance factory for QA. My original official title was Quality Feedback Analyst but ultimately I was SQL server dba, .NET programmer, quality engineer, process engineer, auditor lead, you name it. My manager at the time was the best anyone could hope for and she allowed/empowered her team to do what it took within reason to get the job done. Best of all she trusted her people, and you just flat cannot buy that at any price.

Best job I ever had or could ever hope to have. Best boss. Best team. Best work environment. Man I miss that time... :(

Re: Maemo Advocacy

I have formally announced my intent to run for council re-election for 2010, on the maemo community email list. I CCed the MeeGo community list as well (FYI purpose) but note that it is not currently working.

If elected again, I will not run for a third consecutive term.

Accomplishments and platform details are in the original email, quoted below:

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Greetings Maemo community! For Moblin folks with no current maemo.org ties this is mostly an FYI (although I encourage you to engage in the process if you are interested).

I was going to hold off on this announcement but given the high demand for guidance vis-a-vis the Maemo-Moblin-MeeGo transformation I felt it would be a good idea to announce my candidacy for re-election along with my intentions (platform).

As many on the Maemo side know I was originally involved with the Maemo devices as a Nokia factory QA engineer and in 2009 transitioned into more of a community-support role when my Nokia position was eliminated.

I will list my recent efforts, new projects and future plans as follows:

Recent Efforts

As a council member I championed the welcoming of new members and rolled out a volunteer program called Maemo Greeters with a very simple goal: ask members to include helpful links in their talk.maemo.org signatures, thus easily propogating helpful info throughout the forum. The program was more successful than I had even imagined, growing through user suggestions to include multiple languages and a variety of resources and approaches. I see value in continuing this at MeeGo.

Another initiative was Community Outreach. With the guidance of the maemo.org community I developed flyers and began reaching out to user/developer/enthusist groups who would potentially have interest. Along with Ed Page and Andrew Black (and input from others as well), we began working on outreach policies, procedures and budget. I believe this is also important to continue for MeeGo.

I have also been a strong advocate for the community device owners, successfully working with Nokia to resolve a quality issue with micro USB connectors coming out of N900s. I will continue to use my blog as a fact-based pulpit for user advocacy.

New Projects

One item I think has paramount importance is Bugzilla. It's critical to make sure the MeeGo bug tracking structure supports the various needs a multi-device OS platform will encounter. Nokia Pilots has a very rich and robust tracking system and my hope is that we will be allowed to benchmark against it and possibly even duplicate its structure if that proves to have merit. I have volunteered to participate in this effort.

Following that, I have been putting together a presentation for getting feedback mechanisms of various types onto Maemo devices, including a bug reporting wizard. I believe this should be carried into MeeGo and am refactoring my presentation accordingly.

I would also like to take the lessons learned (especially my own) from maemo.org Brainstorm for creation of a similar but better system for MeeGo.

Future Plans

I see the creation of a discussion forum as a great need. Just as we created new email lists for MeeGo as opposed to renaming or reusing maemo.org lists, I believe we should create an entirely new forum that reflects this "reboot". Yes that will be hectic for those who will "live in both worlds" for a while but I am uncomfortable with plopping a huge legacy forum on top of the incoming Moblin contingent. Let's all start into this on equal footing!

I also plan to learn QT + Python development to better understand the needs of developers (as well as for personal growth).

Platform

My belief is that almost every user is a potential developer/designer/tester/evangelist/etc and should be approached in that spirit. They need to feel instantly welcomed in any community with which they identify. Making MeeGo's goals and infrastructure clear and open is foremost among my interests. I wlll continue working tirelessly to be a face of and for the community. I will be approachable and sympathetic to sincere constructive criticism.

Voting

Please see these discussions at talk.maemo.org for voting details:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=44623
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=44036

I'm nervous about this big advent but excited too. I intend to do what I can to make the change positive. Thanks for your vote!

Randall (Randy) Arnold
maemo.org community council
http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/

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Wow... I write about Nokia beefing up US operations (and HIRING people), and reaction so far is negative (on Maemo Planet). I'm perplexed.

I'm not concerned about a handful of negative votes-- but I am concerned with knowing why that sort of piece would be considered bad. Your objective feedback is useful in guiding my writing, so please share! Here or at the blog, doesn't matter. Thanks!

http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com...overs-america/

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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 549165)

Wow... I write about Nokia beefing up US operations (and HIRING people), and reaction so far is negative (on Maemo Planet). I'm perplexed.

Who knows. It's likely an emotional issue more than anything. :)

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Heh... I know there's at least 6 people who have a grudge of some sort... :D

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Or maybe a minority of the majority (per the last poll) of Europeans here took it as bad news ? :-)

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Feh. Still plenty of Nokia jobs listed for Europe. Even global positions... like the ones I've been turned down on. Joke among ex Nokia employees in US is that Europe is the new "global". Wrong address, don't bother applying. :D

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moved from EIPI's debate thread:

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Originally Posted by Mandor (Post 572316)

General topic 1 : Transition from Maemo to MeeGo community

Examples :

1) How do you see your (new ?) role in the MeeGo community ?

2) What can you do as a community council to ease the merge between both community ?

3) What should be the objectives of the MeeGo council ?

4) In your opinion, what should happen to Maemo.org after the merge ?

5) Do you see the usefulness of a MeeGo council ?

General Topic 2 : Growing the community

Examples :

1) How should the community welcome its new members ?

2) What can the council do to help the community grow ?

3) I am a developer. I have a busy life. Why should I choose the Maemo community over another OSS community ?

General topic 3 : Nokia and the council

Examples :

1) Do you believe Nokia is listening to the council ?

2) In your opinion, what kind of relationship/communication there should be between the council and Nokia ?

I will think of more later. I hope it will do for the time being.

1.1 As a cheerleader/coach more than anything.

1.2 Keep my own anxiety on mute, and listen to everyone else's with objectivity

1.3 A very broad question, and one that has been answered already in other questionaires. But in a nutshell, the main one is to act as a message-sharpener and facilitator between the community and infrastructure managers, solution providers, and corporate giants

1.4 maemo.org should stay active as long as there are maemo devices with life. I still have some of them so I have a vested interest in a maemo-focused community

1.5 Absolutely or I wouldn't be running again now and pushing for one

2.1 Exactly as we have been and better (with some exceptions): welcome threads, Maemo Greeters, and quick response to trolls and inflammation

2.2 take the lead on initiatives that are needed but lose momentum (or never gain it)

2.3 I'm not a salesman. I'll turn that around: if the opportunity isn't already obvious and compelling enough, why not? The answer to me is that if the message is falling flat then fence-riding developers need to tell us why, and we'll take it form there

3.1 Yes but not enough

3.2 A much closer one. But I don't know if that will happen. However, should a MeeGo council emerge, I do expect a very tight relationship between that council and the MeeGo organization.

and... more, you say? :eek: