[Strategic] Action: Test front page with moved search form

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 05/27/11 10:21, Kai Krueger wrote:
> SWG is about [...]
> gathering statistics to identify where the problems lie in achieving the
> goals osm(f) has and what solutions they may _theoretically_ be to get
> around those.

Maybe not only gathering statistics but the general direction sounds ok.

I do have the impression though that many of your fellow strategists see 
SWG in a slighly more operational role.

> Indeed, simply defining what those goals are in the first
> place would be a good start. I.e. design a strategy of which problems
> need solving in which way. Others (dev) can then JFDI.

Interestingly, those who have "JFDI" on SWG recently do not (by posting 
volume) seem to be regulars on dev. I can only speculate about the 
reasons; one such speculation is that you are more likely to be 
applauded on SWG for "JFDI" than you are on dev (where you are among 
programmers who will, while still encouraging "JFDI", also bring a 
certain amount of skepticism to the table which, however justified, can 
ruin your "look I coded something" fun).

> And if they
> decide to ignore the strategy SWG comes up with while JFDI, well so be
> it.

I like the idea, but again, I'm not sure it is shared by other SWG 
members. What you're saying is basically that SWG is a "think tank", 
whereas I had the impression that SWGers believed they were somehow 
tasked by OSMF board to make everything better - to not only think of 
strategies but implement them as well.

> If JFDI can't be done on dev anymore and needs to be done on SWG, we
> have a problem. That would be an admission that the dev channels have
> become so large and unmanageable that we need to create a new smaller
> and exclusive cabal to go back to JFDI, which would imho be bad.

Or, you would have everyone who wants to do something about the web site 
join SWG which would be likely to detract from other SWG business.

Bye
Frederik