[Vtigercrm-developers] Community help needed

Wed Sep 27 06:21:13 PDT 2006

Team, 
Just let me know who all are willing to take responsibility with total awareness. Nothing to get emotional about this. The only problem with emotions is that it subsides after sometime and then mother reality seems too painful. So, those who are willing to take responsibility, please raise their hands. 

We need help in making vtiger better. 
I have laid out the areas we need help in. 
I will act as facilitator, just let me know what all are needed for you all to get started and end within quantifiable limits else we will never have anything done. In case you want to have tele-conferences for this to work, let me know. 
I will arrange. I would like to point out that we will have to do it within limits as we have limited infrastructure. 

You are free to make your own teams and work on any specific issue. Do what you feel is right, just keep the community posted. 
I have no intention of keeping 'control'. 

We guide vtiger together, that is it. vtiger is our baby, our responsibility. 

Anyone has any better ideas, kindly do pitch in. 

Richie

---- Richie&lt;richie at vtiger.com&gt; wrote ---- 

Dear&nbsp;Team,

We&nbsp;are&nbsp;currently&nbsp;working&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;following&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;NEED&nbsp;&nbsp;volunteers&nbsp;for&nbsp;almost&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;activities&nbsp;:-
a)&nbsp;Move&nbsp;common&nbsp;forum&nbsp;posts&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;wiki&nbsp;and&nbsp;lock&nbsp;those&nbsp;postsb)&nbsp;Publish&nbsp;the&nbsp;estimated&nbsp;dates&nbsp;for&nbsp;5.0.x&nbsp;releasesc)&nbsp;We&nbsp;need&nbsp;information&nbsp;on&nbsp;who&nbsp;all&nbsp;have&nbsp;done&nbsp;integration&nbsp;with&nbsp;any&nbsp;accounting&nbsp;softwares&nbsp;out&nbsp;there&nbsp;asit&nbsp;seems&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;commonly&nbsp;asked&nbsp;queryd)&nbsp;Make&nbsp;the&nbsp;product&nbsp;smaller&nbsp;in&nbsp;size&nbsp;still.&nbsp;I&nbsp;feel,&nbsp;the&nbsp;product&nbsp;is&nbsp;even&nbsp;now&nbsp;too&nbsp;big.&nbsp;We&nbsp;need&nbsp;assistancefrom&nbsp;you&nbsp;all&nbsp;in&nbsp;this&nbsp;regard.&nbsp;I&nbsp;think&nbsp;we&nbsp;should&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;size&nbsp;by&nbsp;another&nbsp;50%&nbsp;at&nbsp;least.e)&nbsp;Language&nbsp;packs.&nbsp;We&nbsp;are&nbsp;running&nbsp;in&nbsp;circles&nbsp;with&nbsp;this&nbsp;issue.&nbsp;We&nbsp;have&nbsp;tested&nbsp;and&nbsp;tested&nbsp;and&nbsp;still&nbsp;not&nbsp;ableto&nbsp;reach&nbsp;a&nbsp;point&nbsp;where&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;rest&nbsp;relaxed.&nbsp;We&nbsp;need&nbsp;help&nbsp;in&nbsp;this.&nbsp;It&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;great&nbsp;if&nbsp;we&nbsp;have&nbsp;owners&nbsp;for&nbsp;this&nbsp;issue&nbsp;who&nbsp;will&nbsp;take&nbsp;this&nbsp;issue&nbsp;to&nbsp;its&nbsp;logical&nbsp;conclusion.&nbsp;The&nbsp;ownermay&nbsp;have&nbsp;his&nbsp;own&nbsp;team/projectf)&nbsp;More&nbsp;language&nbsp;packs&nbsp;neededg)&nbsp;More&nbsp;blogs&nbsp;neededh)&nbsp;More&nbsp;advertising&nbsp;neededi)&nbsp;More&nbsp;bundling&nbsp;of&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;in&nbsp;CDs,DVDs&nbsp;neededj)&nbsp;More&nbsp;information&nbsp;on&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;successes&nbsp;needed&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&nbsp;enthuses&nbsp;others&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;vtigerk)&nbsp;More&nbsp;information&nbsp;needed&nbsp;on&nbsp;where&nbsp;all&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;lacks&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;start&nbsp;working&nbsp;on&nbsp;those&nbsp;areasl)&nbsp;More&nbsp;themes&nbsp;needed&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;the&nbsp;product&nbsp;more&nbsp;sexym)&nbsp;More&nbsp;involvement&nbsp;with&nbsp;those&nbsp;given&nbsp;responsibility&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;core&nbsp;team&nbsp;is&nbsp;left&nbsp;free&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;what&nbsp;it&nbsp;does&nbsp;besto)&nbsp;Need&nbsp;more&nbsp;contributions&nbsp;for&nbsp;patches/features.&nbsp;We&nbsp;have&nbsp;started&nbsp;working&nbsp;on&nbsp;this&nbsp;end&nbsp;by&nbsp;notifying&nbsp;the&nbsp;status&nbsp;ofeach&nbsp;contribution.&nbsp;I&nbsp;hope&nbsp;this&nbsp;will&nbsp;encourage&nbsp;the&nbsp;contributors&nbsp;to&nbsp;contribute&nbsp;more&nbsp;and&nbsp;add&nbsp;value&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;product.&nbsp;Also&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;making&nbsp;it&nbsp;a&nbsp;point&nbsp;to&nbsp;acknowledge&nbsp;all&nbsp;credits.p)&nbsp;Achieve&nbsp;twice&nbsp;the&nbsp;popularity&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;end&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;calendar&nbsp;year.&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;needs&nbsp;to&nbsp;spread&nbsp;virally&nbsp;to&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;corners&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;world.&nbsp;Tell&nbsp;me&nbsp;what&nbsp;can&nbsp;we&nbsp;do&nbsp;to&nbsp;achieve&nbsp;this.&nbsp;I&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;spending&nbsp;sleepless&nbsp;nights&nbsp;for&nbsp;far&nbsp;too&nbsp;long&nbsp;on&nbsp;this.q)&nbsp;Need&nbsp;information&nbsp;on&nbsp;sites&nbsp;hosting&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;customers&nbsp;have&nbsp;an&nbsp;easy&nbsp;option&nbsp;to&nbsp;choose&nbsp;and&nbsp;not&nbsp;scour&nbsp;for&nbsp;information.r)&nbsp;Try&nbsp;and&nbsp;make&nbsp;the&nbsp;product&nbsp;more&nbsp;plug&nbsp;and&nbsp;play.&nbsp;This&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;achieved&nbsp;if&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;fanatical&nbsp;about&nbsp;quality&nbsp;so&nbsp;we&nbsp;need&nbsp;more&nbsp;testerss)&nbsp;Make&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;as&nbsp;simple&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;toy&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;can&nbsp;play&nbsp;with&nbsp;itt)&nbsp;Enhance&nbsp;the&nbsp;pluginsu)&nbsp;Make&nbsp;more&nbsp;pluginsv)&nbsp;Need&nbsp;more&nbsp;sponsors&nbsp;for&nbsp;vtigerw)&nbsp;Need&nbsp;more&nbsp;wild&nbsp;ideas&nbsp;for&nbsp;incorporating&nbsp;into&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;as&nbsp;one&nbsp;never&nbsp;knows&nbsp;what&nbsp;will&nbsp;succeed&nbsp;and&nbsp;what&nbsp;notx) Need volunteers who can peek into the code and say this is redundant code, we can make it work better like xzy 
y) Need experienced ppl on board who can guide the young guns 
z) Need ideas on how to make vtiger more fun
n)&nbsp;Need&nbsp;more&nbsp;friends,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;so&nbsp;tough&nbsp;at&nbsp;times&nbsp;..Thanks for kicking my ass Balduin! I read your blog comment
Richie

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