<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body >I&nbsp;would&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;your&nbsp;views&nbsp;on&nbsp;making&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;more&nbsp;community&nbsp;oriented.&nbsp;The&nbsp;reason&nbsp;for&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;as&nbsp;follows&nbsp;:-<br><br>a)&nbsp;It&nbsp;will&nbsp;free&nbsp;the&nbsp;core&nbsp;team&nbsp;for&nbsp;other&nbsp;tasks.&nbsp;Right&nbsp;now,&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;facing&nbsp;a&nbsp;shortage&nbsp;of&nbsp;hands&nbsp;in&nbsp;fixing&nbsp;the&nbsp;issues,<br>testing&nbsp;the&nbsp;product,&nbsp;documentation,&nbsp;etc.<br><br>We&nbsp;would&nbsp;like&nbsp;these&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;off-loaded&nbsp;to&nbsp;an&nbsp;extent&nbsp;so&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;continue&nbsp;further&nbsp;development.&nbsp;<br><br>Things&nbsp;are&nbsp;working&nbsp;no&nbsp;doubt&nbsp;but&nbsp;in&nbsp;patches.<br><br><br>I&nbsp;would&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;bring&nbsp;in&nbsp;more&nbsp;accountability,&nbsp;automation&nbsp;and&nbsp;transparency&nbsp;into&nbsp;the&nbsp;system.<br>Again,&nbsp;these&nbsp;will&nbsp;not&nbsp;be&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;cost&nbsp;of&nbsp;flexibility&nbsp;and&nbsp;speed.&nbsp;<br>The&nbsp;core&nbsp;team&nbsp;when&nbsp;left&nbsp;to&nbsp;itself&nbsp;can&nbsp;move&nbsp;very&nbsp;fast&nbsp;but&nbsp;we&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;move&nbsp;together.&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;sure&nbsp;<br>we&nbsp;have&nbsp;people&nbsp;who&nbsp;have&nbsp;skills&nbsp;supplementary/complementary&nbsp;to&nbsp;those&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;core&nbsp;team.<br>The&nbsp;need&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;these&nbsp;work&nbsp;together&nbsp;thereby&nbsp;leading&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;fast,nimble&nbsp;and&nbsp;efficient&nbsp;community<br>thereby&nbsp;leading&nbsp;to&nbsp;a&nbsp;much&nbsp;better&nbsp;product.<br><br><br>I&nbsp;am&nbsp;sure&nbsp;we&nbsp;have&nbsp;gurus&nbsp;on&nbsp;board&nbsp;who&nbsp;have&nbsp;'been&nbsp;there,&nbsp;done&nbsp;that'.&nbsp;I&nbsp;welcome&nbsp;them&nbsp;to&nbsp;put&nbsp;forth<br>their&nbsp;ideas&nbsp;on&nbsp;handling&nbsp;this&nbsp;issue.<br><br><br>Richie</body></html>