
<!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 >Dear&nbsp;Team,<br><br>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;:-<br><ul><li>a)&nbsp;Move&nbsp;common&nbsp;forum&nbsp;posts&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;wiki&nbsp;and&nbsp;lock&nbsp;those&nbsp;posts</li><li>b)&nbsp;Publish&nbsp;the&nbsp;estimated&nbsp;dates&nbsp;for&nbsp;5.0.x&nbsp;releases</li><li>c)&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;as</li><li>it&nbsp;seems&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;commonly&nbsp;asked&nbsp;query</li><li>d)&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;assistance</li><li>from&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.</li><li>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;able</li><li>to&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;</li><li>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;owner</li><li>may&nbsp;have&nbsp;his&nbsp;own&nbsp;team/project</li><li>f)&nbsp;More&nbsp;language&nbsp;packs&nbsp;needed</li><li>g)&nbsp;More&nbsp;blogs&nbsp;needed</li><li>h)&nbsp;More&nbsp;advertising&nbsp;needed</li><li>i)&nbsp;More&nbsp;bundling&nbsp;of&nbsp;vtiger&nbsp;in&nbsp;CDs,DVDs&nbsp;needed</li><li>j)&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;vtiger</li><li>k)&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;areas</li><li>l)&nbsp;More&nbsp;themes&nbsp;needed&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;the&nbsp;product&nbsp;more&nbsp;sexy</li><li>m)&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;best</li><li>o)&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;of</li><li>each&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;</li><li>we&nbsp;are&nbsp;making&nbsp;it&nbsp;a&nbsp;point&nbsp;to&nbsp;acknowledge&nbsp;all&nbsp;credits.</li><li>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;</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li><li>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;testers</li><li>s)&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;it</li><li>t)&nbsp;Enhance&nbsp;the&nbsp;plugins</li><li>u)&nbsp;Make&nbsp;more&nbsp;plugins</li><li>v)&nbsp;Need&nbsp;more&nbsp;sponsors&nbsp;for&nbsp;vtiger</li><li>w)&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;not</li><li>x) Need volunteers who can peek into the code and say this is redundant code, we can make it work better like xzy <br></li><li>y) Need experienced ppl on board who can guide the young guns <br></li><li>z) Need ideas on how to make vtiger more fun<br></li><li>n)&nbsp;Need&nbsp;more&nbsp;friends,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;so&nbsp;tough&nbsp;at&nbsp;times&nbsp;..</li></ul><span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">Thanks for kicking my ass Balduin! I read your blog comment</span><br><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Richie</span><br><br></body></html>