Community Council

2010-05-19T05:56:52Z

93.86.76.145: /* Current hot topics */

<div style="border: 1em solid #888888; background: #888888; border-radius: 1em; -moz-border-radius: 1em; color: #f8f8f8; font-size: 120%; font-style: italic; font-family: Times New Roman, Droid Serif, Nokia Serif, serif; line-height: 140%">The Maemo Community Council is a five-person body chosen by the Maemo community. The Council's mission is to "'''represent the Maemo community's best interests to Nokia, and to act as a community conduit for Nokia-generated information.'''"</div>

{| width="100%" style="text-align: center"
!colspan="5" | Current: March 2010 - September 2010 <br /><small>[[Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_March_2010|Candidates]] | * ''Chair''</small>
|-
!width="20%"| [[Image:Mcc-ryan_abel.jpg|72px]]
!width="20%"| [[Image:Rga2.png|72px]]
!width="20%"| [[Image:Mcc-atilla_csipa.jpg|72px]]
!width="20%"| [[Image:Mcc-andrew_flegg.jpg|72px]]
!width="20%"| [[Image:Mcc-javispedro.jpeg|72px]]
|-
| Ryan Abel<br/> ([[User:Generalantilles|GeneralAntilles]])
| Randall Arnold<br/> ([[User:Texrat|Texrat]])
| Attila Csipa<br/> ([[User:Achipa|Achipa/Attila77]])
| Andrew Flegg<br/> ([[User:jaffa|Jaffa]])*
| Javier S. Pedro<br/> ([[User:Javispedro|javispedro]])
|-
|colspan="5" |
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller; vertical-align: top; padding: 10px" | September 2009 - March 2010 <br /><small>[[Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_September_2009|Candidates]]</small>
| colspan="3" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left" |
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Rga2.png|24px]] Randall Arnold ([[User:Texrat|Texrat]])</div>
<div style="inline-block; float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-alan_bruce.png|24px]] Alan Bruce ([[User:qole|qole]])</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-Graham Cobb.jpg|24px]] Graham Cobb ([[User:gcobb|gcobb]])</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-Matthew_Lewis.png|24px]] Matthew Lewis ([[User:penguinbait|penguinbait]])</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-Valerio_valerio.png|24px]] Valério Valério ([[User:Vdvsx|VDVsx]])*</div>
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller; vertical-align: top; padding: 10px" | March 2009 - September 2009 <br /><small>[[Task:Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_March_2009|Candidates]]</small>
| colspan="3" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left" |
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-ryan_abel.jpg|24px]] Ryan Abel ([[User:Generalantilles|GeneralAntilles]])</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-alan_bruce.png|24px]] Alan Bruce ([[User:qole|qole]])</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-andrew_flegg.jpg|24px]] Andrew Flegg ([[User:Jaffa|Jaffa]])*</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-kees_jongenburger.jpg|24px]] Kees Jongenburger ([[User:keesj|keesj]])</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-tim_samoff.jpg|24px]] Tim Samoff ([[User:timsamoff|timsamoff]])</div>
|-
!colspan="2" style="font-size: smaller; vertical-align: top; padding: 10px" | Inaugral: September 2008 - February 2009
| colspan="3" valign="top" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left" |
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-ryan_abel.jpg|24px]] Ryan Abel ([[User:Generalantilles|GeneralAntilles]])*</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-andrew_flegg.jpg|24px]] Andrew Flegg ([[User:Jaffa|Jaffa]])</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-eduardo_lima.jpg|24px]] Eduardo Lima ([[User:etrunko|etrunko]])</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-simon_pickering.jpg|24px]] Simon Pickering ([[User:lardman|lardman]])</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 20em">[[Image:Mcc-tim_samoff.jpg|24px]] Tim Samoff ([[User:timsamoff|timsamoff]])</div>
|}

== Get in contact ==
Open communication is one of the core values of the Maemo Community Council, both to serve as an example to Nokia and because it's the right thing to do. All communication is open by default.

* Community-related news, announcements, and calls for participation are summarized in the [http://maemo.org/community/council Council blog].
* Council blog posts are syndicated to the [http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=16 Community subforum] at [http://talk.maemo.org/ Talk] with a [Council] tag.
* If you have a community-related idea or issue, please post it in the Community subforum at Talk.
* Finally, Council members are usually present over IRC at freenode.net/maemo and are always happy to chat with you.

== FAQ ==
{{Main|Community Council/FAQ}}
Maemo Community Council members are unpaid volunteers who are not employed by Nokia Coporation. Likewise, the Council has not signed a non-disclosure agreement NDA with Nokia. Maemo Community Council elections are held every six months.

== Council work ==
In addition to being committed community members (and all that entails), some of the specific responsibilities of the council include:
* Facilitation: making sure that one portion of the community knows what is going on in another
* Chairing the maemo.org sprint meetings, and representing the community
* Hiring of maemo.org staff
* Pushing to expand the community through organic growth
* Being able to represent the community to Nokia, especially when dealing with sensitive information; for example, attendance at N900 launch as community reps.
* Backup mentors for the [[GSoC_2009|Google Summer of Code]] participation.

To keep track of the ongoing work, see the [http://maemo.org/community/council/ council blog] and the [[Maemo.org_Sprints#Sprints|current Sprint]].

=== Current hot topics ===
{|
! Issue
! Point of contact
|-
| [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=51956 Short-term goals for Maemo]
| [http://maemo.org/profile/view/jaffa/ Andrew Flegg]
|-
| [[Extras-testing/QA_Checklist/QA_Improvements|QA improvements]]
| [http://maemo.org/profile/view/achipa/ Attila Csipa]
|-
| [[Opt_Problem|Auto-optification]]
| [http://maemo.org/profile/view/jaffa/ Andrew Flegg]
|-
| [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=38247 Community outreach]
| [http://maemo.org/profile/view/texrat/ Randall Arnold]
|-
| [[GSoC 2010]]
| [http://maemo.org/profile/view/vdvsx/ Valério Valério]
|-
| <strike>[[Task:PR1.2_autobuilder|PR1.2 SDK in autobuilder]]</strike>
| <strike>[http://maemo.org/profile/view/javispedro/ Javier Pedro]</strike>
|}

If you think a specific, high-level topic is missing from this table, please get in touch.

=== Past Highlights ===
* [[Task:Improving_maemo.org|maemo.org redesign]]
* [[Bugsquad]]
* [[Mer]]
* [[Fremantle Developer Device Queue]]
* [[GSoC_2010|Google Summer of Code]]
* [[Maemo_Summit_2009|Maemo Summit 2009]]

== Election Process ==
{{main|Community Council/Election process}}
The 5 council members will be elected by the community. Elections are open to community members with an account over 3 months old and karma of 10 or more. Candidates can be anyone with a karma of 100 or above.

A list of eligible candidates will be published a few weeks before the elections. Based on this, a list of candidate declarations is put together.

Changes to the process require a referendum, a list of community referenda can be found on the above page.

== Media ==
# 2008-09-20: [[Media:Maemo_Summit_Community_Council_Presentation.pdf|Presentation]] used at [[Maemo_Summit_2008|Maemo Summit 2008]]: "Introducing the Maemo Community Council"
# 2010-04-02: [[Media:Mcc-avatar.png|Avatar]]: Maemo Community Council avatar for talk.maemo.org

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