Hi,
I'd like to nominate myself to serve as the Kolla PTL for the Wallaby cycle.
I have been PTL for the last 3 cycles, and would like the opportunity to continue to lead the team. I am pleased with the current state of the project. We have an active community, produce interesting and useful features, and regularly receive positive feedback.
As with many contributors in a less certain world, I have felt the squeeze on upstream this cycle. I'd like to thank those who have stepped up to help when downstream (or holiday) means I'm unavailable, and those who generally help out with project admin tasks.
This cycle we added two new meetings to the calendar. Kolla Klub started well, with fantastic attendance and some great discussions. Over time engagement has been more variable. I think we need to assess whether to continue regular meetings, and if so, how to keep it interesting. The Kolla Kall is more development oriented, and has been useful for focussing on some specific issues. For this meeting I think we need to be sure that it is the best use of people's time, and be a bit more dynamic about content and attendance.
One area where I feel we could improve as a project is in integrating contributors in non-EU/US time zones. Language, culture and time zones can make this a challenge, but everyone benefits from a connected global community.
We made a start on improving our documentation this cycle, let's keep pushing on that.
Thanks for reading, Mark Goddard (mgoddard)