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On Tue, 26 Sep 2017, Doug Hellmann wrote:
> Excerpts from Thierry Carrez's message of 2017-09-26 17:10:43 +0100:
>> That sounds like a good idea. That said, one of the goals behind SIGs is
>> that they are open to developer types as much as operator types, and
>> therefore can be used as a vehicle to combine developer resources from
>> like-minded organizations around a given topic. The SIG can come up with
>> a common priority list and have all those "internal" development
>> resources working together in implementing those priorities. If that's
>> successful, there might not be as much need for external coordination
>> and priority exposure.
>
> This is important. If we look at SIGs as a way for users who are
> otherwise disconnected from contributing to ask the community for
> things without starting to contribute themselves, then the groups
> are not going to be any more effective at meeting anyone's needs
> than other similarly disconnected attempts have been in the past.

Sorry for the "me.too at aol.com" but: Exactly. A main goal of SIGs is
to create contributors (in the many definitions thereof) out of
everyone, in part by including everyone, but also by making the road
to contribution by people who traditionally haven't in the past more
clear and making it more clear that everyone with an interest should
be contributing.

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