I am in. I will think of a name :) On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 3:48 PM Nick Burch <n...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi All > > I'd like to propose a new Working Group. I'm not certain the name is > right, but I can't think of anything better... Help needed on that! > > For helping match Apache Projects who'd like new contributors, with > Companies who indirectly depend on them. > > The aim would be to co-ordinate, provide best practice, and signpost. > > It'd mostly be for small to medium ASF Projects who don't have a lot of > corporate involvement at the moment, who are key dependencies of some of > our bigger projects. It would help with getting them to the attention of > bigger Companies who use + contribute to the bigger projects, who don't > realise who in their supply chain underneath needs help. Then with any > luck, assist in some mentoring of people from those companies when they > spend some of their work time contributing to the dependency projects. > > With increasing interest in SBOM (software build of materials), it would > hopefully help turn OSPO-like questions such as "I wonder if any > dependencies of Apache Awesome need help, but how would I know?" into > "I've got a recent graduate with a day-a-week of spare time, let's get > them helping with Apache Problematic!". > > > If ComDev likes the idea, I'm happy to lead the working group, and give it > a try with one of the projects I'm involved in. I've already roped in > one other mentor from that project to help. > > Do also need help with the name! > > > Cheers > Nick > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
