[wp-forums] Forum mods = contributor group

[Jane Wells]

Hi there forum mods/volunteers/contributors. One of the things I've been 
meaning to do in the contributor community for the last 3-4 years is 
*organize* it. Now's the time!

In order to create a closer relationship between all the contributor 
groups, ensure our policies and agendas don't conflict, recognize 
outstanding contributors, and just generally level up, we need some 
organization. To wit:
- I'd like to identify who the active contributors are in each group.
- I'd like to appoint someone from each group (based on votes from the 
active group participants) as a group liaison to the rest of the WP 
project, core, and any cross-team initiatives to improve communication.
- I'd like to set up a central P2 for communicating project-wide things 
so that no contributor group ever has to hear important announcements 
after the fact and we can discuss any issues that come up that could use 
the help/attention of people from other groups (including core).
- I'd like to try and set up a monthly IRC chat and/or Google hangout 
for the liaisons to have some real-time communication.
- I'd like to organize an annual contributor summit. Similar to the core 
team meetup concept, but more inclusive.

I kinda sorta tried to start this a while back, but when I emailed the 
forums list asking for recommendations on who the team rep should be, it 
was 4-way tie, so I went back to doing something else. :)

To prevent this from happening again, I'm making a handy poll for each 
contributor team. Multiple choice! Easy-peasy!
There are 4 questions.

1. Who would you nominate to be the team rep? To prevent the tie thing, 
I'm using a "pick up to 3" format.
2. Is there anyone not on the list of active forum mods/contributors 
that you think should have been on that list and/or that you would have 
liked to nominate?
3. If there was a contributor community summit/meetup at some point this 
autumn, would you be interested in attending?
4. Unrelated, do you think you'll attend WordCamp San Francisco in early 
August?

The survey is at 
http://wordpressdotorg.polldaddy.com/s/forum-contributors-1
and is password protected to help reduce spam responses: wordpressforums2012

If you could fill it in before the weekend is over (or right now... it's 
only 4 questions), that would be great.

Thanks!
Jane