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Use social media more  (blogs, twitter) - some people prefer other communication methods to mailing lists.

OFBiz Meetups

Meeting at Apachecon is a great way to strengthen relationships and also collaborate. What about making use of meetups (real and virtual) to bring the community together. Many other ASF project have meetups but OFBiz doesnt - we tend to meetup at Apachecon and that's it. Could we look at organising some meetups, hackathons, traininng etc. We have a lot of work so the meetups could be a way for a group of people to work together on a specific topic. Could also be used to do some outreach (recruit new members) as well as providing some valueable info for existing community members.

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There is a lot of work happening at the moment and there is work at every level. You dont need to be an expert - there are tasks ranging from beginner / newcomer to experienced expert. If we could break down the tasks into the levels then it would be easier for people to pick. The original refactor list had easy / intemediate / expert ratings. Might be good to use the JIRA labels to flag certain JIRA as newcomer / beginner. (NEed to make sure that the experienced developers dont pick these up so there is nothing left for a real newcomer....)

Project Strategy and Roadmap

The project desperately needs at clear strategy and roadmap. Attempts have been made to draft one in the past but we need to formalise this in a better way and also have people willing to drive it forward.

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Suggestion was that the most important thing for the project is driving adoption. If this is true then what are the key blockers that stop user adoption of OFBiz?

Organise / setup teams from the community that focus on specific areas (e.g. workgroups) - this could really help progress

Role of PMC

Discussion - re misconception of the role of PMC. Many people talk about 'the PMC should do something about....' or ' why hasnt the PMC put together a roadmap etc..' but it is the community that controls the direction of the project. Main role of PMC is to manage the release process, vote for committers / pmc members, handle security issues and manage the project brand. All other areas are community driven. PMC can take a more active role in other areas - but the community need to agree that they want the PMC to do this.

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