This is an attempt to break "FFII computing sucks" into well-described and tacklable tasks. A task can be shared by several people. For general discussion of FFII computing issues, join polis-parl. There are also more specialized computing lists (see lower part of that page). There is also a list of existing projects,.
- J005 general scripting proficiency
- task: become member of scripting support task pool
- prerequesite: know scipting language; currently a lot of things are done in perl, some in python
- J006 general helpdesk role (read admins, buero and/or info)
- task: try to answer helpdesk queries, know who does what, try to identify bottlenecks, try to ease (inevitable) frustations
- required skills: patience and perseverance
- J001 aktiv.ffii.org maintenance
- task: implement (some) users requests for aktiv.ffii.org
- prerequisites: willingness to dig into !FFIIs homegrown membership participation system
- required skills: db, perl, html, utf8, communication skills
- shared with mwas at ffii.org
- J002 apache and static page maintenance
- task: document mlht or reimplement it
- required skills: lisp, communication skills, interest in internationalization issues and content management
- J003 wiki maintenance
- task: keep wiki usable, eg via authentification interface to aktiv
- prerequisites: you know your wiki of choice very well (its strengths and weaknesses). You have written extensions or plugins for it.
- required skills: fluent in the programming language your wiki of choice is written in, utf8
- J004 petition.eurolinux.org maintenance
- task: move petition.eurolinux.org from outdated zope to something simpler (eg LAMP environment)
- required skills: LAMP (php or perl or python for the P), zope skills is a plus but not really required
- J007 hardware strategy
- task: maintain hardware
- required skills: admin experience
- J009 pki and privacy issues
- task: design pki (eg apache certificate management), design privacy policy
- required skills: pki experience or interest
- J011 feedback system maintenance
- task: keep feedback system manageable
- required skills: mail handling, scripting
- work has been done by: ccorn
- J012 accounting systems
- task: oversee and improve accounting workflow
- required skills: scripting, experience in accounting or accounting software (gnucash, sqlledger, ...) would be a plus
- some work has been done by blasum at ffii.org
- J013 collection of media echo
- task: collect media echo
- required skills: scripting, some affinity to library searches etc would be good
- J014 event management
- task: make events appear in calendar etc, deal with past events
- required skills: scripting
- J019 mailing list clean-up
- task: merge mailing lists where they are wilting / inefficient (in cooperation with mailman admin), take care of pple
- J020 encourage pple to post to wiki rather dump stuff on huge mailing lists
- task: friendly, but perseverantly encourage pple to post to wiki and make sure they have editor access, show how to do it etc (and also wisely tolerate that behavior when it justified, eg coming from busy MEP office ;))
If interested, contact info (at) ffii.org. Thanks!
