Is the roadmap still alive?

[BlueSkyPhoenix]

@anon95694377

nothing seems to be happening re V2 or the plugin directory,

I think there is a number of reasons for this – some of it is perception, because it’s hard to notice progress when it’s not 100% visible. Some of it is inadequate communication.

@anon95694377

with respect to the committee there isn’t (or I can’t easily see) a visible, dare I say charismatic, leader. Every major software project needs a figurehead or personality, and unfortunately we lost Scott.

Scott never wanted to be the figurehead, and when the Founding Committee started all of this in 2018, they all agreed that no one person should have all the power or be the figurehead. For better or worse, that’s the path that was chosen. There were very strong feelings that there should not be another MM situation… not even the vague whiff of it.

@anon95694377

the Roadmap page on the CP main website is buried in a dropdown menu when it should probably be top level, and the Roadmap page itself should be less conversational and more formally structured (“achieved” vs “planned”) - with dates .

The website has gone through a few iterations at this point and each one has been an improvement on the last. Anyone in the CP Community who wants to suggest further updates and/or enhancements to the website is welcome to take that on.

@1stepforward

They ask questions about Scott, which is only natural. They see that he is no longer with CP and probably assume he got bored and did a runner. So I think some clarity on that would help.

I’m not sure how to get more clear than this… suggestions?

@1stepforward

I think maybe an “official” response to the post on Reddit would now be helpful, now that we’ve got a dialogue going. Maybe @BlueSkyPhoenix or @james could take this forward?

Perhaps. I’d prefer to see @james continue to drive the project forward, which leaves this to me, I suppose. I don’t spend time on Reddit but could set up a ClassicPress account; I just don’t want to see it become yet one more platform that needs to be managed when there are too few people to keep an eye on it.

@ozfiddler

@anon95694377

CP looks like another dead fork

Yes, that’s a concern to me. We now have to push for team leaders to supply updates. I don’t know if this is all due to the current world health issues but I’ve started considering alternatives to CP.

I know for myself, I’ve had to really focus on keeping my business afloat. I’m trying to keep the lights on, here – not just for me, but for my clients as well.

@ozfiddler I am very sorry to hear you are considering alternatives and I hope that by trying to do better (via regular updates), we can win back your confidence.

@anon95694377

There have been no blog posts on the CP main site since March, and social media isn’t exactly being saturated. I think there’s scope for a lot more evangelism to be honest.

I don’t disagree and can own that as team lead. I’ve said a number of times here on the forum and in Slack that I would welcome some help. Having team updates so that marketing actually has something new to talk about, will be helpful.

That said – that doesn’t negate the need for more help on the marketing side of things. There’s only so many hours in a day… and as Wade said, we are all volunteers.

@wadestriebel

@1stepforward

I personally would like to see this as a requirement of being a team leader

I agree, to be honest I thought it was understood but I think maybe it needs to be clearer. Having the Team Updates also gives a good way for the community to see if a committee member is actually worth their vote next time around - at the end of the day I still think a lot of this comes down to growing pains and we will figure it all out along the way

I too was under the impression that it was understood by team leaders. However, I want to offer the benefit of the doubt and believe that the lack of communication has been much more to do with the world crisis at hand, rather than a lack of commitment or responsibility. Time will tell and certainly, Wade does have a point – if you’re not present and communicating; if you’re not pulling your weight and producing… then when it comes time to vote, the Community will take care of the issue. And there are no exceptions to that.

I will have a Reddit account set up before the end of the week and prepare a response. I can’t provide an answer to all of his comments but will do my best.

Thanks to all for your comments.