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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #40 on: January 20, 2010, 12:26:20 AM »
Well said Sabre. The annoucement is fine as such, but when you read the Q&A a little WTF pops out and waves at ya.

SMF 2.0 will certainly come :)

Which basically means 3.0 will not ;)

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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #41 on: January 20, 2010, 12:31:53 AM »
Which basically means 3.0 will not ;)

And why would that be? :)
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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #42 on: January 20, 2010, 12:36:19 AM »
We can't get to 3.0 without stopping at 2.0, so don't be so negative.
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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #43 on: January 20, 2010, 12:45:44 AM »
Will that mean more recruitments? Will it change, and how does it work?
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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #44 on: January 20, 2010, 12:50:37 AM »
Well, SMF is always looking for promising community members to invite to the team, so quality work in support, modifications, or themes will get noticed. Likewise for helping with bug reports.

I'm in the middle of packing for work tomorrow. I'll post in a little bit a bit more straightforward post about why this topic was created and some of what was involved, from my perspective.
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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #45 on: January 20, 2010, 02:04:37 AM »
LOL

Sorry. Why pick those questions? I mean, I've had 4 emails pointing me to this topic asking what the deal is....now they think SMF is struggling to live :(.

It's like me posting on my site with hypothetical questions like "have we been hacked? Is your information being sold on eBay?".....It's kinda PROMOTING the thoughts you're trying to extinguish...

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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #46 on: January 20, 2010, 03:42:56 AM »
Re-structuring is quite normal and I know at the end of the day, SMF will be better than ever. There will be a lot of sweat and tears, but as long as the team is united to achieve the common goal, the future is bright.



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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #47 on: January 20, 2010, 04:29:08 AM »
Re-structuring is quite normal and I know at the end of the day, SMF will be better than ever. There will be a lot of sweat and tears, but as long as the team is united to achieve the common goal, the future is bright.



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restructuring is good ya'll.. and its not just the team, its the community as well.. things are defiantly changing ;)

...ensuring we are protecting the very foundation of what we are, a team driven project.

I thought SMF was a community Project...

,hmm, it is a community project.. without a community, where would ones site become? good to know trekkie cleared that bit up..  ;)

The Q&A is really weird... what is this, an April 1st joke preparation? I'd say, a bit early ;)

hmm q&a?? ok im needing more coffee and guess i better re read this thing.. i  didnt see any questions and answers..  O:)

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Answer: Simple Machines LLC is owned and operated by the same team that has operated the project for the last 3 years. The leadership team that was elected during this course is still in control, and has merely asserted a few measures to ensure successful continuation of the project.

why say that is has been stolen? and i thought that the team is picked and either it rotates or people walk away from the team.. idk ima stop for the moment, and find my coffee.  :)
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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #48 on: January 20, 2010, 06:19:38 AM »
Few more points on the restructuring, hopefully this removes some of the vagueness.

We like any good organization look at different things, three major things for us are:

- Corporate Structure: Which one? LLC, or NPO, or other? (Currently we pay a lot in tax that we wish we didn't have to).
- Team Structure: The team, friends, charters all vary in size year to year, a "chain of command" or "hierarchy" needs formed that works. With shifts in size this can be difficult to pick right.
- Redistribution: Currently as most know, we don't allow redistribution of SMF without prior consent, which we do grant in a lot of cases where its to benefit the end user, and not soley a profit line.

One of our Senior Support Specialists, Kindred is a project manager in real life, and will be taking on the role of Operations Manager over here, he will be looking into these problems, identifying avenues of support, asking for direct experienced help from within the team, the friends of the site and legal opinions.

The QA section probably isn't the best, it was originally different but since I figured QA should be about questions we were asked rather than ones we werent :).

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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #49 on: January 20, 2010, 06:21:02 AM »
Double post, removed those sections, they don't fit :P

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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #50 on: January 20, 2010, 06:24:23 AM »
Sorry Trekkie101, but editing the announcement multiple times after releasing it doesn't really look good either...
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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #51 on: January 20, 2010, 06:34:28 AM »
LOL, it gets smaller every time :D
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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #52 on: January 20, 2010, 09:45:16 AM »
(...) allow our core developers to concentrate on the future of Simple Machines and producing quality products beyond a bulletin board system.

(...)

Now that's something new that I'm looking forward to. ;D

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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #53 on: January 20, 2010, 10:34:48 AM »
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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #54 on: January 20, 2010, 10:40:00 AM »
Good luck SMF Team!

I know that all the changes that you are going to do will be for the benefit of all the community and obviouslly of the project

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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #55 on: January 20, 2010, 10:47:00 AM »
Ok its like SMF folks don't understand the confusion.  Most (well, ALL) businesses restructure AFTER the big product they are working on is out the door.  Doing this on the eve of 2.0 RC3 or 2.0 gold or whatever casts a long shadow. 

How about post some news on the 2.0 effort?

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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #56 on: January 20, 2010, 11:18:30 AM »
I'm a bit confused so I'm just gonna post a thought bubble


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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #57 on: January 20, 2010, 11:22:37 AM »
Power to the people!

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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #58 on: January 20, 2010, 11:23:57 AM »
Power to the people!
I know you are kidding, but thats true :D
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Re: Simple Machines Restructuring
« Reply #59 on: January 20, 2010, 11:30:12 AM »
This is really scaring me!

I totally abandoned MyBB and started messing with RC2 test forums so I'd be ready to upgrade my active forums from 1.11 to 2.0 stable but now I'm reading a few posts suggesting doomsday for SMF or at least some serious problems.

I realize that most SMF staff that have posted in this thread have assured us that all is fine but the few naysayers still worry me a bit.

Good luck in the restructuring, may it be as smooth as possible.
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