Marketing Committee Meeting 20230428

Date: 2023-04-28
Time: 12:00 UTC
Venue: Mattermost - Channel: Marketing
Called by: Marketing Committee

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You can find the detailed meeting here:
https://mattermost.idempiere.org/idempiere/pl/qzu71jahif86zrbbdtxijruuqw

Summary of the day
Participation
Meeting led by: Diego
Meeting notes and follow-up actions: Diego
Attendance list: Eugene, Chuck, Diego, Carlos, Deepak, Norbert, Heng Sin, Subhashish

1. What's new from last week?
   • * Bug fixes
     • IDEMPIERE-2194 GL Journal Distribution writes no DocumentNo in Accounting Fact Description
     • IDEMPIERE-5673 Wrong character causes java.awt.IllegalComponentStateException: This component must have a parent in order to determine its locale on reports
     • IDEMPIERE-5684 Bad naming of Automatic 2Packs stop the whole process
     • IDEMPIERE-5567 Fix NPE running Period Control Management
     • IDEMPIERE-5669 Report Row Count shows incorrect data
     • IDEMPIERE-5685 Do not Create Production for AutoProduce products
     • IDEMPIERE-5686 Closing Browser Tab while Process Modal Dialog is Opened causes NPE
   • Functional Improvements
     • IDEMPIERE-5663 Accounting Fact Details Report - New parameter GL_category
     • IDEMPIERE-5668 Improvements to the copy role process
   • Usability Improvements
     • IDEMPIERE-5681 Improve Date Picker by "Ago" option
     • IDEMPIERE-5696 Width of last column of reports exported as Xlsx is not correct
     • IDEMPIERE-5699 Deactivated Product Info toolbar button
   • Development Improvements
     • IDEMPIERE-5688 Enhancement to WindowValidator API
     • IDEMPIERE-5689 Make MLocatorLookup and WLocatorEditor more extensible
     • IDEMPIERE-5690 Make WPAttributeEditor and WPAttributeDialog more extensible
     • IDEMPIERE-5691 Add Table Direct type joint method to Query
     • IDEMPIERE-5692 Add custom column editor support to WListbox
     • IDEMPIERE-5694 Listbox item and group rendering API enhancements
2. Crowdfunded sponsorship for specific developments (special guest @norbertbede)
   • So far we've said.
     • a - We think about limiting this to only top makers at first.
     • b - Before asking for funds in the forums, the top makers must ask the iDempiere project for permission
     • c - iDempiere must approve (To be determined which team in iDempiere approves)
   • There's a difference between donation and sponsorship:
     • Donations are money sent by people to the project without a specific goal. They are sent to help the project financially and make sure that the project stays alive and running.
     • Sponsorship is money sent by people with a very clear goal in mind and with a purpose. If the goal is not reached, ideally, that money should be given back to avoid missunderstandings
   • @chuckboecking believes a postmortem for each project is important. The project entertains these funding initiatives to help strengthen the project community. It is important to ask the question upon conclusion: did we strengthen the project? If the answer is no, decisions need to be made.
   • This is a first draft of how the process would look like:
     • Create a sponsorship request as detailed as possible (probably we need to think about a template or alike)
     • Present it to iDempeire
     • Wait for approval
     • Publish on forums and follow up
   • We continue next week with the discussion.