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Mach-II Team Meeting - 09/29/2009

Attendees: Peter Ferrell, Matt Woodward, Kurt Wiersma, Brian FitzGerald

Time: Listed in Eastern time zone

Action Items Drawn from this Meeting

Kurt will tighten up preso's for BFusion
Brian will kick out one MachStart video per week
Matt will come up with case study questions
Peter will build an application form for people who would like to contribute to the framework

- 10:06p

discussion of pre-conference training for cfObjective 2010
pre-conference Mach-II training will likely be offered at cfObjective, will be a killer deal, and will dig in on some key new framework features

- 10:21p

discussion of BFusion/BFlex Mach-II training
Matt asks if anyone can put together (or update?) the powerpoint presos for the conference
Kurt takes on the task of updating the presos
Peter points out that he is multitasking by eating a loaded baked potato. Not to be outdone, Matt points out that he is polishing off a vegetable hash
Matt points out we should keep a narrow focus and dig deeper into a few key features (logging, caching, and view/form tag libraries)

- 10:29p

Kurt notes that we should certainly point out to the list about the upcoming training opportunities
Peter has kind words about the beginnings of the MachStart video training series
Team discusses preparing a case study questionnaire to get some profiles from users from the community (using Mach-II and want to some great publicity? email team@…)
discussion of the many high profile sites making use of the Mach-II framework

- 10:43p

discussion of possibility of new Mach-II team members
Matt and Peter discuss ways to build community involvement in the project
Matt points out having logical separation(s) within Team Mach-II will make a lot of sense for organizing the attack moving forward
Matt and Peter discuss the addition of a written agreement/expectation document for new members regarding formal expectations of contributions
purpose of document is not to pressure people, but to make sure everyone is on the same page to keep progress moving forward consistently

- 11:04p

switching gears to vision for Mach-II moving forward
Matt talks about how we can make major strides and improvements in Mach-II moving forward
Kurt mentions the possibility of milestone releases and how they can help things moving forward smoothly
Peter concurs with milestones aiding with a frequent release cycle
Peter points out that the Mach-II vision encompasses both the technical aspect and community aspect which are both equally connected and important
Discussion of how to naturally make Mach-II more full-stack by nature
Peter talks about vision of a specific baked in ease of use feature to remove extra layer of configuration

- 11:32p

Matt mentions that he and Peter have discussed the idea of bundling CFML engine in Mach-II package as an option
Peter points out big features for Mach-II he has in mind: Validation (i18n), (Major ease of use feature), (Big additional Feature for 2.0), View enhancements
Kurt talks about wicked feature planned for 2.0 and discusses his related research and planning
Peter brings up integration with Unit Testing framework such as mxunit
Matt points out that the unit testing integration may take a back seat to other upcoming features

-11:48p

Matt and Peter discuss the idea of leaving behind the strict lines keeping Mach-II out of your views and model
Brian and Kurt concur that this has been an unnecessary restriction which is holding Mach-II back from it's full potential
Peter asks for thoughts on feature targeting for 1.9 vs. 2.0
Matt suggests that keeping in line with our milestone release philosophy, we should probably look at including the Validation functionality in 1.9
Peter pointing out that 1.9 should include Validation and Packages

-12:02a