Greetings from Open Source Land!

June 11, 2009 · By webrat · 9 Comments

My name is Todd Rafferty and I have agreed to step up as Volunteer Community Manager for getrailo.org. I have been doing CFML for about 10 years now and my passion for creating applications hasn't faded since I started. If anything, another year brings on bigger and better challenges. This year brought me Railo as well as other exciting news that is shaking out of the CF Community. Why volunteer to be a Community Manager?
I recently commented (read: complained) to Sean Corfield when he had just joined Railo that Railo's lack of documentation and pulling things together in one cohesive spot is really hurting. He brought the feedback to Railo team and he also put the ball in my court, "Are you volunteering?" I thought about it for a week before I finally agreed to. Railo is one of those projects I'd like to see succeed as I believe there's enough room for everyone. Railo is another very interesting tool in my vast web development toolbox. If you don't already know, there's a very active community growing on the Railo Google Groups ( http://groups.google.com/group/railo ) and documentation is also being looked at ( http://groups.google.com/group/railodocumentation ). I've already been pulling together a new FAQ section on getrailo.org and it's going to keep growing as we go along!

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9 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Michael Offner-Streit // Jun 11, 2009 at 7:36 PM

    Hi Todd

    I'm more than happy to welcome you in the Railo Family.
    I'm sure with your help Railo can take the next step.
    Any question, any help, you know where you can find me.
    greetings grom behind the seven mountains
    micha
  • 2 Peter Bell // Jun 11, 2009 at 7:48 PM

    Great to have you on the team!
  • 3 WebFlint // Jun 11, 2009 at 8:36 PM

    I always knew you were more than a just a JIRA bot, Todd ;) This is a huge boost for Railo. Awesome.

    .brett
  • 4 Todd Rafferty // Jun 11, 2009 at 10:20 PM

    I am indeed more than a JIRA bot. In all seriousness tho, have you filled out a ticket yet? ;) Anyway, thank you all for the warm welcome. Hope to get all these ducks in a line.
  • 5 Sana // Jun 12, 2009 at 12:42 AM

    Congratulation Todd.

    Really great addition to Railo Team.
  • 6 Peter Amiri // Jun 12, 2009 at 8:40 AM

    I don't know whether to congratulate you Todd or congratulate the community at large. This is a great time to be part of the CFML community.
  • 7 Tom Chiverton // Jun 12, 2009 at 10:30 AM

    This is good news. Good docs are often the make or break of a good open source project, yet often the thing left to last
  • 8 Marcos Placona // Jun 12, 2009 at 1:04 PM

    Nice on Todd. I'm glad you, you sure are a great addition!
  • 9 Aaron Greenlee // Jun 13, 2009 at 10:57 PM

    Great news that Railo has a community manager. It would be nice to see Railo build some momentum.

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