On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 7:49 PM Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:

All:

I've been engaged more with long-time members of the Boost community, and something which I now realize is the extraordinary level of camaraderie and brotherhood which sprang from the early years of Boost evolution. Boost was a family and like all families, it has changed. People left, new people joined, priorities shifted, and such.

While I came to Boost for the build system; I stayed for the interactions. Which not only spanned maintaining the build system, but also creating a web site, managing the documentation, at one point fixing bugs in everyone's libraries, and yes I eventually wrote a library. I always look forward to the possibility of chatting about ye old Boost times at conferences.

Contribution to the libraries is something special, so I would like to introduce an idea. The "Boost Alumni Program." Like a college alumni program this is designed to help Boost contributors stay in touch over the years. There could be a mailing list, and a program administrator who is tasked to keep track of everyone, including their email and phone number. They can keep contact and track changes in careers, new projects, and so on.

The goal here is to help maintain the relationships of contributors over time, even when they have moved on from the project for various reasons such as a new job or new life circumstances.

I don't know all the details, but would anyone find value in such a program? Would anyone want to participate? Would anyone be against this?

I like the idea! And would enjoy participating. -- -- René Ferdinand Rivera Morell -- Don't Assume Anything -- No Supone Nada -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net