Sakai Community Lead Roles and Responsibilities

Sakai Leads:

Note: All Sakai Leads set direction and agendas, facilitate meetings, develop buy-in for project outcomes, and oversee projects for their respective areas or working groups.

Working Group / Focus Area	Currently filled by	Accountable to	Responsibilities

Working Group / Focus Area	Currently filled by	Accountable to	Responsibilities
QA Lead	Andrea Schmidt	Sakai Release Management	Leads QA team. Coordinates testing efforts for greatest impact. Recruits volunteer testers. Organizes testing plans. Manages projects to further automate QA
A11y Lead	Chris Knapp	Sakai Release Management	Leads A11y team. Coordinates A11y testing efforts for greatest impact. Organizes A11y testing plans Assists with the creation and updating of VPAT and other documentation required to ensure compliance
Jira Triage Lead	Christina Schweibert	Sakai Release Management	Leads Jira Triage. Reviews all new Jiras and requests more information or updated priority level as needed
Security Lead		Sakai Release Management	Leads monthly review of security issues. Reviews auto-generated reports about current security issues and creates new JIRA issues as needed. Coordinates development work to resolve currently pressing security issues. Distributes security-related communications, including high-level messages connected with release and detailed messages associated with high profile issues. Conducts regular security tests of Sakai in partnership with third party penetration testing firm(s).
I18n Lead		Sakai Release Management	Coordinates new and updated language translations for Sakai Onboards new translators Addresses code issues related to internationalization, such as date and time conventions, etc.
Marketing Lead	Chuck Severance Wilma Hodges	Sakai Community Management	Leads twice monthly Marketing meetings Oversees Sakai Project website & media channels Develops and executes plans for marketing of Sakai within and beyond the Sakai community Plans events (e.g. summer SakaiCon) to promote Sakai Works with external research firm to provide Sakai market data for community use Leads Roadmap process
Documentation Lead	Wilma Hodges	Sakai Community Management	Leads Documentation team Administers the Sakai Community Screensteps account Recruits and trains documentation team members/editors Reviews and approves edited articles for inclusion in Sakai release Coordinates with developers to ensure Help documents are exported from Screensteps and imported into Sakai in preparation for major releases
T&L Lead	Wilma Hodges	Sakai Community Management	Leads T&L calls Announces and facilitates T&L meetings Recruits speakers to present on T&L topics Updates Confluence to post meeting minutes and links to session recordings Uploads session recordings to Apereo YouTube channel
UX Lead	Wilma Hodges	Sakai Community Management	Leads UX calls Updates Confluence to post meeting UX minutes Helps plan and coordinate community UX testing efforts
Budget Lead	Matt Jones	Sakai Community Management	Leads Budget management efforts Tracks Sakai expenses and allocations for the year Provides updates to PMC regarding fiscal matters
Sakai Virtual Conference	Wilma Hodges	Sakai Community Management	Acts as the Chair for the Sakai Annual Virtual Conference Organizing Committee (Fall)
Sakai Infrastructure Lead	Matt Jones	Sakai Community Management	Manages hardware and software infrastructure that belongs the the Sakai PMC / Community
Sakai Elections Lead	Matt Jones	Sakai Community Management	Collect and count votes for officer elections
Sakai Chief Evangelist	Dr. Chuck Severance	Sakai Governance (PMC, Apereo)	Provides inspiration and thought leadership regarding industry, technology trends, product strategy, and outreach Serves as an ambassador, storyteller, and morale builder Makes connections both within and beyond the community Provides history of the Sakai organization (written and orally) and sharing of repeatable knowledge and industry best practices.