The Sakai Foundation supports the health of Sakai as a product and as a community through a number of coordinated processes. This section discusses these processes.
At the time of writing, the Foundation is in communication with other similar-minded organizations such as JASIG (http://www.jasig.org/) to review possible mergers. The details of which will be explained in the next chapter.
The Foundation supports consensus building within the community using a transparent communication strategy. All the important decisions are discussed in the open. The community is not chaotic; the Sakai Foundation supplies the central infrastructure for communication, such as the community website, Wiki, bug tracking database, and source code repository, and takes the responsibility of delivering timely information. The newsletter from Sakai is sent out twice a month and contains a summary of important announcements, and is a great shortcut for keeping up with what...