![]() The project is always in need of more volunteers, if you would like to join we would love to have you. PCGen is an Open Source Software Initiative and as such relies entirely on the efforts of many volunteers. Lemurs are also really cute little monkeys, see the Wikipedia Reference article on these amazing creatures! ![]() Lemurs are still learning their way around the world of PCGen but a much valued contributors. Lemur is the rank we give to team members who have started working in a team and have contributed something, whether it be large or small, to the project. Tamarins are also really cute little monkeys, see the Wikipedia Reference article on these amazing creatures! Tamarins are a good place to start asking questions as they are at the coal face. Tamarin is the rank we give to team members who have contributed more than just a couple of items to the project and have a good basic understanding of how to do things in PCGen for their area. Gibbons are also really cool monkeys, see the Wikipedia Reference article on these amazing creatures! Gibbons are like the NCOs of the PCGen team. Gibbon is the rank we give to team members who have contributed a good deal to the project and are considered to be capable of tackling tasks on their own initiative due to their solid understanding of their area in PCGen. Chimps are also really cool apes, see the Wikipedia Reference article on these amazing creatures! Chimps are often leaders of smaller teams or one monkey machines in getting stuff done. They are effectively the same as a Chimp but have a permanent team responsibility and can also substitute for a Silverback on the PCGen BoD.Ĭhimp is the rank we give to team members who are true gurus and experts in an area on PCGen and have also contributed a great deal. Silverbacks are also really impressive Gorillas, see the Wikipedia Reference article on these amazing creatures!Ģnd is a rank that we give to leaders of permanent sub teams. Finally, promoting Monkeys within the team is generally the privilege of the teams Silverback. The Silverbacks have a 2nd for each sub team. The responsibilities of the Silverback include determining how their team should be run, the overall goals of the team, and how these goals in turn fits in with the overall goals of the project. The Silverbacks are the leaders of the teams that make up the PCGen project and hold seats on the Board of Directors. The highest rank within the PCGen Team is that of Silverback. These monkey ranks are listed below in decreasing order of precedence. In keeping with the Monkey theme a ranking system has evolved as a way to express appreciation and confer status to those who have contributed their time and energy to the project. The current Chair Monkey is Karianna (aka Martijn Verburg). ![]() The Chair Monkey works with the Board of Directors to ensure that the project runs as smoothly as possible and is often a neutral port of call for warring Monkeys :). In the Documentation provided with PCGen and in the About box of the actual software we try to list everyone who has contributed to PCGen in chronological order.Ī common term to refer to the Project Creator for an Open Source Project, in this case Bryan McRoberts. Other teams formed to focus on different aspects of PCGen, and all have taken to referring to themselves as Monkeys. Bryan McRoberts chose "Chief Code Monkey" as his title when he first made PCGen available to the public, and later adopted the title of Benevolent Dictator. You'll quickly notice the PCGen has a Monkey theme.
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