Editorial Board, Take 2 - vs. Trac Maintainers

[Lawrence Rosen]

> I wouldn't qualify it as entry level work - unskilled people working
> in this role will cause more problems than they help resolve.

I agree. There are quite a few people who are active participants on this
list and whose interest and attention to issues is already apparent. They
are not "unskilled." These people often ask and sometimes even answer the
very questions the editors are expected to answer. So don't treat it as an
entry-level position. It is just a different skill (and time commitment)
that we need.

/Larry


> -----Original Message-----
> From: zak.greant at gmail.com [mailto:zak.greant at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Zak
> Greant
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 4:36 PM
> To: License Discuss
> Subject: Re: Editorial Board, Take 2 - vs. Trac Maintainers
> 
> Hey Robin, Greetings All,
> 
> On 11/30/07, Robin 'Roblimo' Miller <robin at roblimo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > If that's the case, then I propose we separate the discussions.  Let's
> > > assume that the Editorial Board that I am proposing is only
> > > responsible for the *wiki*, to ensure that the information provide is
> > > maximally useful.  These are people with extensive open source
> > > experience, but not necessarily very much time.
> >
> > This makes sense. I'm not a lawyer, but I've been an editor for a good
> > number of years, and this is reasonably close to what real-life editors
> > actually do (or, at least, are *supposed* to do).
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> > > In addition, we have a separate group called Trac Maintainers, whose
> > > job it is to scan the lists and help manage tickets.  These are people
> > > who are perhaps not Open Source gurus, but are passionate and willing
> > > to devote the time to help the community.
> >
> > This would be great "entry level" volunteer work for people who want to
> > help out but may not have programming, legal or writing/editing
> > backgrounds -- and for people with those backgrounds, too, if they have
> > time on their hands.
> 
> I wouldn't qualify it as entry level work - unskilled people working
> in this role will cause more problems than they help resolve.
> 
> --
> Cheers!
> --zak