Big +1 for at least a third sheriff.

With two sheriffs, if one is not in PST, then really we only have one
sheriff. If that sheriff happens to be new, then we have 0 <=
num_sheriffs <= 1.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Peter Kasting <pkast...@google.com> wrote:
> At lunch today, a few of us discussed the idea of moving from two sheriffs
> to four.
> There are several reasons we contemplated such a change:
> * The team is large enough that on the current schedule, you go months
> between sheriffing, which is so long that you forget things like what tools
> help you do what.
> * Sheriffing is a heavy burden, and getting moreso with more team members.
> * Either the two sheriffs are in different time zones, in which case you
> have effectively one sheriff on duty who has to do everything (bad due to
> point above), or they're not, in which case a chunk of the day is not
> covered at all.
> * New sheriffs could really use a "mentor sheriff" with them, which is
> pretty difficult to schedule.
> I think these are good reasons, so I propose we make this change.  Comments?
> PK
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