Joel Aelwyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:18:21AM -0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote: >> On Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:05 AM, Ingo Juergensmann >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> [...] >> > When Joerg Jaspert is already doing the dirty daily work, why does >> > James still needs in place then? (Except he just stays in that >> > position for a transitional period until Joerg is taking over that >> > task and job completely. I would recommend that transitional period >> > for other positions as well.) >> >> aiui, because James - or presumably some other member of -admin - needs to >> create the accounts once an nm has been approved (newsamosa, aka db.d.o is >> restricted). >> >> The most time-consuming part of DAM work is approving applicatants, which is >> what Joerg is now doing. afaics, once an applicant is approved, accounts are >> being created relatively quickly; so far it appears to be working well. > > Speaking as someone who has railed (more than once) against the > six-to-twelve-month waiting period between "AM approval" and "DAM review > complete" (as noted, once DAM approval was had, accounts happened > without perceptible delay), all I will say is the following: > > 1) Time will tell if this helps enough > > 2) So far, it looks promising > > 3) So long as James is considered valuble and useful by the people doing > the work (presumably including himself), *and the work is getting > done*, I don't much care how many positions he holds. > > It's the whole "getting done" thing that seemed to be suffering from his > state as a multiple-path single point of failure, and "small teams" is, in > my opinion, a vastly better answer than "multiple single-path single points > of failure", even if the latter is still better than the situation as it > appeared to be in the past.
Very well put. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]