Sophie Gautier wrote: > I feel that being a good citizen in a project and really belonging to a > project means that you take care also about this tasks that are always > delayed but are however significant for the project.
My take is, if a project has a good atmosphere, and volunteers feel appreciated, and you ask nicely :-) volunteers will join in for those tasks too. The point is that you cannot *tell* people to work on something. You have to use *positive* reinforcement to encourage them to do it. You can see this at the OOoAuthors project. For one, traditionally documentation is seen as something rather boring, but lots of people have come to help. Reviewing someone else's document is not a fun thing to do for most people. But at OOoAuthors we try to make the experience rewarding. The effect is evident, we have tons of people reviewing work. At OOoAuthors it is not difficult to find someone to do a boring task. Why? Because people feel valued and appreciated. It's that simple. But the project lead has the principal role in creating this positive atmosphere. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
