Just added my entry :)

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]>wrote:

> Howdy, hakkers!
>
> Over the last month or two, I've been trying to figure out a nice clean way
> for others to figure out who is responsible for what in the space.
> Originally
> I considered toying with the idea of having each Champion claim a title of
> something they're responsible for, such as Champion of System
> Administration,
> Champion of the Machine Shop, etc.
>
> The problem with that is it creates a rigid hiearchy of who is in charge of
> something that could take a significant effort to change along with obvious
> feelings of resentment towards those who are percieved as having more
> power.
>
> After thinking back to how open source development works, I've created this
> wiki page:
>
> https://synhak.org/wiki/Maintainers
>
> It is an informal way for people to openly state that they are indeed the
> person who knows the most about how to work something. For example, if the
> internet at the space is down, I often get a few text messages about it
> long
> before someone mentions it on the discuss list. I'm not the one who
> configures
> our network, I just happen to keep the machines that use it happy :)
>
> If you feel confident that you can take responsibility for something at the
> space, add yourself to that table! It doesn't mean you're required to do
> anything or that you've made some kind of commitment to be on call 24/7.
> All
> it means is that we now have some documentation of who to go to for the
> fastest resolution of issues or who to ask for questions. If you're not the
> only one who is the de facto handler for a project, please add others who
> help
> out as well. If you don't know who is the maintainer of something, you can
> ask
> Chris or I and we'll figure it out.
>
> tl;dr: If you're a core volunteer who contributes a lot of effort towards
> our
> infrastructure, you should add yourself to the new Maintainers page on the
> wiki.
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