I wouldn't say it as "one who knows the most" but rather "one who is an expert", just a suggestion.
Also, as we get more members can we have more than one expert? This will levitate the problem a rigid hierarchy since there will be more than one person to go to. On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Omar Rassi <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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