-------- Original Message -------- From: Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> To: doc@openoffice.apache.org Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:07:53 -0400
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Keith N. McKenna > <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: >> Rob Weir wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:47 AM, Keith N. McKenna >>> <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> RGB ES wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2013/3/19 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> >>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Keith N. McKenna >>>>>> <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> RGB ES wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>> <snip> >>>> >>>>>>> Hi Ricardo; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I appreciate the link and hopefully it will prompt people to start >>>>>>> using >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> it >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> more. I have been wracking my brains trying to think of ways to get >>>>>>> more >>>>>>> people interested. We seem to have had a flurry after the initial >>>>>>> announcement, but except for a few entries in the status document I >>>>>>> see >>>>>>> nothing except your excellent work. We need to figure out some way to >>>>>>> attract people with the skill and knowledge to start on the other >>>>>>> applications. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I think we need more "hand holding" and guidance for new volunteers. >>>>>> Just pointing them to wiki is not enough. With QA new volunteers I >>>>>> gave them specific assignments at first, e.g., review these 10 bug >>>>>> reports. I know it sounds odd to "assign" tasks to volunteers, but >>>>>> until they find their way around and self-assign tasks, this is a good >>>>>> way for them to get started. In return, with QA, I promised to review >>>>>> their early work and give them feedback. >>>>>> >>>>>> So I wonder if we can come up with set of specific tasks, of various >>>>>> sizes, from 1 to 8 hours, and specifically asked new volunteers to >>>>>> pick from that list? It might work better. >>>>>> >>>> It is certainly worth a try. We have hard virtually nothing from many of >>>> the >>>> volunteers since there initial contact. >>>> >>> >>> Another thing would be for one of the moderators of the mailing list >>> to cross reference current list subscribers with those who said they >>> wanted to help. Some of them may not have subscribed to the list. >>> With the QA team I did that and then sent reminders to those who were >>> not yet signed up. >> >> >> I am not a moderator but if one can get the list and e-mail it to me I will >> do the cross check and send out the reminders. >> > > OK. I'm not a moderator on this list either. So who is? > > -Rob > >> Keith >> >> >>> Any moderator can request the subscriber list by sending this commend >>> from their moderator email address: doc-l...@openofice.apache.org >>> >>> Although you should not share the list publicly, since it has >>> everyone's email address, it would be interesting to know how many >>> people are subscribed in total. >>> >>> -Rob The list of 63 subscribers has been sent directly to Keith. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
