On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 01:30:00PM -0600, Bonnie Corwin wrote: > So I think we have cycled back to where we started and where we > currently are: two tiers of sponsors with requirements for both tiers. > > If we leave the current program alone and don't open it up, how do we > address the problem of requests not getting picked up in a reasonable > amount of time?
Firstly, the pool of eligible tier-2 sponsors is a *lot* larger than our current set of tier-2 sponsors. One thing to consider is more active recruitment. Secondly, I think the proposal that Mike Kupfer had -- subject to the constraint I placed in the other branch of this conversation -- would work fine. To be clear, the tier-1/2 "owner" would the primary contact for the contributor, and the tier-3 "intern" would act mostly as an observer and would handle the internal mechanics (building, testing, putting back). I realize this doesn't offload all the owner's work, but you simply cannot do that and have a system which works. It should offload *enough* of the work -- the vast majority in most cases -- to encourage greater involvement from the sponsors we do have. Mike and I have talked this over, and I think we're in agreement here. Dave
