Re: moderator...

[Craig L Russell]

On Sep 26, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Mark Brouwer wrote:

Jim Hurley wrote:

I'm already one of the moderators on the river-dev list...  I'd like

as well.
Hoping there's some other volunteers from the river/jini community
as well.

to volunteer to help moderate the other (e.g., river-commits) river lists

mentioned at the committers FAQ, so that might be a hint. Mentors?

I don't know whether one needs an ASF account to be able to moderate, I couldn't find a clear answer searching for it. Moderation is explicitly

Moderators have a responsibility to keep the spam away from the lists, so although I don't know that there is a rule, I'd say committers are the primary source for moderators. The only technical requirement I know of is that you have an email address.

BTW IIRC Bob S. once volunteered to become moderator upon a request of

all 3 lists which seems the most handy.

If 3 ain't enough, or there is a need for presence in another timezone
I've no problem to moderate as well.

Jukka, although I don't know whether he actually became one. If so, with Jim and Frank we have 3, but I also don't know whether they moderate for

Craig

Three is usually enough. I've seen cases where one or two are not due to moderators being on vacation. Time zone isn't a big issue, as the only effect of slow moderation is a delay in the first-time post of a user (or system-generated message as we've seen here).

--
Mark

Craig Russell
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