On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm actually making a quick list of all the people here, skills, and > potential for becoming a member. > > I'm already a very busy person though. I am going to try and see if I can't > help with the organisation a bit. If there is someone who is: > > 1. dedicated > 2. has the time > 3. has some idea on how to organise (if you can write an email it's a good > start, if you can edit a wiki, setup a wiki, etc even better) > > Then this might be the the time to put your hand up! Yes- right now! > > That is if you are really willing and able to make the commitment.
I think when it comes to organizing a project, or even simply attempting to organize certain parts of it (like the volunteer effort), a team would be the way to go. That way the time asked of any one person isn't too great. You have a better opportunity to respond to volunteers in a timely manor. Let's say there were 25 volunteers. Let's then say that each volunteer sent an average of 2-4 emails to the volunteer coordinator person a day. You can see where there would easily be a backlog. A team of 4 or 5 trusted volunteers would be able to handle that with greater ease. Initially, I would think that those 4 or 5 folks would work closely with the lead developer in finding out what exactly he needs, would help him, and provide feedback to him to come up with a plan to go forward with. >From that, the team would go through the volunteers and figure out who would fit where, and how. Maybe even form teams of volunteers to take care of certain areas (i.e. the web development team, the wiki team, the bug report triage team, etc.) to help further get the project organized. Cheers, Jeramy
