Maybe what we can do is come up with some ideas to solve these problems.
How frequently do you think the website would really go down? If some data
was lost what is the worse case scenario? What data is of significant
importance? At most I would expect one day of content to be lost and a setup
where Rubén didn't have to get involved in restoration.
I think the translation issue could probably be solved by better management.
We don't really have a manager right now. We have Rubén, a developer. Lets
put together some policies on this subject.
For instance lets not add new languages until we have multiple translators to
participate. We can put out a list and once we have sufficient volunteers
(lets say 2 for now) we will add the language.
Why don't we start this by creating a public wiki people can edit.
We can put proposals on it for policies. Then we can submit a summary of our
goals (separate Rubén's need to manage simpler things that we have multiple
capable volunteers for, so he can focus on development) and how we intend to
resolve the problems through policy.
What we should do is figure out from the list of volunteers who we can use
(because there are multiple volunteers) to write up little resumes describing
past projects (personal or real world), experience, etc.
Then we can write up a voting system of some kind (policy, wiki it) and
figure out who would be willing to participate in management (council
members).
Once we come to a general agreement we can put all this forth to Rubén.
I think a good start is just getting up a wiki. I'm definitely willing to
write up some proposals on how I think the system should work. Then we can
post to the forum what changes and problems people see and see if we can find
solutions for them.
Can anybody volunteer an appropriate place to start this wiki? Either on the
Trisquel site- or I can setup and fund a VPS to get us started. If things
don't work out- or we need to change them (like not use a VPS, etc) we can go
from there. Alternatively maybe there is a good freedom friendly wiki
elsewhere we can utilise.
Suggestions?
