Currently, I am the primary reviewer of applications to join the Ubuntu Bug Control team. However, I have concerns that this won't scale well and that I am not getting back to every applicant in a timely process. Subsequently, I wanted to start a discussion about how we as a team can work together to review these applications and hopefully increase the membership in the team!
James Westby and I had a hallway discussion about this at UDS Intrepid and I recall the following from it. Please correct me where necessary James. Applications would be sent to this mailing list instead of to me directly. This would require someone to moderate the post, in a timely fashion, since the applicant is not a member. After the application is received two or three positive endorsements of the applicant will be required for their approval in the team. Additionally, the review process should be limited to a one week (calendar) period after the application has posted to the mailing list. In addition a negative review of the application may require a meeting discussing the review and why it was the reviewed that way. I say may because if the applicant hasn't done a sufficient amount of triaging that should be reason enough to deny their membership at that point in time. In the event that an application receives a negative review they'll be given feedback as to why it was rejected and what they can work on. After a period of two or four weeks they'd be welcome to apply again. If an application is approved the applicant would be granted membership in the team for a period of three months. This three month period is designed to expire non-active members in the team. After the three month period the new member can just ping a team administrator to have their membership extended. Another benefit of performing the review on this mailing list is that the mailing list has a public archive which everyone could peruse to observe the process of their application and any feedback. I welcome any feedback and comments regarding the proposed process. Additionally, there should be a separate discussion as to the criteria to use when evaluating applications. I'll send another e-mail about that this week. Thanks! -- Brian Murray @ubuntu.com
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