Robert McWilliam wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 02:01:54 +0200 > Jan Vancura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Jenda: I need you people's confirmation of the following step in this >> process. I'd like to email every person on the LP and wiki member >> lists, and remove all those who do not respond within... two weeks? a >> month? We currently have over 70 people on the LP list, and not 15 of >> them ever show up - which I think is worse than having no list at >> all. To avoid this for the times to come, I've set launchpad to give >> 30 day memberships the first time - which are given to anyone at all >> - and year long memberships to all who show at least some >> participation during those 30 days. >> >> > > Please don't. The idea of ejecting people from the community if they > haven't met some minimum requirements of participation (no matter how > low these are) is counter productive. It doesn't harm the team to have > large numbers of people who read the mailing list, or have their names > attached to the team, without ever posting, or contributing anything - > they have shown an interest by putting their name on the list. It will > harm the team if we are seen as demanding work from people or we delete > them from the list. > > Please, please don't make the barrier to entry for the team any higher. > We need all the help we can get and I don't think we should risk > offending people by deleting them cause they haven't done enough - they > might contribute in the future. > > ________________________________________________________ > Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ormiret.com > > A morning without coffee is like something without something else. > > Well, it has been done, as decided on the meeting.
We aren't raising any barriers really. Please note that all these people have been on that list for over a year, most probably don't even know they are. The only requirement set is wanting to be back on the list enough to ping me, Corey Burger (well, he was deactivated too, but is still the 'team owner', or John Lambrechts). Jenda -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
