[DRAFT] call for new board members

[Andrew Mitchell]

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:23:06AM -0700, Allison Randal wrote:
> I've drafted a recruiting message to send to ubuntu-devel. I set the
> date for contacting us as Sept 5th, partly so we can get the process
> rolling by Sept 13, but also partly so we have an idea how
> easy/difficult it will be to find new recruits when we talk to the
> CC on Sept 6th.
> 
> Let me know what you think. I'd like to send this out by this
> Wednesday, so people have a full week to think about it and
> volunteer.
> 
> 
> ===================================================
> It's time for a recruiting round for the Application Review Board,
> as the terms of several of the original members will come to an end
> on Sept 13th. If you're interested, please send a quick email to the
> team mailing list (app-review-board at lists.ubuntu.com) by Sept 5th,
> and we'll walk you through the details of signing up. You need to be
> an Ubuntu Developer to qualify, and will need an endorsement from at
> least one other Ubuntu Developer.
> 
> You'll find more details on what it means to be an ARB member and
> the process of adding new members to the team at:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviewBoard/Responsibilities
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviewBoard/Restaffing
> 
> Full disclosure: we're currently wading our way through a backlog of
> ~200 package submissions from the recent wildly successful Ubuntu
> App Showdown. You can see the full list at:
> 
> https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com/dev/arb/
> 
> There's substantial interest in automating as much of the review
> process as possible, so beyond general packaging skills and an
> interest in training new developers, ideal candidates would have
> some interest/experience in things like creating new lintian checks,
> generating apparmor profiles, or otherwise improving the tools to
> assist package reviews. Experience in MOTU, Core Dev, Archive Admin,
> Backports, DMB, or Debian Developer/Maintainer would be considered a
> plus, but not required.
> 
> Let us know if you have any questions,
> Allison
> 

The recruiting email seems reasonable to me, endorsements can probably be
done on a wiki page like with other teams, or even just a followup email to 
the list by someone endorsing.

Andrew