Proposal: setting up an arb-helpers team

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:19 PM, David Planella
<david.planella at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi App Review Board,

Hi David!

>
> I've been thinking for a while about how to get more people involved in
> helping the ARB. From conversations with different people and especially
> today with a community member who'd like to contribute to the ARB but is
> not a core dev, I'd like to propose the following idea:
>
> * The creation of an 'arb-helpers' (*) team in Launchpad
 > * This team would have permissions to do early reviews of packages and
> give quick feedback to app developers for the most common issues or
> requests regarding app submissions
> * They would not have voting rights, that's the competence of the ARB
> members.
>

Great Idea +1 as discussed on IRC but I would love to have this as a
open/moderated team as per some simple criteria (For instance, karma
points > 400 on LP) for interested people to join in and help us doing
the reviews. (By which demands greater moderation :) ) Any feedback
welcome!

> I'd be happy to set up the team in LP, its guidelines according to the
> ARB, and to try to recruit more people.
>
> I've had quick chats with Stéphane and Bhavani on IRC and they were
> happy with the idea. What do you all think?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> David.
>
> (*) Or any other suggestions for a name
>

How about ARB-contributors? :)

Thanks again for the Idea David!

Regards,

-- 
Bhavani Shankar
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