Mentoring Program

[Dougie Richardson]

Hi,

> I pointed this out because it has proven to be an effective method of
> organizing an Ubuntu team online, in an environment where it is
> difficult to keep track of people and provide organization.  I'm
> throwing ideas out there for everybody to consider.  As for the comment
> about joining the team being "sexy" or some sort of status symbol, I do
> find that a little offensive, but that's a different issue and doesn't
> really apply to this situation (point not taken personally, it's ok).
> Simply because of the nature of working with volunteers, in any
> situation, but esp. online, you will have transients.
> I didn't mean to suggest that IRC should be required, but that you may
> want to push its usage a little more.

To be fair, that it has been proven in your teams circumstances doesn't make
it universal - though I'm not against trying it, just pointing out that
given the low number of regular contributors that email is a more viable
communication method.

I don't know why you would find that offensive - the Beginners Team is
popular. The point I was making is that given the Beginner Teams size it
would inevitably involve more transience and have a wider control issue.

> I understand the difficulty in using IRC, most people would not have
> access from work.  Then against, _most_ people wouldn't/shouldn't be
> interacting with the team from work (you're an exception to this).

Its not so much difficulty, as I said it's availability - email reaches a
wider audience in our circumstances, IRC maybe be more immediate granted.

> Agreed, but speed is not the issue.  I certainly support standardizing
> the introductory package.  We can take baby steps with this whole
> process.

I think that's valuable.

Cheers,

Dougie