IRC operator requirements

[Martin Meredith]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:34:10PM -0600, Tony Yarusso wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Lasse Havelund <lhavelund at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >> This whole probation for new people idea... I say scrap it.
> >
> > I like the idea of a 'probation period', both to actually verify the
> > capacities of the users that are taken in as operators. Although, I
> > suggest emphasising the mentor system a bit more (see below).
> >
> >> What if X applies to be an operator in #ubuntu-Y, and the IRC Council
> >> decide "hey he's great, lets just say yes". Do they still have to go
> >> through that entire process needlessly just to say yes to him?
> >
> > Well, one thing is knowing a user as a /user/. Another thing is knowing
> > them as an operator. I don't see the problem in giving them a 'new
> > operator', and give them a chance to prove themselves as operators.
> 
> Well, if they are applying to be an operator we should actually know
> them as more than a user.  There's more to being an operator than just
> the parts that require channel access, and someone seeking such a
> position should be trying to take on the other parts of the role, and
> we would look at that.
> 
> > [1] Just to clarify: when I was given op privileges in -offtopic, I had
> >    a lot of questions about procedures, case management and so on.
> >    A mentor would be a great help here. Someone preferably in the same
> >    time zone, and with similar availability.
> 
> Careful, many of us don't follow our local timezone in any reasonable sense.  ;)

Maybe it can be done by TimeZone Tribe... Generally, people who don't follow
their local timezone are part of a "Tribe" - Like the Eastern Standard Tribe...

(See http://craphound.com/est/download.php if I'm making no sense!)
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