[Theforum] Design (was: Demographics)

Daniel J. Cody djc at members.evolt.org
Wed Nov 7 12:07:51 CST 2001


On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, Madhu Menon wrote:
> I strongly suggest we don't try and "enforce" anything, apart from general 
> mailing list etiquette. We could publicise the format on thelist, and maybe 

+1

> Nah, people have jobs to do and at any given time, a person may not be free 
> for this. He may perhaps be free to do it the following week. That's why 
> I'm suggesting that we not make *one* person responsible, but a team of 4 
> or 5 people in each section. That way, the probability of *all* of them 
> being choked with work gets reduced. I'm sure we have enough members with 
> expertise to make this small number. Plus it works well as a marketing tool 
> when you say something like "XYZ is one of the guides to HTML on evolt.org, 
> a community of web developers." And lastly, unlike membership to, say, the 
> admin group, this does not need extraordinary privileges and hence 
> screening for acceptance to the guides group need not be as strict. If a 
> person is inactive for a month or more, he/she gets dropped. Simple.

modularity is a great thing, especially when it comes to people
resources. i think this is the best way to handle the idea myself..

.djc.





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