[Foundation-l] IRC Group Contacts

[Larry Pieniazek]

> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 06:19:12 -0400
> From: "Casey Brown" <cbrown1023 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] IRC Group Contacts
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> Out of respect for him, I've never really measured out the 
> time it takes for
> him to reply. :)
> 
> Cbrown1023
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf 
> Of Guillaume
> Paumier
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 2:52 AM
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] IRC Group Contacts
> 
> Hello,
> 
> On 5/16/07, Casey Brown <cbrown1023 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_Group_Contacts
> >
> > This is not a concern about the quality of the contacts' 
> work, which is
> > fantastic, but rather the fact that we have only two people 
> in this role
> > and
> > their availability is sometimes limited.  We currently only have two
> > contacts, but sometimes their other Wikimedia and real-life 
> commitments
> > create delays.
> 
> 
> Afaik, the problem doesn't come from the Foundation but from 
> Freenode, who
> is very reticent about opening this position to other people.
> 
> Sean is doing a great work and he is very efficient ; "some 
> days" is an
> acceptable delay, it used to be several weeks some months ago.
> 
> -- 
> Guillaume Paumier
> [[m:User:guillom]]
> "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the 
> life you have
> imagined." Henry David Thoreau

I think it would be good to have more contacts if Freenode is willing to
allow it, even though I think the current volunteers are doing well given
the time demands... The turnaround from Sean is awesome compared to what it
used to be before Sean started helping out. Not that my assent is required
but I want to say I would be comfortable with any of the folks I saw
volunteer (Cbrown1023, Majorly, Drini) and apologise if I missed some ...

Can Freenode be asked if they would allow more contacts given our sizeable
IRC userbase?


Larry Pieniazek
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