Re: Well, it's about time... :)

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In a message dated 2/28/99 7:27:53 PM EST, wil@langford.net writes:

>Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of taking all of the
>inactive projects off of the projects list, and merging them with the wish
>list.  The two lists could be "Active Projects" and "Inactive Projects."
>It would be posted at the top of the Inactive list that the projects were
>in need of leadership.  That way, the leader without a project could pick
>one that suits them and jump right in.
>
>If anybody has any serious objections to this, let me know.

Wil,
I don't have any objections but just want to point out that I would view the
leaders not necessarily as developers but as customers meaning that if someone
wants a particular project developed that person should put their name on it
because that person is the one who has the final say. That person is the one
who knows what they want and whether or not the product is acceptable. In such
a case all that is expected from the person is to make the final decisions.
The person would start out with the project discussion phase saying I would
like such and such. From the following group discussion, the person would pick
out what they want and the project would move on to the definition phase where
the project would be defined to the point where a programmer or programmers
could pick it up and code it. Ultimately it will be up to the customer to
accept the code or to ask for changes. I've had the feeling that people have
been unwilling to accept the role of leader because the person felt
uncomfortable as a developer. Hopefully viewing the leader as a customer will
change this.

1999 The Year Of Linux
Make It Happen

Bob