[geeklog-devel] Perception is everything...

[Eric Warren]

> Are there not members of the community that can offer their time and 
> experience to setup the needed applications?
>
> Blaine

It doesn't seem like it, accoring to Dirk in 
http://www.geeklog.net/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=3&showtopic=81868.

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"Quote by: geiss

I am aware of the "history" there, and while it is a shame Oliver chose to 
leave, I can't help but wonder why anyone else hasn't been offered the 
ability to "step up" so to speak."

To be perfectly honest, I don't see any obvious candidates right now.
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To be frank, the core team has always been a pretty closed group. Sometimes 
that's been beneficial, other times it's been detrimental. People have 
repeatedly come along that are willing to help out in one capacity or 
another, but the doors to get things done have been hard to open at times. I 
doubt anyone is asking for a golden key to everything, but it might help 
relieve stress and pressure on the core team, to delegate certain aspects of 
developing an open-source CMS. For instance, the whole site re-design you 
guys are mulling over, why not invite a few active community members to be 
in charge of it?

>From my reply to Dirk above in 
http://www.geeklog.net/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=3&showtopic=81868,

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That might currently be the case, and there is nothing wrong with that. But 
I have two thoughts:

1- At the hospital where I work, we've had a position open for almost 2 
years because the job requirements and education are so stringent. There are 
only a handful of qualified people in the entire country that could fill the 
position as currently defined, and because of it, that particular program at 
the hospital is stagnating. The point is, if you are looking for someone who 
can for example develop code, write documentation, theme, troubleshoot, has 
a personality that meshes well with the existing group, has the available 
time, and has the interest, you probably will never find the right 
candidate. Wink

2- Using my example from work above, perhaps a smaller set of criteria can 
be identified, and make several smaller positions available and delegate 
some responsibility. Then, instead of one "core dev" group, the community 
could start to form smaller, more focused groups that all work in tandem 
toward the goals of the Geeklog project. Some brainstormed groups could 
include: Core code developers, plugin developers, theme developers, 
documentation groups, a team to manage the main website and possible 
subsites...etc.

Overall, I'm not suggesting one redesign the wheel, but maybe add 3 other 
wheels, an axle, and a body, and together we can drive around and impress 
all our friends!
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Thoughts?

Eric