On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Máirín Duffy duffy@redhat.com wrote:
Hi Josh!
On 04/20/2017 09:50 AM, Josh Boyer wrote:
I like the idea. Would such posts be collated somehow?
Yeh, definitely. I'm thinking of either setting up a chart in the wiki where the volunteer would have to add their link, and/or we could do a round-up post on Fedora magazine. We did a round up post in Fedora magazine last year and I think that went well.
Another twist or addition might be to help translate the collated posts to a different language if they are an ESL speaker. We typically haven't done translation at all.
+1 great idea!
I have to ask though, what do we do if they don't follow through?
This is a tough one. I am (totally unrelated to Fedora / software / etc) a board member for a non-profit cooperative where there is a service requirement for org members. We have had some issues with a small number of folks not fulfilling their obligations, so we're facing the problem now of what to do about it. (Some haven't fulfilled for multiple years.) We've decided that we'll mark those who didn't meet their service requirement as ineligible to renew their annual membership.
In a similar vein, maybe failure to follow through on their assignment would mark them ineligible to request financial assistance for the next year? It might seem harsh, but it's not a lot of work to ask in exchange imho, if there are extenuating circumstances we can of course deal with them as they come up, and it's only for the next year.
Seems like the only viable solution. I don't want to sound threatening in our offers of funding assistance, but I do think people need to be aware of that in general. Hopefully it will be a non-issue.
josh