Sponsor shortage

[Rex Dieter]

Jonathan Underwood wrote:

> Today I happened to look at this page:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/PackageReviewStatus/NEEDSPONSOR.html
> 
> from which I can see we have potentially on the order of 100 new
> potential contributors to Fedora whose efforts we're missing out on
> due to a lack of sponsors. Some people seem to have been waiting to be
> sponsored for a couple of years. This is quite an unfortunate
> situation - what can we do to improve that situation? How many
> *active* packaging sponsors do we currently have?

I agree it's a disappointing situation.

As a sponsor, I've made it a goal of mine to pick up at least 1 NEEDSPONSOR 
review per week for awhile now, with decent results.  I'd encourage other 
sponsors to do the same.

While we're at it, I also think more sponsors would definitely be a good 
thing.  I'd encourage any active/veteran packager to consider applying:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_sponsor_a_new_contributor#Becoming_a_Fedora_Package_Collection_Sponsor

-- Rex