to-do list?

[Darrin Auxier]

Dave Pawson wrote:

> At 02:26 25/02/2004, Tammy Fox wrote:
>
>> As people email me asking for tutorials to write, I have been suggesting
>> topics. The problem is that I don't hear back from most people after we
>> agree on a topic. I will go through my email tomorrow and send out an
>> email with a list of topics and volunteers. It would help if the
>> volunteers could give a status report of their tutorial. If people don't
>> respond, then we can assume that they changed their mind, and someone
>> else can volunteer for that topic.
>
>
> Unsure how it would be received,
> but if I saw, on the docs webpage somewhere,
>
> topic X, Dave Pawson (started 1.1.04)
>
> Then I'd be tempted to assume it was still down to me?
>
> What do others think?
>
> regards DaveP
>
>
>
>
Good idea, I like the status report requirement too.  Nothing stringent, 
just a "still working on it" if nothing else.
If I was working on a topic and I got hit by a bus, somehow I doubt that 
my family's first thought would be "we need to alert the Fedora List"
There are a million other reasons why someone might stop (or delay) work 
on their project, and this would allow someone else to pick up if need be.
So, if there is no status update after <x amount of time (1 month?)> 
then that topic would be up for grabs.
Some sort of communication attempt prior to reassigning it would be good 
manners.