[Fedora-infrastructure-list] Fwd: NewAdmin process

[Mike McGrath]

We got them both, it sometimes takes people a while to respond.

https://www.redhat.com/mailman/private/fedora-infrastructure-list/2006-October/thread.html

           -Mike


On 10/6/06, Ahmed Kamal <email.ahmedkamal at googlemail.com> wrote:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ahmed Kamal <email.ahmedkamal at googlemail.com>
>  Date: Oct 6, 2006 3:37 AM
> Subject: NewAdmin process
> To: fedora-infrastructure-list at redhat.com
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> Hi,
>     Reading the IRC meeting log, I understand you guys want to work on a
> process to make it easy for new volunteers to start joining FI smoothly.
> Being a new volunteer member, I thought I would share some problems I faced,
> hoping to stir more thought leading to a good process in the short run.
> Let's define what we'll probably need:
>
> 1- Network layout: Being a new member, I have no idea what the network
> topology is, what are the server names, external/internal IPs ... Some form
> of a document (wiki drawing of the network?) would be extremely helpful IMHO
>
> 2- Xen-guests: In the near future, it seems everything will be running in
> Xen guests! A new technology, most new admins will not have mastered yet! I
> guess we need a quick intro to installing/handling Xen guests in the FI
> network. This should explain whatever templates/KS-files you guys use.
>
> 3- Server Access: Having registered myself and submitted my SSH/GPG keys, it
> is totally unclear to me what kind of access this gives me! Please make it
> clear to the new volunteer, what he can access to start working on. Perhaps
> some (playground) Xen-guests, for testing new deployments would be helpful?
>
> 4- Breaking down tasks: I think volunteers are more suited to working on
> longer term tasks, rather than immediate attention tasks. We might need to
> start defining longer term goals, and break those goals into smaller
> tasklets that many volunteers can start working on. As time goes on, natural
> leaders will emerge to handle managing those micro-projects.
>
>
> Ok, those are the points I could think of (well it is 3:30am here!), I just
> hope to get this new process going soon.
>
> Best Regards
>
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