[freegeek-startup] startup or intergalactic

[Shawn Campbell]

martin <stillflame at FaerieMUD.org> wrote: On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 06:53:06AM -0700, Shawn Campbell wrote:
>    I have a question. What lists currently are existing FG's supposed to
>    post to to get answers about day to day activities. There are times
>    that I have posted to start-up and heard no response, either due to
>    wrong topic of lack of moderator.
>    It was once said (numerous actually) that people inquire about becoming
>    a FG, and do no realize the hard work that it takes.
>    I feel FG's need a place to discuss major things affecting them daily
>    with a strong moderator.

what does "strong moderator" mean?
Response from the Mothership and heavy participation on trying to help the new guys get off the ground.

how will this lead to increased participation?
Many new FG's have started this year and some are further along than others. It may be due to hard work and determination, others may be overwhelmed. This way we can all get information as it is available or generate questions where we are stuck.

i usually think about moderation as needed when there is *too much*
information and the signal-to-noise ratio is dropping,
so a moderator checks to make sure a post is on-topic before allowing
it.
That is true, maybe moderator was a bad choice of a word (GRIN)


i think the lack of response to any given email has more to do with a
lack of time to post information.
none of the workers at any of the freegeeks is going to have a great
deal of time to put into the global community,
so we've tried to encourage wiki documentation as much as possible
from every side.
i know you've looked through the wiki and are looking for answers not
to be found therein,
but that's not always the case
(hmm,
  if we had a list-bot that searched for bits of people's email
  questions on the wiki and posted any corresponding results,
  this means of dissemination might feel more present
    (but then,
    i dream up bots to solve every problem.
    i should make a bot for saying "we should build a bot to do that"
    to every problem.)
).
for needing to ask for documentation that doesn't exist,
or that wouldn't make sense in a wiki format,
i think the startups list is the only thing that has been available
for that discussion if you didn't know exactly who to email with a
direct question.
this is the correct crowd to keep this in,
but a slightly mis-purposed context.

Thanks Martin :o)

>    P.S. I do need to make a post about some testing inquires as well as
>    hardware gizmo tracking, where should I post this? We are looking to
>    take FG TN a little further by implementing a takeback program as well.
>    the state of TN is playing with the idea of a law similar to other
>    states, and we're just trying to stay ahead.

here is as good as any for now.
i'll post a reply if you do =:)

mew,
 - martin, freegeek.pdx build coordinator
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