On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:10:01PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote: > I'm not sure what you mean by this. If we put the new system up next > week, we can do one of two things: > (a) finish processing the current queue, then work on the new > applicants, or > (b) politely ask all current applicants who have not been assigned an > AM to reapply with the new form. Hi there (for those who don't know me, I wrote the NM website)
Providing a way for an applicant to automatically change things is a lot more difficult as now I would to provide state access control etc for an applicant. Then there are issues of password loss, recovery etc. Sure, its all doable, but it is a lot of work for an interim problem. Changing the application screen to have more mandatory fields is a lot easier. Having some text which reads "you must have this done before applying or we will bounce you" is even easier. One thing I would like to do is to have a similar system as an email list where the site sends an email to the applicant and they reply with a verification. > > The advantage of the "are you prepared?" system is that Debian would > > be perceived less as a close group, but I'm not sure this system is > > going to work as well as the "by recommandation" one. The by recommendation one, as it involves a person, will give cleaner results. However it may bring accusations of cabalism. There is also practical problems of transferring information between db and nm.d.o - Craig -- Craig Small VK2XLZ GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.eye-net.com.au/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIEEE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
