On Tue, April 4, 2006 16:15, Martin Michlmayr wrote: >> I think Thomas' idea of making the NM process strictly a test, so not a >> school, is a good one. > > Right, and then you get lots of applicants who are clearly not > prepared and who slow down the system, and you're back to the "school" > system. And when you reject them or put them on hold you just get > flamed for being elitist...
The difference with now would be that the expectations are more clear: the NM process will be advertised as what it is, an exam, and those who are not prepared fail and get rejected. This is not elitist since there are other fora provided by Debian for the "learning" part: interaction with sponsor(s), self study, the -mentors mailinglist and channel, etc. There's a lot of testing done in the world to qualify for certain privileges. If I do a driving test, the person taking the exam will test my skills and grant me the licence, or not. If I'm unqualified, he won't be driving around with me until I could pass, but refer me back to a driving school. The separation between the learning phase and the testing phase is not only very common, but also very useful. It allows for those who already know to pass quickly, while providing the same level of service for those who don't. The -mentors fora have an inherently larger population since non-DD's can help other DD's aswell. In short, I see quite some possibilities here. One thing I find demotivating about the discussions here is that new ideas are often met with responses like "impossible" or "won't work", while those posters hardly ever detail what *could* work to solve problems like that of too few AMs. There won't be more AMs magically. Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
