+1 on Jan being our new BD for website design.

Jan Lehnardt wrote:
> On 12 Jul 2010, at 12:37, Noah Slater wrote:
> 
>> It is starting to concern me that we're trying to design the site by 
>> committee. And design by committee is a terrible way to achieve anything 
>> with cohesion. I'm not sure what to do though.
>>
>> The ideal solution would be for us to appoint a designer/webmaster who's 
>> sole responsibility was the design and maintenance of the site. This person 
>> could then take guidance from the community on what should be included, and 
>> what we'd like on the site - but would be free to call the shots, and 
>> ultimately decide how things were going to look.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas how we can move towards this, and away from the 
>> current situation? Having a bunch of geeks (and we're hardly known for our 
>> design prowess in the first place, right?) argue about what should and 
>> should not be included will lead us head first into the kind of open source 
>> website we all know and hate.
> 
> Very much +1 on all Noah said.
> 
> To keep things moving, I'd be happy to volunteer to play benevolent dictator 
> for the site and work with proper designer and community input.
> 
> Cheers
> Jan

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