On Thursday, 18 June 2015 at 07:22:51 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
Yes - one gets so used to being able to reach people in the modern world, that a short period of disconnect leads to all kinds of concerns and doubts.
Yes, it is interesting that new media creates new spaces and new types of perceived presence. In one way it is cute that people can worry about lack of presence (in the loving way) and if people feel they worried for no reason it is easy to get upset. I think everybody has experienced that one way or another.
On the other hand it basically means that if you don't pick up your cellphone you end up having to explain what you were doing at the time. So you have to fight more for your privacy. I personally find that intrusive.
So it might generally be difficult to get the _best_ person in a group to volunteer if you need high availability. It would be better to have a plan with milestones. Then you know which week participation is critical at least a month ahead.
And really, for a compiler consistent quality is critically important, so getting more of the few best skilled people to volunteer is a lot more important than getting many lesser skilled to volunteer.
The price is to make it enjoyable for skilled people to volunteer. Whatever it takes.
