On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Surendra Singhi wrote:

> Creighton Hogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, CJ Fleck wrote:
> >
> >> I have to say, that it is encouraging to see a community form in  
> >> about 1 week, but I am getting impatient.  Right now all that seems  
> >> to be happening is a lot of people are sending out emails about where  
> >> this group should go.  However, no one seems be stepping up to the  
> >> plate to get anything rolling.  I guess, at this point I should point  
> >> out that said person is not going to be me.  I'm an inexperienced  
> >> lisper, and really just want to help.  That said, I have one key idea  
> >> that I think will help this group immensely.
> > <> 
> > Well I honestly think that the problem stems from how fast 
> > this little group has grown.  If it had just been a dozen 
> > people total now, rather than 200 that had joined we 
> > probably could have jumped in now.
> > I was hoping this place would be one where newbs like me 
> > could just get told "hey, come work on *, it'll be awesome", 
> > but with so many people trying to get involved I think it'll 
> > take longer before it can be that way.
> 
> I think people have thrown ideas into the ring and what they want to do. Now,
> newbies interested in working on them should contact the right person and ask
> them how can they help them. 
> 
> Gardeners is a place where people can lobby/advertise their projects, and for
> the newbies to find out about projects which the cl-gardeners think are
> interesting and worth helping. 
> 
> Which project does someone decides to contribute is something which should be
> left to the volunteer, and should not be decided by cl-gardeners.

That seems like a very good point.
Thanks.
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