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. _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
