admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

Hi all, Nicolas and Sylvestre both resigned and gave us plenty of warning to update the delegation[1] Molly put out a call[2] for names to put in the GSoC application but it wasn't clear if that was a call for people to be part of the new delegation or just the urgent request to fill out the for

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, Daniel Pocock wrote: Hi, being the new one here (first time as administrator of an org), I can't say much about the real workload of the admins. However I will try my best to add some input. I also can't say anything about outreach. > Nicolas and Sylvestre both resigned an

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

Hello El 19/02/18 a las 10:36, Daniel Pocock escribió: > > Hi all, > [...] > How do other people feel about the current status, including those of > you who are also listed in the GSoC system as admins today? > > Who would potentially want to be an admin, would it be more attractive > to you if

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Who would potentially want to be an admin If more admins are needed, I would volunteer to be one. Seeing that people with more experience and contributions than me are reluctant of becoming an admin, probably I don't know what I am doin

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On 19/02/18 11:36, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Hi, > > being the new one here (first time as administrator of an org), I can't say > much about the real workload of the admins. However I will try my best to > add some input. I also can't say anything a

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

Hello, Having used Kanban method when mentoring for GSoC and Outreachy, I believe it’s a valuable tool, with students getting engaged with the tasks. It’s a great way to track progress and objectives, combined with weekly meetings. Not also students will have the necessary familiarity, so it’s im

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

More admins are -definitely- needed all around--for Outreachy and GSoC. In addition to things other people have already mentioned doing (posting announcements, welcoming people, etc), there is administrative work in setting up GSoC and Outreachy participation, picking participants, and generally k

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On 19/02/18 20:44, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Daniel Pocock > wrote: > > > Who would potentially want to be an admin > > > If more admins are needed, I would volunteer to be one. > Seeing that people with more experience and contri

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On 20/02/18 07:49, Molly de Blanc wrote: > More admins are -definitely- needed all around--for Outreachy and GSoC. > Great, as you may be the last man standing in the existing delegation it is really helpful to have you confirm that > I am personally disinclined to add more tools to process (

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 19/02/18 20:44, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Daniel Pocock > > wrote: > > > > > > Who would potentially want to be an admin > > > > > > If more admins are needed, I would

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On 20/02/18 12:50, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Daniel Pocock > wrote: > > > > On 19/02/18 20:44, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Daniel Pocock > >

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Some of the responsibilities as I see them: > > - admins are backup mentors - if there are a lot of mentors, then the > admins never have to step in but it is always possible that admins may > be asked to mentor. This is why it is import

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > > > Some of the responsibilities as I see them: > > > > - admins are backup mentors - if there are a lot of mentors, then the > > admins never have to step in but it is always possible that

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On 23/02/18 18:52, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Fri, 23 Feb 2018, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> >>> >>> Some of the responsibilities as I see them: >>> >>> - admins are backup mentors - if there are a lot of mentors, then the >>> admins never

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:03 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > Dashamir, most of the Debian tools are actually running quite well, e.g. > the wiki and Salsa. > > The only thing that is uncertain is a Kanban board / Kanboard. > > If we are unable to get an official Debian.org Kanban instance running >

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On 25/02/18 22:15, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 7:03 PM, Daniel Pocock > wrote: > > > Dashamir, most of the Debian tools are actually running quite well, e.g. > the wiki and Salsa. > > The only thing that is uncertain is a Kanban boa

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 7:43 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > The specific reasons I offer to host it myself: My opinion is that your time could be better spent for mentoring, rather than installing and maintaining infrastructure. Did you already make a decision about coming to the Bug Squashing

Re: admin team and delegation status, volunteers?

> - admins are backup mentors - if there are a lot of mentors, then the > admins never have to step in but it is always possible that admins may > be asked to mentor. This is why it is important to have systems in > place (e.g. the student wiki page like Renata[1]) that allow admins to > get their