Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-20 Thread Ian Weller
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Nicu Buculei wrote: Máirín Duffy wrote: Hi folks, Do you think it would be fair to require folks applying for art accounts to post a self-introduction to the list? How about complete at least one minor design task? (EG hackergotchi or banner design off the design queue?)

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-20 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirín Duffy wrote: Hi folks, Do you think it would be fair to require folks applying for art accounts to post a self-introduction to the list? How about complete at least one minor design task? (EG hackergotchi or banner design off the design queue?) Here is a first draft (it probably could

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-13 Thread Frank Murphy
On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 09:29 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Frank Murphy wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 08:59 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote: > >> Do not count on a webapp, nobody is going to write it... we talked and > >> talked a lot about a webapp to aggregate or host and share our works and > >> s

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-13 Thread Nicu Buculei
Frank Murphy wrote: On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 08:59 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote: Do not count on a webapp, nobody is going to write it... we talked and talked a lot about a webapp to aggregate or host and share our works and show them in a nice way but were not able to come with a solution. Check

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-13 Thread Frank Murphy
On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 08:59 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote: > Do not count on a webapp, nobody is going to write it... we talked and > talked a lot about a webapp to aggregate or host and share our works and > show them in a nice way but were not able to come with a solution. > Check out gallery2,

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-13 Thread Nicu Buculei
Ian Weller wrote: On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Nicu Buculei wrote: I think the workflow should be much simpler... creating a hackergotchi was used as an example (but we have similarly "complex" tasks open): for someone who know his way with GIMP it is a 10 minutes task at most... say 1 hour for a newb

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Ian Weller
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Nicu Buculei wrote: Jeff Spaleta wrote: Máirín would need to flush out the idea a little more and create a typical workflow for joining. Here's my suggested strawman. 0) A recruit would need to affirmatively 'sign-out' a task with a deadline for completion. So noone els

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the workflow should be much simpler... creating a hackergotchi I was thinking more along the lines of banners. Since I sort of expect hackergotchi opportunities to run dry quickly. Unless of course, they are maki

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Nicu Buculei
Jeff Spaleta wrote: Máirín would need to flush out the idea a little more and create a typical workflow for joining. Here's my suggested strawman. 0) A recruit would need to affirmatively 'sign-out' a task with a deadline for completion. So noone else is working on it. I think the workflow

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Nicu Buculei
Frank Murphy wrote: On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 12:46 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: How about complete at least one minor design task? (EG hackergotchi or banner design off the design queue?) At the moment, would fail the test, as am not up the speed with the F8 graphics apps, was reared in the other

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirín Duffy wrote: Do you think it would be fair to require folks applying for art accounts to post a self-introduction to the list? How about complete at least one minor design task? (EG hackergotchi or banner design off the design queue?) And this would help us clearing a bit the DesignServ

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Jeff Spaleta
2008/3/12 Frank Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At the moment, would fail the test, as am not up the speed with the F8 > graphics apps, was reared in the other "county", the closed one. I think that's exactly the point. Using a minor design task as a way to mentor a new person in how to do thing

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Michael Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll second the mandatory self-introduction idea. Requiring a minor task > like a hackergotchi or something from the design queue will end up > potentially running those areas dry and then someone who wants to get > i

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Frank Murphy
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 12:46 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > Hi folks, > > Do you think it would be fair to require folks applying for art accounts > to post a self-introduction to the list? Newbie here, list only at the moment. If the list needs more info just holler. > How about complete at lea

Re: Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Michael Beckwith
I'll second the mandatory self-introduction idea. Requiring a minor task like a hackergotchi or something from the design queue will end up potentially running those areas dry and then someone who wants to get involved has to wait for something new to show up. Last I saw, hackergotchi designing

Applying to the Art group in the Accounts System

2008-03-12 Thread Máirín Duffy
Hi folks, Do you think it would be fair to require folks applying for art accounts to post a self-introduction to the list? How about complete at least one minor design task? (EG hackergotchi or banner design off the design queue?) We might want to go through the current accounts, contact the