John Poelstra wrote:
Adam Williamson wrote:
On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 15:42 -0500, TK009 wrote:
* (SOP) Standard Operating Procedures - General discussion began on
creation of SOP's for the BugZappers, and that they should be
created concurrently with the wiki update. Then focused on SOP for
joining/new members of the BugZappers. Specifically the
"introduction e-mail". No decission was reached during the meeting
regarding procedure.
This is an area which came in for some contention during the meeting.
Let's have some follow up :)
To recap for people who weren't at the meeting:
Myself and John would like to make it a standard requirement for new
triagers to post a short mail to the mailing list just to introduce
themselves. The intent of this is multiple. First, it acts as a basic
bot check - this is important, as joining fedorabugs group gives you
wide Bugzilla powers, so we don't want bots to get it.
Second, it's a good way to make newcomers feel involved right away, and
make sure the rest of the group knows about them. We actually had about
ten new members in the fedorabugs group last week, but most current
triagers wouldn't know that because there's currently nothing that has
them introduce themselves to the rest of the group.
Third, it makes our job easier because then we know who to approve for
'fedorabugs' vs. every single notification we get. It is my
understanding that packagers get 'fedorabugs' too, but I'm not sure
how it is granted or requested.
Chris objected on the grounds that he wouldn't have felt comfortable
sending an introduction email when he joined and he worried that there
would be others in the same situation. He felt there should be no need
to disclose any kind of personal information to become a bugzapper, and
people should be judged on work, not personal qualities or reputation.
I and John clarified that the introductory mail could be pretty
free-form, and wouldn't need to include any personal information like
name or location if the newcomer didn't feel comfortable providing that
information.
Yes. Tell us as little or as much as you want about yourself.
Minimum information...
o what you want to help with
o previous linux experience--no wrong answers here, but it helps us to
know who might need more guidance
o Bonus points: IRC nick (if you do not use IRC... it may be difficult
to get sustainable help if you do not, but that should not be an
immediate barrier)
John
After thinking about it more the intro email is a good idea. While I
side with Chris in not liking to send them, as has been pointed out this
is the best way (currently) to spot bots and see who the new people are.
An email without a requirement for personal information should be fine.
If you want to give your name and your experience that is cool, but not
mandatory.
TK009
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