On Feb 28, 2014, at 1:36 AM, John Leslie <john@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Somebody help me, please: If the time of active contributors is a > precious resource, isn't the obvious solution to encourage more folks > to _become_ active contributors? In principle yes, and in practice probably, but I think being an effective contributor is the only thing that's valuable. Being active isn't if you aren't effective. And being an effective contributor is non-trivial.