Re: about the pear group and the president

Hi, On 5/2/07, Lukas Kahwe Smith <mls@pooteeweet.org> wrote:

Hi, I am lazy, so I am just dumping an IRC log here. [06:23] <@Tias_> Here's another idea for the new pear-group: how about creating a monthly newsletter ? new releases, accepted pepr's, pear-group news, review of things discussed on pear.dev, maybe package-of-the-month, etc ? [06:27] <@dsp_> nice idea [06:28] <@dsp_> but first of all, things from "constituation" should be done [06:43] <lsmith> Tias_: also pear group is not a full time job [06:43] <lsmith> that would be a lot of work, unless the bulk of it could be automated [06:43] <lsmith> in which case you dont really need the pear group to do this .. [06:44] <lsmith> pear group is really about having a smaller group of people with certain decision and karma rights [06:44] <lsmith> not about them doing more work [06:45] <lsmith> although many of the people that got voted in, where voted in because they are very active members of the community [06:45] <lsmith> but if greg commits something on the pear installer, he doesnt do it because he is the president of pear [06:45] <lsmith> but because he is a developer of pear I think its important that we realize this distinction. Having the PEAR Group does not mean that we should turn to them when we need something done. Its just as always, do stuff yourself if you want them done!

Yeah I agree, we'd rather want a dedicated set of people doing this, kinda in the direction of www.fedoranews.org or similar :-) I'd probably contribute sometime but not because I'm in pear-group, as Lukas already stated. Perhaps we should blow up the discussion again and see if it leads anywhere ? This is also a very good job for people that want to be involved in PEAR but can't code wise or like something new for a change. Regards Helgi