[HCoop-Discuss] Membership freeze?

[Nathan Kennedy]

Adam Chlipala wrote:
> I propose that we freeze membership until we get to the point where new 
> members can have their accounts set up only on the new servers and find 
> there all of the services they need.  We're ready to start setting 
> current members up on the new servers, and I don't think it's fair to 
> expect volunteer admins to do anything serious on fyodor anymore.  New 
> members tend to have initial flurries of activity setting up their 
> domains.  Once we are ready to force everyone to switch over to the new 
> servers, all of that work will need to be redone.  This includes work by 
> new members learning the horribly ad-hoc Domtool 1, and then needing to 
> drop it all and learn Domtool 2, possibly the very next day, in the 
> worst case!
>   
Since we're not actively soliciting members we are not exactly getting a 
flood of applicants.  I don't want to turn a single one away at a time 
where we are going to need an expanded membership shortly.  Not all 
qualified prospective members are going to wait around for us to get our 
act together.

> I also want to go further and suggest declaring an official policy of 
> not accepting any more support requests having to do with fyodor, 
> excepting emergencies relating to established services.  We would 
> acknowledge that this means that members won't be able to achieve 
> reasonable levels of service in some cases, but that our volunteer 
> workforce simply isn't able/willing to spend time on setting up stuff 
> that will be retired ASAP.
I agree with this one.  We can provide minimal support to any new users 
as far as pointing them to documentation, but let's get things going at 
Peer1.

-ntk