[OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

Michael P. Gerlek mpg at lizardtech.com
Mon Jan 28 14:28:13 PST 2008


On irc we've just worked out the following schema:

* We will set up a jobs list, to which anyone can subscribe - expected
to be low volume, but nonethess moderated by the troika of ominoverdi,
Landon, and/or mpg

* We will set up a Wiki page, owned & maintained by Landon, which will
shadow the jobs mailing list (or the list will shadow the wiki,
whatever)

* We will send a "best of" message to the discuss list biweekly,
containing a summary of current jobs offered / jobs wanted for the
period


Comments?



-mpg

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael 
> P. Gerlek
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:13 PM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
> 
> Erp, in my initial proposal I was referring to using the 
> discuss list as
> the venue, with the "moderator" being a human to whom 
> job-related emails
> are submitted for vetting (and subsequent biweekly posting).
> 
> -mpg
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> > [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Landon Blake
> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:08 PM
> > To: OSGeo Discussions
> > Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
> > 
> > I'm not sure about this Lorenzo. I think Frank Wammerdam 
> said that he
> > would take care of setting up the mailing list.
> > 
> > I think it should be fairly easy to add you as a moderator.
> > 
> > Landon
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Lorenzo Becchi
> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:09 PM
> > To: OSGeo Discussions; System Administration Committee 
> > Discussion/OSGeo
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
> > 
> > Landon, hi
> > I guess that moderation should be made through mailman system
> > am I wrong?
> > 
> > "The list moderators have more limited permissions; they are 
> > not able to
> > 
> > change any list configuration variable, but they are allowed 
> > to tend to 
> > pending administration requests, including approving or 
> > rejecting held 
> > subscription requests, and disposing of held postings. Of 
> course, the 
> > list administrators can also tend to pending requests."
> > 
> > 
> > I think we should ask SAC (in CC) to kindly make a mailing 
> > list and set 
> > our 3 e-mail addresses as moderators.
> > 
> > can this mail be considered a request to SAC?
> > otherwise I'll do it via Trac
> > 
> > ciao
> > lorenzo
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Landon Blake wrote:
> > > I think we've got three people to moderate a mailing list. 
> > I think we
> > > should move forward with that.
> > >
> > > I'll tackle the wiki page if there are no objections. People
> > interested
> > > in posting their job and/or resume on the wiki page could 
> contact me
> > > directly at sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com.
> > >
> > > Let me know if there are any objections to this. If there are no
> > > objections, then I will set up the wiki pages.
> > >
> > > Landon
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg at lizardtech.com] 
> > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:32 AM
> > > To: Frank Warmerdam; Landon Blake
> > > Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
> > >
> > > I've no interest in maintaining a wiki page -- but I'd be 
> > happy to own
> > > the occasional (biweekly) summary emails pointing to the wiki.
> > >
> > > Landon?
> > >
> > > -mpg
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > >   
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Frank Warmerdam [mailto:warmerdam at pobox.com] 
> > >> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 12:18 PM
> > >> To: Michael P. Gerlek; Landon Blake
> > >> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
> > >>
> > >> Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> > >>     
> > >>> Umm, me and Landon, I think.
> > >>>
> > >>> -mpg
> > >>>
> > >>>  
> > >>>
> > >>>       
> > >>>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>>> From: Frank Warmerdam [mailto:warmerdam at pobox.com] 
> > >>>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:22 AM
> > >>>> To: Michael P. Gerlek
> > >>>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> > >>>>         
> > >>>>> +1 to Frank (as usual...) -- the more overhead we put 
> > >>>>>           
> > >> into this, the
> > >>     
> > >>>>> less likely it will be sustainable.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Pick a mailing list -- either Discuss or a new one -- and I 
> > >>>>>           
> > >>>> think we've
> > >>>>         
> > >>>>> already got at least two volunteer moderators.
> > >>>>>           
> > >>>> Michael,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Who were these 'at least two volunteers'?
> > >>>>         
> > >> Landon,
> > >>
> > >> Is Michael right that you were willing to participate as an 
> > >> "OSGeo Jobs"
> > >> moderator of some sort?
> > >>
> > >> Michael / Landon,
> > >>
> > >> Assuming so, I'd like as much as possible to turn this topic 
> > >> over to the
> > >> two of you to pursue.  I'm happy to prepare a mailing list 
> > >> for you when
> > >> you want me to.
> > >>
> > >> I'd appreciate your contributing to:
> > >>    http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Jobs_Board
> > >>
> > >> I love Michael's idea of the jobs moderators summarizing 
> > >> positions to the
> > >> discuss list periodically.  I'd like to think every two 
> weeks would
> > be
> > >> managable, but given enough currency to make it useful.
> > >>
> > >> You might find it helpful to write up some brief notes on 
> > >> what you would
> > >> do as moderators.  Something roughly akin to what we did 
> > for the News
> > >> Editors at:
> > >>    http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/News_Queue
> > >>
> > >> That makes it easier for folks to know what you are doing, 
> > >> and easier to
> > >> "hand off" the job to someone new after a while.
> > >>
> > >> I think it would be prudent to consider the jobs mailing list 
> > >> and associated
> > >> job finding resources an activity of the web committee though 
> > >> that distinction
> > >> is likely not too important most of the time.  But if we want 
> > >> to get approval
> > >> for a plan, that could be the place.  And it will be the web 
> > >> committee that
> > >> provides our web presence once we move onto the main site.
> > >>
> > >> Best regards,
> > >> -- 
> > >> ---------------------------------------+----------------------
> > >> ----------------
> > >> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam, 
> > >> warmerdam at pobox.com
> > >> light and sound - activate the windows | 
> > http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
> > >> and watch the world go round - Rush    | President OSGeo, 
> > >> http://osgeo.org
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>     
> > >
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