> > I'm also the only AM who does a google.com search on the applicant to > > get a broader picture of his activities. > > And which can often fail. Either you get to much info, because the name > is to common or you get absolutely no info, because there no website > with information about him. I think this search won't help you find out > more about your applicant.
IIRC, I did suggest my AM (hi, evo) to do a google search to see my (silly) postings to various mailing lists. Anyway, I take it as more or less a friendly joke. I don't think it should be taken very seriously. People applied to help on Debian (on this very moment I consider it as Free will + Volunteer cooperation) we (or you) need some routine to go to test to valid etc, do that, that is good, but really there would be no point to track them down too much. (After all, people do change, and we all hate doubleclick, do we? ;-) And whether if somebody (or me) is qualified? I have no idea. But I do think I can help, and did/do help (albeit small) and that is my free will to drive me to help. And this is important to a project driven by volunteer cooperation. I.e. if that is a company, we do certainly only want the best we could get, but it is not, IMHO, a volunteer driven project need talented leaders (not only taht specific leader, ;-) and the more volunteers the better. And if something cannot workout for a little while (like the NM thingy a little while back) that means we/you need some infrastructure work, that does _NOT_ mean you(/we) shoudl stop or what, piss (sorry my English) at volunteers or whatever. I think that is the whole point of QA group or anyother sub-group in this bigger group, right? Or documentation taskforces. Or use the NM approve process as a teaching/get-acquainted process etc. P.S. And what's wrong with me to be proud of the @debian.org email? I don't even get a penny from it. :-P (And only if you know the pronounciation of Debian in native Chinese! :-P ) And what's wrong with the, you called ``lazy'' maintainers? I really get _NO_ idea why a volunteer could be called `lazy'?! Or, shoudl I be called greedy to? and slow and ... (oops, that count to seven. :-] (smile saves me.) -- label me and i'll label you (okay, i admit that is ridiculous i post this, because the whole point of my email lost at the moment i post it to blame other volunteers, more talented and more important (to this project) volunteers. Blame my english, then. ;-) I sincerely hope you could get the 2'c from my 10 pound rubbish listing.)
