Brian Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 07:47:21AM -0500, Gopal Narayanan wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:52:32PM +0100, Ralf Treinen wrote: > > > > > > Sounds like a good idea to me. But what to do with them? I think that > > > applicants that have not found an advocate after, say, 4 weeks should > > > be removed. > > > > I think that is a bit harsh. My suggestion is to leave them in the > > queue, and not process them (i.e. hand them over to an AM) until they > > find an advocate. A weekly/monthly auto-remider might be sent to the > > applicant reminding them of this situation. Sometimes, it might take > > an applicant more than 4 weeks to get advocated, and by booting them > > out, we might potentially turn off a good applicant. > > is it really that hard for a "good applicant" to get > advocated within a 4 week period?
In my understanding someone who applies as NM should know who would advocate him (his sponsor/mentor etc.). Hence 4 weeks still seem reasonable to me. -Ralf.
